Research and higher education

The law of religions is not taught as a separate subject at Swedish universities or university colleges. Within the law faculties a minor part of the studies in constitutional law and administrative law aims at the law of religions. The subjects of constitutional law and administrative law are taught at the following universities in Sweden:

– The Department of Law, Lund University (pages in English)
– The Department of Law of the Stockholm University (pages in English)
– The Department of Law of Umeå University (pages in English)
– The Faculty of Law, Uppsala University (pages in English)

Within the theological faculties a minor part of the studies in other subjects aims the law of religions. Such subjects are taught inter alia at the following universities and university colleges in Sweden:

– Centre for Theology and Religious Studies of the Lund University (pages in English)
– Stockholm School of Theology (pages in English)
– Faculty of Theology, Umeå University (pages in English)
– Faculty of Theology, Uppsala University (pages in English)
– Örebro Theological Seminary (pages in English)

D 4 October 2012    ALars Friedner

The sociology of religions is taught as a separate subject at some universities and university colleges. At other, it is taught as a part of the subject life conception science.

– Department of Sociology, Lund University (website in English)
– Stockholm School of Theology (pages in English)
– Department of Sociology of the Umeå University (pages in English)
– Department of Sociology (Swedish website) of the Uppsala University (English website)
– Örebro Theological Seminary (website in English)

D 4 October 2012    ALars Friedner

Currently, research in the law of religions in Sweden seem to take place only within the Faculty of Law, Uppsala University (English pages).
Research in the sociology of religions take place within the faculties of theology at the universities, in Lund University (English website), Umeå University (English website), and Uppsala University (English website).
"The Impact of Religion – Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy" is a research project of the Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (Religion and Society Research Centre, University of Uppsala (2008-2018). The Impact of Religion programme is concerned with the economic, social, political, legal and – above all – religious changes that are taking place in Sweden and the Nordic countries at the beginning of the 21st century.

D 4 October 2012    ALars Friedner