Karin Maria Elisabet Johannesson (born 8 December 1970) is a Swedish prelate who is the current Bishop of Uppsala.

Biography

Johannesson was born in

Filipstad Filipstad is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019. Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Ch ...

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on 8 December 1970 and was educated at the public school in Filipstad. She graduated with a

Bachelor of Theology The Bachelor of Theology degree (BTh, ThB, or BTheol) is a two- to five-year undergraduate degree or graduate degree in theological disciplines and is typically (but not exclusively) pursued by those seeking ordination for ministry in a church, de ...

in 1994, and a bachelor's degree in 1996 from

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

. She earned her PhD in theology and obtained a doctorate there in 2002. She was ordained priest in 2010 in the Diocese of Karlstad by Bishop Esbjörn Hagberg. Johannesson was accepted as an associate professor of religious philosophy at

in 2015. On 3 March 2019 she was consecrated as Bishop of Uppsala by

Antje Jackelén Antje Jackelén (; born 4 June 1955) is archbishop emerita and primate emerita ('' prima inter pares'') of the Church of Sweden, the national church. On 15 October 2013, she was elected the 70th Archbishop of Uppsala and formally received throu ...

, Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate.

Bibliography (publications in English)

Johannesson, K. (2007). ''God pro Nobis. On Non-Metaphysical Realism and the Philosophy of Religion''. Studies in Philosophical Theology, vol. 37. Leuven: Peeters. Johannesson, K. (2013). "Concept if God in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion". ''In Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions''. Johannesson, K. (2014) “Non-Metaphysical Realism. A Dummett-Inspired Implementation of Putnam’s Internal Realism”. ''European Journal for Philosophy of Religion'', vol. 6. ISSN 1689-8311. Johannesson, K. (2014) “Lutheran Spiritual Theology in a Post-Christian Society”. In J''ustification in a Post-Christian Society'', Carl-Henric Grenholm & Göran Gunner (eds.). Church of Sweden Research Series, vol. 8. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications. Johannesson, K. (2016) ”The Holy Spirit and Lutheran Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century”. ''Seminary Ridge Review''. ISSN 1526-0674. Johannesson, K. (2023). ''Thérèse and Martin. Carmel and the Reformation in a New Light''. Church of Sweden Research Series, vol. 21. Eugene, Oregon: Pickwick Publications. Johannesson, K. (2023). "The bishop as mystagogue, prioress, and leader of the choir. Exploring the nature of episcopal authority in the Church of Sweden". ''International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church'', vol. 23. Johannesson, K. (2024). "Graceful Ascesis, Christ and the Cross. Carmelite Teachers and Lutheran Doctrine in Today's Western World". One in Christ, vol. 56. ISSN: 0030-252X.

References

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