Anders Sjöborg
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Teologiska institutionen; Religionsbeteendevetenskap och praktisk teologi
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 62 05
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 234 12 44
- E-mail:
- Anders.Sjoborg@teol.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
- Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Sjöborg's research interests include youth, school and religion, especially new ways of getting in touch with religion, attitudes towards religion and what role religion plays for young people's attitudes towards human rights. He is PI of Teaching Religion in Late Modern Sweden: Professionalism on the borders between public and private. The research is part of the research programme The Impact of Religion. Currently, Sjöborg is head of department at the Department of Theology.
Publications
Selection of publications
- Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education (2020)
- Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes toward Abortion (2019)
- Mapping a field of ”religious” and “nones” (2019)
- Unga, religion och lärande (2019)
- Social Conflicts, Religion and Human Rights Support (2018)
- Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers (2018)
- Balancing on the Borders (2018)
- Religion, Education and Human Rights (2017)
- Religion i ungas vardagsliv (2015)
- 'One Needs to be Free' (2015)
- A comparative study of the relation between religion and human rights among young people (2014)
- Religious Education and Intercultural Understanding (2013)
- Views on Human Rights among Christian, Muslim and non-religious youth in Norway and Sweden (2012)
- Bibeln på mina egna villkor (2006)
Recent publications
- Religion och unga (2022)
- Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education (2020)
- Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid (2020)
- Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes toward Abortion (2019)
- Mapping a field of ”religious” and “nones” (2019)
All publications
Articles
- Editorial: The Intersection of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures (2017)
- Review: Nynäs, Peter and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip (eds.) 2012. (2015)
- 'One Needs to be Free' (2015)
- Book review: Stig Hjarvard and Mia Lövheim (eds.) 2012. Mediatization and Religion: Nordic Perspectives. Gothenburg: Nordicom. 210 pages. (2014)
- Förstå andra, samhället, mig själv - eller inte alls? (2013)
- Religious Education and Intercultural Understanding (2013)
- Views on Human Rights among Christian, Muslim and non-religious youth in Norway and Sweden (2012)
- Gymnasieeleven och religionskunskapen. (2012)
- Gymnasieeleven och religionerna (2012)
- Faster for the Master! Exploring Issues of Religious Expression and Alternative Christian Identity within the Finnish Christian Metal Music Scene (2010)
- New trends in the study of youth and religion. (2006)
- Rec av Göran Larsson: Virtuell religion (2002)
- Rec. av Ulf Sjödin: Mer mellan himmel och jord en studie av den beprövade erfarenhetens ställning bland svenska ungdomar (2002)
- Sverigeräkningen (2001)
- Vad söker dagens konfirmander? (2000)
- Ungdomars värderingar (1996)
Books
- Religion, Education and Human Rights (2017)
- Religiös och social förändring i det glokala samhället (2014)
- Från vatten till vin? (2013)
- Bibeln på mina egna villkor (2006)
- Bibeln i nya medier (2003)
Chapters
- Religion och unga (2022)
- Tolerance And Criticism Within Religious Education (2020)
- Om kunskap om religionsundervisningi polariseringens tid (2020)
- Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes toward Abortion (2019)
- Mapping a field of ”religious” and “nones” (2019)
- Unga, religion och lärande (2019)
- Social Conflicts, Religion and Human Rights Support (2018)
- Addressing Existential Issues through the Eyes of Swedish Religious Education Teachers (2018)
- Balancing on the Borders (2018)
- Education in the context of religious pluralism and human rights – an introduction (2017)
- The influence of the socio-cultural environment and personality on attitudes towards Human Rights (2017)
- Religion i ungas vardagsliv (2015)
- "Man behöver va' lite fri" (2015)
- Negative and Positive Freedom of Religion (2015)
- Dealing with Religious Diversity (2015)
- Ungdomar, religion och livsåskådning (2015)
- A comparative study of the relation between religion and human rights among young people (2014)
- Mapping ‘Religion’ – or ‘Something, I don’t know what’? (2013)
- Aiming for the Stars? (2013)
- Centralt eller perifert? (2012)
- The Impact of Religion on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Speech Among Young Swedes. (2012)
- Unga och religion (2010)
- Unga och religion (2009)
- Unga och tro på nätet (2007)
- Guds ord på nätet? (2006)
- Bibeln, de unga och Internet - några studier (2004)
- "Tournez-vous vers le Nord!" (2002)
- Vad vill morgondagens konfirmander? (2001)
- Vad vill tonåringarna med konfirmationen? (1998)
Conferences
Reports
- Varför kyrkan? (2006)
- Viktig, öppen och högtidlig: Uppsalabornas förväntningar på Svenska kyrkan (2004)
- Bibeln i nya medier. (2002)
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