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Den konfessionella kulturens betydelse för syn på uppgift, könsroller och organisering inom Diakonissanstalten och Diakonanstalten ca 1850–1910

Christiansson Drake, Elisabeth and Linde, Stig LU (2026) In Tidsskrift for praktisk teologi 43(1). p.71-92
Abstract
The article examines the significance of confessional culture for conceptions of
vocation, gender roles, and organizational forms within the Deaconess Institution
and the Deacon Institution during the period circa 1850–1910.
The study shows that the traditional Lutheran understanding of the house-
hold’s responsibility for one’s neighbor, as part of the earthly calling, was rede-
fined within diaconal work into an understanding in which the work of deacons
and deaconesses is seen as a necessary expression of evangelical love in society
and its institutions. The fact that women were given a professional position out-
side the home, and that men performed care work, was justified through this
understanding... (More)
The article examines the significance of confessional culture for conceptions of
vocation, gender roles, and organizational forms within the Deaconess Institution
and the Deacon Institution during the period circa 1850–1910.
The study shows that the traditional Lutheran understanding of the house-
hold’s responsibility for one’s neighbor, as part of the earthly calling, was rede-
fined within diaconal work into an understanding in which the work of deacons
and deaconesses is seen as a necessary expression of evangelical love in society
and its institutions. The fact that women were given a professional position out-
side the home, and that men performed care work, was justified through this
understanding of Christian social responsibility.
The institutions were pioneering actors in the emergence of early welfare pro-
fessions—an initiative that should be understood against the background of its
ideological context and the early processes of modernization. (Less)
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Diakonissa, Diakon, Manlig diakoni, Kvinnlig diakoni, Välfärdsprofession, Konfessionskultur, Hushåll, Evangelisk kärlek
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Tidsskrift for praktisk teologi
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43
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1
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23 pages
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3084-1135
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10.48626/h4676973
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  author       = {{Christiansson Drake, Elisabeth and Linde, Stig}},
  issn         = {{3084-1135}},
  keywords     = {{Diakonissa; Diakon; Manlig diakoni; Kvinnlig diakoni; Välfärdsprofession; Konfessionskultur; Hushåll; Evangelisk kärlek}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  month        = {{06}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{71--92}},
  series       = {{Tidsskrift for praktisk teologi}},
  title        = {{Den konfessionella kulturens betydelse för syn på uppgift, könsroller och organisering inom Diakonissanstalten och Diakonanstalten ca 1850–1910}},
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  doi          = {{10.48626/h4676973}},
  volume       = {{43}},
  year         = {{2026}},
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