ANDERS NYGREN’s
Religious Apriori
with an Introduction by Walter H. Capps
Editors
Walter H. Capps
Kjell O. Lejon
LINKÖPING STUDIES IN
RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION No 2
Anders Nygren’s Religious Apriori
with an Introduction by Walter H. Capps
This publication is based upon the first English translation of some essential parts of Professor Anders Nygren’s dissertation Religiöst Apriori.
Dess filosofiska förutsättningar och teologiska konsekvenser [Religious Apriori: Its Philosophical Presuppositions and Theological Conse-quences], 1921. In this work, Nygren established the foundation for his
subsequent philosophical and theological thinking. Important theoretical and methodological perspectives that laid the groundwork in the thinking of Anders Nygren have hereby been made accessible for the English-speaking world.
A short biographical introduction to Anders Nygren is given, followed by an comprehensive introduction to the Religious Apriori, including an assessment of Nygren’s achievement.
The extensive bibliography includes works in English by relevant Swedish theologians.
Walter H. Capps (†), University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. Kjell O. Lejon, Linköpings universitet, Sweden
ISBN 91-7219-640-8 (print) ISSN 1404-3971 (print)