Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology Jennifer Baldwin Editor Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Windows A Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology Volume 2 Series editor Michael Fuller , University of Edinburgh , Edinburgh , United Kingdom More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13495 Jennifer Baldwin Editor Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Windows A Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén Editor Jennifer Baldwin Grounding Flight Wellness Center Chicago, IL, USA Elmhurst College Elmhurst , IL , USA ISSN 2364-5717 ISSN 2364-5725 (electronic) Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology ISBN 978-3-319-23942-2 ISBN 978-3-319-23944-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-23944-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015957438 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www. springer.com) Dedicated to Archbishop Antje Jackelén— for her wisdom, gracious leadership, and empowering and encouraging mentorship Pref ace Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Windows: A Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Antje Jackelén is a celebration of the important academic work of Jackelén. This volume is intended to highlight and honor the theological writings of Jackelén and offer further paths of theological refl ection and discovery. While her faculty appointments and society leadership are at least on hiatus if not concluded for ecclesial responsibilities, Jackelén continues to produce important theological refl ection for the leadership of the church in an increasingly global society. While this volume celebrates and focuses on the academic refl ection and production of Jackelén, the fullness of her importance cannot be limited to her academic writings. Her ecclesiastical work both prior to the conferral of her doctoral degree as a parish priest and after during her tenure as bishop of Lund and as the fi rst female arch- bishop of the Church of Sweden are monumental bookends that provide both sup- port and meaning to her academic literature. It is through her ecclesiastical leadership and writings that her academic work is most fully vivifi ed and vibrant. The title of this volume is intended to highlight the key arenas of Jackelén’s vocational journey. The “ivory tower” is a common euphemism for the academy and can be employed as a pejorative to indicate academic interests that are divested from the concerns and needs of society. While accusation that the academy is discon- nected from society can be true, it is certainly not the case in the scholarship of Jackelén. In fact, the most urgent needs of society, including the AIDS crisis, cli- mate change, and the impact of technology on society, stand at the forefront of her writing, lecturing, and teaching. In many ways, Jackelén’s academic work repre- sents the best of the ivory tower. The image of the “stained glass windows” is intended to point to her ecclesiastical work. Jackelén, throughout her career, has shown dedication to the vitality, relevancy, and health of the church. As a parish priest in Sweden for sixteen years prior to her move into the academy, her preaching as a seminary professor, and her ecclesial leadership, Jackelén has consistently kept a caring and attentive touch on the pulse of the rhythms, practices, and needs of the church. Additionally, within the religion/science dialogue, there is a perennial con- versation on what images are best as a linking; the choice of “embracing” is to highlight Antje’s insistence on a relational component that requires the ivory tower vii viii Preface to attend to actual needs and sufferings at the same time that it calls the church to step out from behind its stained glass windows into the world. From her doctoral dissertation, through her leadership at the Zygon Center of Religion and Science and European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, and her shepherding roles as the bishop of Lund and now archbishop, Jackelén has consistently demonstrated a dedication to intentional, meaningful, and robust theo- logical thinking that embraces the traditions and history of the church and theologi- cal integrity. While diligent and precise thought and communication is refl ective of her internalized commitment to excellence, she is also aware of added external pres- sure of being a female leader and scholar. In the current century, it would be nice to believe that the gender of a scholar would not bear on the reception of their work; however, as Jackelén is keenly cognizant, the sex of a scholar and leader continues to infl uence the reception of their work. This is particularly true in fi elds that are historically or currently occupied predominantly by men, including church leader- ship and interdisciplinary scholarship. Jackelén’s awareness of the role her female- ness plays has allowed her to graciously navigate instances in which she has been inappropriately criticized (including attacks on her hairstyle and threats to her safety during the election process and shortly after her election as primate of the Church of Sweden) and misjudged (including the continued lambasting of her personal faith and ecclesiastical leadership due to a misinterpretation of her bishop’s motto). While the particularity of her embodiment as female has been scandalous to some, her strength, resiliency, integrity, and gracious tenacity have been an empow- ering encouragement to others. Throughout her academic career, Jackelén was among the fi rst to blaze the trails that others now tread. She was only the second woman to earn a Ph.D. from the theology department at Lund University; the fi rst woman to serve as director of Zygon Center and president of ESSSAT; the third female bishop in the Church of Sweden, among a small group of women infl uential in religion and science discourse; and the fi rst female archbishop. As a trailblazer, Jackelén has continually kept one hand clearing the brush and the other hand reach- ing back to support those who follow. Her mentorship of women in the academy and church, including myself, has been one of her greatest gifts. From female colleagues and students to adolescent girls (L. Oveido offers “the youngest person attending Assisi Conference last year was an adolescent girl, the granddaughter of a colleague and friend from USA; she told us at the end of that meeting that she was deeply impressed about Antje: “she is really a role-model for me”), Jackelén has been an active mentor and representational model of how to negotiate the demands of con- temporary leadership and scholarship. This celebratory volume is a labor of appreciation, recognition, and honor for the gifts and talents Jackelén has offered to the scholarly community. It proceeds in four movements: the fi rst grouping of essays, Expanding Time and Eternity , focuses on Jackelén’s doctoral dissertation “Time and Eternity” which is currently published in three languages. These chapters each provide a different melody of refl ection estab- lished on the bass foundation of Jackelén’s inaugural academic monograph. Throughout Jackelén’s academic and ecclesiastical work, she has always kept a dili- gent eye on the implications and utility of theological refl ection and articulation on Preface ix society. The second movement of essays honors this commitment to the role of religious thought and practice as critical supports for the good of community and society. The third section highlights creative intersections in theology and science that open creative spaces for renewed engagement. These essays honor the interdis- ciplinary work that has largely, though not exclusively, marked Antje Jackelén’s career thus far. In her interdisciplinary work, she explored creative tropes for increasing the relationality among disciplinary communities and between the church and society. The fi nal movement builds on increasingly more complex forms of community in particular contexts, time, and place. Antje has and continues to play a formative role in a variety of personal, local, national, and international communities. As daughter, friend, scholar, wife, priest, mother, professor, advisor, colleague, director, bishop, grandmother, and archbishop, Antje Jackelén has positively infl u- enced individuals, communities, disciplines, organizations, and the church, local, national, and global. Each of the contributors to this volume has been infl uenced, collegially or personally, by Antje Jackelén and honors her contribution to their thought, the academy, or the church through their essay. This volume is intended to honor the work of Antje in the academy and celebrate the fi rst anniversary of her historic instillation as archbishop of the Church of Sweden.