Artikkelit sv
Virpi Mäkinen
Jatkuvuutta ja muutoksia: Köyhät ja köyhäinhoito katolisessa reformissa myöhäiskeskiajalta uudelle ajalle

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292-302
Abstract
Continuity and Change: The Poor and Poor Relief in Catholic Reform from the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern Era — Many scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation changed the structures of poor relief and charity in various ways which were important to the subsequent development of the welfare state in northern Europe. These changes were based, for instance, on the expansion of state (or lay) engagement in poor relief, the centralization of resources and the rationalization of functions. The scholars also maintained that the development was due to differences between Catholic and Protestant religious motivation. This article aims to demonstrate that none of these changes had much to do with the Reformation, since the processes had begun much earlier.
Tuija Laine
Köyhät, nälkäiset ja vaivaiset Agricolan Rucouskiriassa 1544

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303-308
Abstract
The Poor, the Hungry and the Infirm in Agricola’s Prayer Book of 1544 — The article explores the terms for describing poverty, hunger and infirmity in the Rucousciria (Prayer Book, 1544) of Agricola and how they are used. In the context of prayers with a scriptural origin, Agricola was dependent on the meanings of texts in the Bible, and here the terms ’poor’, ’hungry’ and ’infirm’ are used in their concrete meaning. By contrast, in prayers for private devotions and in liturgical prayers Agricola often uses these concepts more freely and in some cases allegorically.
Esko M. Laine
Sokea kerjäläinen Jerikon tiellä: Luuk. 18:31–43 Ericus Erici Sorolaisen ja hänen lähteidensä tulkitsemana

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309-323
Abstract
The Blind Beggar on the Road to Jericho (Luke 18:31–43) as Interpreted by Ericus Erici Sorolainen and His Sources — At the beginning of the modern era, poverty was a grow-ing problem particularly in towns and cities. However, it is difficult to find reliable estimates on how many beggars there actually were. This article, related to the ”Books in transition” project of the Academy of Finland, discusses how Ericus Erici Sorolainen, Bishop of Turku, viewed poverty. The basis for this discussion is the sermon on the Gospel story of the blind beggar at the gates of Jericho (Luke 18:31–43) published by Sorolainen in his Postilla of 1621–1625, compared with his sources – 16th-century and early 17th-century German postillas, particularly the extensive Gospel postillas of Nathanael Tilesius of Silesia, Johannes Avenarius (Habermann) of Bohemia and Siegfried Saccus, a preacher at Magdeburg Cathedral; and the apocryphal books of Sirach and Tobit quoted by Sorolainen. These sources reflected and supported the movement prompted by the Reformation in Germany aimed at eradicating poverty through communal responsibility and community chests to help the poor, and by declaring that begging in public was improper. It was emphasized in this movement that paupers who were genuinely un-able to survive on their own were to be helped by the com-munity, but that these had to be distinguished from ”false paupers” whose misery was considered self-inflicted. In some postillas, poverty was reduced to a spiritual metaphor. Differences of emphasis between postillas may be detected. Sorolainen, like some of his sources, considered the blind man in the Gospel story a ”true pauper” who could not make a living without his eyesight. Therefore he would have been entitled to poor relief from the citizens of Jericho. Sorolainen’s interpretation relies heavily on the theological message of the Gospel story (trust in the potential of God), but poverty also retains its concrete meaning. Sorolainen’s sermon is thus both a theological and a concrete statement in social ethics focusing on the dilemma of poverty in early Lutheranism.
Päivi Räisänen
Kastajatutkimuksen ajankohtaisia haasteita ja näköaloja: Merkityksettömistä marginaaleista marginaalien merkityksiin

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324-344
Abstract
Current Challenges and Perspectives in Baptist Research: From Irrelevant Marginalia to the Importance of Marginalia — Studies of the Baptist movement and radical Reformation have not been particularly fashionable in recent years. In Finland, there is practically no tradition of Baptist re-search. This article discusses the present state of Baptist research worldwide and opens up perspectives for future research. New approaches are provided by micro-history, gender studies and forensic history relying on court records. Expanding the source base, hitherto consisting of a rather narrow range of printed sources, also broadens horizons, as certain recent studies demonstrate. This can serve to help Baptist research, often regarded as marginalia, enrich the mainstream research on the early modern era.
Jouko Talonen
Liisa Eerontytär vai Juho Uusikartano? Kiista rukoilevaisuuden synnystä 1976–1978

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345-355
Abstract
Liisa Eerontytär or Juho Uusikartano? The Dispute over the Birth of the Prayers Movement 1976–1978 — In the study of Finnish ecclesiastical history, the birth of the Prayers religious movement was until 1976 traced back to an ecstatic religious revival that emerged in Kalanti in 1756, centred around a herdsgirl named Liisa Eerontytär. In 1976, however, Harri Heino published a dissertation where he claimed that the Prayers movement in its modern form emerged from the ”jumping revival” (hyppyherätys) of the early 19th century. The key figure in this movement was Juho Uusikartano, a blacksmith who was active at Honkilahti Chapel in Eura. Heino’s findings prompted public debate. Certain authorities in the Prayers movement, unwilling to accept this new view, continued to argue that the movement could trace a continuous history back to the 18th century. In 1978, a surprising endorsement of the traditional view within the Prayers movement was published in the Historiallinen Aikakauskirja journal by Mikko Juva, a distinguished Church historian and newly appointed to the Archdiocese of Turku from the post of Chancellor of the University of Helsinki. Heino’s claim thus remained disputed. The various strands of the Prayers movement continue to date their history from the folk revival in Kalanti in 1756. Professor Irma Sulkunen highlighted the importance of Liisa Eerontytär in her brief monograph of 1999. Historical gender research has thus reinstated Liisa as an important figure in Finnish ecclesiastical history.
Katsauksia ja keskustelua
Kaarlo Arffman
Luterilainen reformaatio ja länsimainen sosiaalipolitiikka

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356-359
Päivi Salmesvuori
Kommentteja Kaarlo Arffmanille

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360-361
Markku Ruotsila
Evankelikaalinen vai evankelinen? Teologianhistoriallisen sanaston ongelmatapauksesta

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362-366
Marjo Anttoora
Erkki Koskenniemi
Harrasta teologiaa

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367-369
Simo Heininen
TARF

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370-372
Kirjallisuutta
Kirjallisuutta

  • Kaarlo Arffman. Auttamisen vallankumous: Luterilaisuuden yritys ratkaista köyhyyden aiheuttamat ongelmat (Virpi Mäkinen)
  • Simo Kiviranta. Katkelmia: Haastatteluista koonnut Helena Simons (Juhani Forsberg)
  • Lea Niskanen. Boktryckarna i Åbo 1750–1828: En bokhistorisk studie genom ett yrke (Tuija Laine)
  • Ilkka Huhta (toim.) Sisällissota 1918 ja kirkko (Jouko Talonen)
  • Vastine edelliseen:”Oi jospa oisin saanut olla mukana…” (Ilkka Huhta)
  • Juha Siltala. Sisällissodan psykohistoria (Hannu Suni)
  • Pertti Haapala & Tuomas Hoppu (toim.) Sisällissodan pikkujättiläinen (Jaakko Mikkola)
  • Piia Latvala. Valoa itään? Kansanlähetys ja Neuvostoliitto 1967–1973 (Kimmo Kääriäinen)
  • Juha Meriläinen. Suomi ja Euroopan kirkollinen jälleenrakentaminen 1945–48 (Jason Lavery)
  • Jenni Krapu. E. G. Gulinin ekumeeninen työ ja ajattelu (Seppo Zetterberg)

 

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373-392
Opinnäytteet
Kevätlukukaudella 2010 hyväksytyt teologian opinnäytetyöt

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393-399