Antje Jackelén ( née Zöllner ; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita ( prima inter pares ) of the Church of Sweden , the national church . On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received through a service in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, making her Sweden's first foreign-born archbishop since the 12th century, and the first female archbishop.
42-568: Zöllner (literally "toll keeper") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Antje Jackelén , née Zöllner, Lutheran theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner (1834–1882), German astronomer Zöllner illusion Zöllner (crater) Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800–1860), German composer Carl Heinrich Zöllner (1792–1836), German composer Frank Zöllner (born 1956), German art historian and professor Fred Zollner (1901–1982), founder and co-owner of
84-571: A German electronics manufacturer founded by de:Manfred Zollner [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Zöllner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zöllner&oldid=1143920451 " Categories : Surnames German-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
126-687: A Lutheran college in Springfield, Illinois . The Swedes, under pastor Lars Paul Esbjorn , became dissatisfied with the theology being taught at the institution and withdrew in 1860, resulting in the creation of both the Augustana Synod and of Augustana Theological Seminary. The latter was located in Chicago from 1860 to 1863, and then in Paxton from 1863 to 1875. In 1875, the seminary relocated to Rock Island,. New campus buildings were dedicated in 1923. Originally
168-560: A popular vote in the diocese, the two former (Odenberg in 1997, and Caroline Krook , Bishop of Stockholm, in 1998) having both been appointed by the Swedish government before the separation of the Church of Sweden from the state in 2000. Jackelén was ordained Bishop of Lund by Anders Wejryd , Archbishop of Uppsala , in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 April 2007, and was received in her diocese through
210-667: A prayer and meditation room, a café, a chapel, and a grand hallway meeting space. Starting in 1849, groups of Swedish immigrants began arriving in Illinois, forming congregations in Andover , Galesburg , Moline , and Chicago , and also in Iowa and Minnesota. These congregations associated themselves with the Synod of Northern Illinois , which included support of the Illinois State University ,
252-465: A prerequisite, and in 1952, four years of college. In 1952, efforts to separate the college and the seminary began. It was decided that it would be best if the seminary were no longer co-located with the college. In 1958, the seminary relocated to the Maywood campus of Chicago Lutheran, with a complete integration of the two seminaries curricula. However, Suomi Synod students were required to take courses on
294-738: A priest in Tyresö parish in the Diocese of Stockholm 1981–1988, in Gårdstånga parish in the Diocese of Lund 1988–1994 and in the Cathedral parish of Lund 1995–1996. After finishing her doctorate , she worked at Lund University 1999–2001 and was assistant professor of Systematic Theology/Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 2001–2003. From 2003 she was Associate Professor and Director of
336-503: A school that would also be preparatory and focus on the Danish immigrants. Grand View College and Seminary was opened in 1896 in the namesake neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa, and for 35 years the theological orientation of the school remained unchanged. In the 1930s, the transition from the Danish seminary model to the American one took place. From 1896 to 1932, and again from 1942 to 1951, both
378-572: A service in Lund Cathedral on 21 April. As her official motto, she chose Gud är större ("God is greater") , referring to a passage in the First Epistle of John (1 John 3.18–20) and this also became the title of her pastoral letter , published in 2011. For her coat of arms , she chose an oval shield design by Jan Raneke displaying triple oak leaves from her home town Herdecke 's coat of arms with triple mantuan pilgrim's crosses, quartered with
420-411: A strictly literal interpretation of the virgin birth, nor a rejection of the virgin birth on the grounds of scientific impossibility, can capture the theological tradition surrounding the virgin birth. Before the archbishop election Jackelén was asked the question "Does Jesus give a better picture of God than Muhammed?", to which she answered "To me it is obvious that Christians, Muslims and Jews worship
462-741: Is a seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Chicago, Illinois . LSTC is a member of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools (ACTS), a consortium of eleven area seminaries and theological schools. It shares the JKM Library and portions of its campus with McCormick Theological Seminary . LSTC is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and regionally accredited by
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#1732873069733504-470: Is believed to come from French-German Huguenot ancestors ( Ja(c)quelin ). Jackelén has published several works which deal with the relationship between the natural sciences and religious faith, as well as the role of religion in modern society. She endorses the theory of evolution and sees no contradiction in believing both in God and in evolution. Her election to archbishop sparked controversy when, during
546-550: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Antje Jackel%C3%A9n Jackelén was ordained a priest in the Church of Sweden in 1980 and became Doctor of Theology at Lund University in 1999. Previously she was Bishop of Lund from 2007 to 2014. Jackelén was born 4 June 1955 in Herdecke , West Germany . She studied Lutheran theology at the University of Tübingen and Uppsala University . Jackelén served as
588-631: The Higher Learning Commission . LSTC was formed in 1962 by the merger of the seminaries of the four church bodies that had merged to create the Lutheran Church in America (LCA). A fifth and sixth seminary joined the school in 1967 and 1987, respectively. LSTC moved to its Hyde Park campus in 1967. In June 2023, the campus relocated to 5416 South Cornell Avenue on the 4th floor of The James and Catherine Denny Center at Catholic Theological Union . The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
630-636: The Lutheran World Federation council. She was elected Archbishop of Uppsala on 15 October 2013 and was officially received in Uppsala Cathedral on 15 June 2014, in the presence of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia of Sweden , after the retirement of Anders Wejryd . In March 2014, Johan Tyrberg was elected to succeed her as Bishop of Lund. On Monday, 4 May 2015, she had an official audience with Pope Francis in Rome . This made her
672-495: The Zygon Center for Religion and Science until 2007. Jackelén was elected Bishop of Lund in 2006, and succeeded Christina Odenberg in 2007. Unlike Odenberg, Jackelén obliged clergy who did not recognize her ministry to attend an Eucharist at which she presided. Odenberg had been the first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Sweden, and Jackelén became the third. Jackelén was the first woman to be appointed as bishop after
714-497: The Church of Sweden announced that she would retire. She laid down her bishop's staff during a church service inside the Uppsala Cathedral on 30 October 2022. Her doctoral dissertation Zeit und Ewigkeit: die Frage der Zeit in Kirche, Naturwissenschaft und Theologie (Lund 1999) was later republished on Neukirchener Verlag under the same title in 2002. A Swedish translation came in 2000 and an English translation Time & eternity:
756-629: The Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons Heinrich Zöllner (1854–1941), German composer, conductor and librettist Robert Zoellner , American stamp collector Simon Zöllner (1821–1880), Australian metal manufacturer Tom Zoellner (born 1968), American author Variant "Zollner" without umlaut Gudrun Zollner (born 1960), German politician Hans Zollner (born 1966), German theologian and psychologist, Vatican official Matthias Zollner (born 1981), German basketball coach Zollner , or Zollner Elektronik AG,
798-592: The LSTC campus. It built a new building on the campus for its headquarters in 2003. In 1983, ten faculty members of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Church 's Christ Seminary-Seminex in St. Louis, Missouri, relocated to the LSTC campus, and on December 31, 1987, the two seminaries merged as part of the process that created the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. On May 5, 2022, LSTC and McCormick announced
840-529: The Lake View area caused the seminary to move to a 16-acre (6.5 ha) site in Maywood, with ten buildings being erected immediately. A schism in 1920 due to a lack of church control over the seminary led to the dismissal of four faculty members and the loss of a substantial number of students. Enrollment remained low through the Great Depression and World War II , but by 1959 had increased to 302. In 1957,
882-698: The Lutheran Church in America. The new school initially used both the Rock Island and Maywood campuses while a larger campus in Chicago was constructed. The new campus in the Hyde Park neighborhood was opened on October 22, 1967. Three months before that, a fifth seminary, the Lutheran Church in America's Central Lutheran Theological Seminary at Fremont, Nebraska, merged into LSTC. In 1975, McCormick Theological Seminary sold its campus in Lincoln Park and moved to
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#1732873069733924-640: The ULCA established its school of mission on the campus. In 1958, Suomi Theological Seminary became affiliated with Chicago Lutheran, as did the Grand View Seminary in 1960, both in preparation for the planned creation of the LCA and the LSTC. Presidents of Chicago Lutheran included F. Weidner (to 1915), E. Krauss (1915–1920), J. E. Whitteker 1920–1926), L. F. Gruber (1926–1941), A. G. Weng (acting 1941), C. B. Foelsch (1942–1948), and Weng (1948–1962). The controversy over
966-635: The Western Theological Seminary. In 1910, control of the seminary was transferred to the board of trustees of Midland College , which was also located in Atchison at that time. The seminary was operated as a department of the college for almost 40 years. In 1919, the college and seminary relocated to Fremont, Nebraska. Despite serving an area from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast ,
1008-742: The bishops stressed the importance of meeting the goals in the Paris Agreement She sees a role for the Church in the existential and spiritual parts of the climate debate, such as eco-anxiety . She is a vocal supporter of Greta Thunberg and has called her prophetic. In June 2017, Jackelén was awarded The Lambeth Cross for Ecumenism by the Archbishop of Canterbury "For her services to ecumenism - especially her leadership in addressing human, theological and social issues in partnership and dialogue". Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago ( LSTC )
1050-557: The climate, the need for dialogue between science and religion, and the need to care for the poor, and to support some continued role for the Churches in public life, even in secularized societies which tend to want to separate the two. She once again met Pope Francis when he visited Sweden during the turn of the 2016 October–November month switch, beginning the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation . On 7 December 2021,
1092-437: The college and the seminary shared the same president. The separation of the college from the seminary began in 1950, although both institutions continued to share the campus and were under the same articles of incorporation and board of directors. Enrollment in the seminary was never large; in 1959 there were five faculty members and eight students. That same year the convention of American Evangelical Lutheran Church voted to move
1134-556: The doctrine of the Word and the teachings of N. F. S. Grundtvig resulted in a split among Danish Lutherans immigrants. The Grundtvigians established West Denmark Seminary near Luck, Wisconsin , in 1887, but it closed in 1892. Among the proposals made to replace that school was one in which the Danes would have a Danish professor at the Chicago Lutheran seminary, but that was rejected in favor of
1176-420: The election, she made statements about the virgin birth and the validity of Islam. In an interview with Swedish Christian newspaper Dagen , she stated that the virgin birth of Jesus is a "mythological term to explain the unique. Those who interpret the virgin birth as a biological issue have completely missed the point." She later clarified her statement as being intended to emphasise that in her view, neither
1218-639: The first woman and archbishop to be welcomed at the Vatican. Her and the Pope's churches, while having very important and major differences (the stances on the state of ordination and the clergy, Marian beliefs, and their stances on some contemporary social issues, for example), did publish a document on the push toward theological dialogue and communion regarding the anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. She has several points of agreement, notably on evolution and
1260-417: The flag of Scania symbolising her episcopal see of Lund. The oak leaves are also featured on the coat of arms of Blekinge which constitutes the easternmost part of the Diocese of Lund. As Bishop of Lund, Jackelén was one of the assistant officiants during the state wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling , in 2010. She has served as representative of the Church of Sweden on
1302-641: The history and theology of the Church of Finland . The merger of the seminaries was completed in 1960. Suomi produced over 130 graduates during its 58 years in Hancock. The presidents of the seminary were J. K. Nikander, J. Wargelin, A. Lepisto, V. K. Nikander, C. J. Tamminen, B. Hillila, E. J. Isaac, and D. T. Halkila. Central Lutheran was founded by the General Synod of the Lutheran Church in 1893 in Atchison, Kansas , as
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1344-544: The pastors for the children of the German and Swedish immigrants. In 1874, Passavant bought a two-acre (0.81 ha) site in Lake View on the north edge of Chicago at his own expense, and worked to raise funds for construction. The General Council authorized the seminary in 1888, but did not provide any funding. Nevertheless, Passavant was able to open the school in 1891 with two professors and six students. Industrial development of
1386-466: The pastors in the Augustana Synod were trained there. Presidents of the seminary were L. P. Esbjorn, T. N. Hasselquist, O. Olsen, G. Andreen, C. Bergendoff, and K. E. Mattson. Beginning in about 1869, the General Council of the Lutheran Church , especially at the urging of William A. Passavent of Pittsburgh, began considering establishment of an English language seminary in the Chicago area to train
1428-747: The pending sale of their 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) campus bounded by 55th Street, Greenwood Avenue, University Avenue, and 54th Place to the University of Chicago, whose Hyde Park campus is across 55th Street from the seminaries. Under the proposal, the two seminaries will lease back part of the facilities for a limited period of time. Construction of new facilities on the fourth floor of the Catholic Theological Union at 5416 South Cornell Avenue began in spring 2023, with completion expected in October. The space includes four classrooms; two zoom rooms, 30 office spaces;
1470-512: The question of time in church, science, and theology was published in 2005. She was the speaker at the 2003 Goshen Conference on Religion and Science, a conference that features noted academics in the field of religion and science. The proceedings were published by Pandora Press. Her husband, Heinz Jackelén, is a retired priest, also originally from Germany, and they have two daughters and several grandchildren. The couple met as undergraduate theology students at Uppsala University . The name Jackelén
1512-418: The role of the Church of Sweden in Swedish civil society . Together with the bishops' conference she has also addressed climate change in a Bishops' letter in 2014 and again 2019, calling for the members of the Church of Sweden as well as the Swedish state to set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and for Sweden to enter binding international agreements on the issue. In the revised version 2019 she and
1554-430: The same God". For this she was both criticized and praised within the church. She supports same-sex marriage in church, while calling for the state to support the institution of marriage as such. Jackelén has spoken out against a ban on school graduation ceremonies in churches, believing a total ban on religious influences in public schools to be detrimental to the spiritual development of children, while emphasising
1596-533: The seminary had inadequate facilities and only a small faculty and student body, producing about 200 graduates in 50 years. In 1949, the seminary became a separate institution and adopted the Central Lutheran name. The faculty increased, and enrollment went up 300% in the subsequent years. The ownership of the seminary eventually passed to the Central States, Iowa, Rocky Mountain, and Texas-Louisiana synods of
1638-507: The seminary had two departments, the preparatory and the theological. In 1869, the name of the school was changed to Augustana College and Theological Seminary. The college and seminary operated as two departments until September 1, 1948, when they were split into independent institutions: Augustana College and Augustana Theological Seminary. The seminary remained on the Rock Island campus until it merged into LSTC in 1962. During its last decade, enrollment varied between 198 and 268. Almost all
1680-512: The seminary to the Chicago Lutheran campus in Maywood, and the two seminaries merged in 1960. The presidents of the college and seminary were N. F. Gravengaard (1896–1897), R. R. Vestergaard (1897–1903), B. Nordentoft (1903–1910), E. Wagner (1910–1912), T. Knudsen (1912–1915), C. P. Hojbjerg (1915–1926), S. D. Rodholm (1926–1932), and J. Knudsen (1942–1951). Deans of the seminary only were S. D. Rodholm (1932–1942), J. Knudsen (1951–1953), and A. C. Kildegaard (1953–1960). Suomi Theological Seminary
1722-619: Was established by the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (the Suomi Synod) in 1904 on the Hancock, Michigan, campus of the synod's Suomi College , which itself had been founded in 1896. Initially the curriculum consisted of two years of theological study, with seven years of classical education as a prerequisite. By 1910, this had increased three years of theological study with four years of high school as an enrollment requirement. In 1923, two years of college became
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1764-844: Was established on September 4, 1962, as the merger of four existing seminaries: the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church 's Augustana Theological Seminary at Rock Island, Illinois, the American Evangelical Lutheran Church 's Grand View Seminary at Des Moines, Iowa, the United Lutheran Church in America 's (ULCA) Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary at Maywood, Illinois, and the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 's Suomi Theological Seminary at Hancock, Michigan. The four church bodies had merged that year to form
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