Tydlighet och öppenhet. Eller, varför de lutherska folkkyrkorna i Norden behöver en kombination av katolsk och anabaptistisk teologi för att möta framtiden

Abstract

The predicament of the Nordic Lutheran churches has been described as a balance act between openness and clarity. This article argues that this problem has underlying causes in the (practical) ecclesiology of these churches and that a step towards overcoming these problems is to incorporate catholic, here understood as a sacramental ecclesiology, as well as Anabaptist elements into its theology. By discussing the works of Henri de Lubac and John Howard Yoder, the author argues that with a clarity that focuses more on Christian acts than Christian individuals, the tension between openness and clarity disappears.