Emilia Fogelklou – tro och samhällssyn. Aktualisering av ett bidrag till samtalet om att vilja forma det egna livet och samhället

Abstract

The article presents the first Swedish woman to graduate in Theology – Emilia Fogelklou. The focus is her analysis on individuals’ ability (or disability) to will, which shapes identity as well as relations to others. Fogelklou also draws on this reflection in relation to faith and society. Her standpoint can be said to be an in between position where free will is not always there for individuals but a potential for everybody. The article concludes in a suggested dialogue, bringing Fogelklou’s text as a dialogue voice to the contemporary reflection on the Swedish political goal for equality: That men and women should have equal power to form society and one’s own life.