![]() The first eleven years as a parish pastor produced an incredible output of writing, which included what is most certainly his most famous work, the Hammer of God, a novel written in 1941. His first few years in the ministry (1934-1938) appear to have been spent as an assistant to the bishop with special responsibilities for work with the youth. His active career can be divided into two parts: his time as a parish pastor in Torpa, Sweden (1938-1949), and his time as a bishop in the Church of Sweden in Gothenburg (1949-1970). ![]() ![]() Basically, Giertz was a man of the church. A nice biographical sketch can be found at the Lutheran Student Fellowship of Pittsburgh, among other places. Many have provided more than adequate summaries of this great man's life, a feat I will not attempt to reproduce here. Yet, as happens so often, he is the subject of dissertations himself and remains an inspiration for generations of theologians and pastors. ![]() As far as I can determine, this great theologian of Sweden who became a very prolific and popular writer while also attaining great respect as a scholar, never earned an actual doctoral degree. In my unintended series on significant theologians of the 20th century without earned doctorates, yet another name must be added: Bo Giertz. ![]()
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