This book brings together contributions from scholars from Europe and the United States to
honor the theological work of Antje Jackelén the first female Archbishop of the Church of
Sweden. In Archbishop Antje Jackelén's installation homily she identifies the strength of the
Church as a global network of prayer threads. This book is an honorary and celebratory volume
providing a global network of prayerful essays by contributors from a variety of academic
disciplines to creatively engage reflect and illuminate the theological work of Archbishop
Jackelén. Prior to her tenure in the Church of Sweden as Bishop of the Diocese of Lund and now
the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden Jackelén served as professor of Systematic Theology
Director of the Zygon Center and President of European Society for the Study of Science and
Religion (ESSSAT). While each essay intentionally embraces the theological and ministerial work
of Jackelén during her academic tenure they also venture into areas as diverse as climate
change media studies human uniqueness hermeneutics time ethics Christian theological
tradition and history traumatology politics and society. As the first diverse explication of
the theological thinking of Archbishop Jackelén by her theological colleagues this text
provides scholars with an expansion of the scope of Archbishop Jackelén's theological thinking
and initiates laity into the impact of Jackelén thinking that combines with grace and precision
the traditions of the Church the challenges and gifts of the sciences and the needs and
longings of society and the world.
