As part of one of the larger research projects in LUMEN, Lutheranism and societal development in Denmark, we have now made a major step within…

Per Ingesman, a professor of church history at Aarhus University, retired recently. With a background in theology as well as history, he has been…

This blog post focuses on an altarpiece from the late 15th century in a small village in southern Denmark, and in particular on the post-Reformation…

In 2020, Carsten Bach-Nielsen retired from his position as an associate professor of church history at Aarhus University. Carsten Bach-Nielsen has…

Covid19 has once again led to new restrictions in Denmark and elsewhere – and to new discussions of these restrictions. There seems to be a special…

Niels Hemmingsen (1513–1600) was an early modern Danish theologian. In my recent book, Envisioning the Christian Society (Mohr Siebeck, 2020), I study…

In searching for a new theological language, the reformers found inspiration in the social philosophy of Seneca and Cicero. In particular, Seneca’s…

In early Lutheranism, sermons, confessions and catechisms were not the only avenues through which the new doctrine of justification spread. At the…

After the Reformation, the Danish nobility developed a tradition for published death sermons written by the clerical elite. These death sermons were…

What is wrong with giving only to the deserving poor? Any discomfort with the word - deserving - stems from the subjective nature of determining who…