biography
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Aulén, Gustaf (Emmanuel Hildebrand)
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pronunciation:
[owlen]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1879–1977)
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| biography:
| Lutheran theologian and church music composer, born in Ljungby, S Sweden. Professor of systematic theology at Lund (1913–33) and Bishop of Strängnäs (1933–52), he was a leading representative of the Scandinavian school of theology. His most famous study, Christus victor (1931), presented the death of Christ as a triumph over the powers of evil. He was also president of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (1944–50). |
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