Research at the Faculty of Theology is undertaken within eleven research disciplines. Each discipline holds regular seminars as well as seminars in conjunction with other research disciplines both within and outside of the Faculty. All seminars are open to doctoral students. With this breadth of disciplines and competence and rich array of seminars the faculty offers a stimulating research environment.

Breadth, depth and diversity are three concepts which illustrate well the research undertaken at the faculty. Here research is carried out concerning, amongst other issues, classic theological and ecclesiological questions, assimilation processes amongst Swedish immigrants, biblical interpretation and fiction, the meeting between science and religion, ritual and mental health in a secularized Sweden, theological and philosophical aspects of animal rights ethics and religion and welfare. These examples also show the relevance of research to society at large and its importance for a deeper understanding of historical and contemporary occurrences and phenomena.

Research Disciplines

• Ethics
• Old Testament Exegesis
• Church History
• Ecclesiology
• Mission Studies
• New Testament Exegesis
• Philosophy of Religion
• History of Religions
• Psychology of Religion
• Sociology of Religion
• Systematic Theology and Studies in World Views