About the Author

Gunnar Hillerdal (1924-2016) was a Swedish associate professor, theologian, and politician and was rector at Växjö Cathedral School and Finnveden's gymnasium in Värnamo. He was a cultural journalist in recent years, mainly in Jönköping-Posten, and starred for many years in the Swedish Radio series Good to know. Berndt Gustafsson (1920-1975) was a pioneering sociologist of religion. He founded Religion Sociology Institute in Stockholm in 1962 and described the development of religious life in Sweden in numerous research papers, books, and articles.