Nattvardsliturgins förändring mellan 1942 och 2017 : En historisk analys och jämförelse av nattvardsböner och tackböner i Svenska kyrkans kyrkohandböcker 1942, 1986 och 2017.

Sammanfattning: This paper has examined whether there has been a change in communion liturgy between the years 1942 to 2017 based on the use of communion prayers and thank-you prayers from the church manuals of 1942, 1986 and 2017. To achieve the purpose, two analytical questions have been used: a.) How is the relationship between God and man described in the nightshade prayers and thank-you prayers? b.) How has the description of the relationship between God and man changed in communion prayers between 1942 and 2017? Based on an analysis of each church manual, it emerged that a change has taken place in the relationship between God and man. The relationship has become more symmetrical over time. The 1942 Church Handbook states that God is superior to man. While the church manuals from 1986 and 2017 emphasize that God and man are more symmetrical in their relationship to each other. The reason is that God is described more like a person but also because God's proximity to man is becoming clearer more and more.