Oddbjørn Birger Leirvik

Professor emeritus - Fagseksjonen
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Visiting address Blindernveien 9 Domus Theologica 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1023 Blindern 0315 Oslo

Scholarly profile/research areas

Since 2021, I am professor emeritus of Interreligious Studies. I have been affiliated to The Faculty of Theology (University of Oslo) since 1996, from 2005 in a permanent position. My areas of research are Christian-Muslim relations, Islam, interreligious dialogue, interreligious university theology, multicultural ethics, and religion and society.

See Interreligious Studies as a research area (at the Faculty of Theology and internatonally) and the Faculty's research group Interreligious Studies and Islamic Theology

Teaching

I have mainly taught courses related to the Faculty's bachelor- and master programs in Religion and Society ("Religion og samfunn"), and its international program Religion and Diversity.

See the Faculty's courses in interreligious studies.

Networks

  • Research group in Interreligious Studies and Islamic Theology
  • Religion i pluralist societies (PluRel), an interfaculty research area at the University of Oslo (academic director 2011-2013)
  • European Society for Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies (ESITIS) - board member 2005-2013, chairperson 2011-2013
  • Member of the editorial board, Kirke og Kultur 2008-2017, academic editor 2010-2017
  • Member of the core group of researchers in Culcom (2005-2010), an interdisciplinary research program at the University of Oslo. 
  • Member of the Theological Commission of the Church of Norway, 2008-2015
  • Board member of the Oslo Coalition on Freedom of Religion or Belief, 2000-2008
  • Member/chairperson of the national Contact Group between the Church of Norway and the Islamic Council Norway, 1993-2008
Tags: Interreligious Studies, Systematic Theology, Islamic Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, Humanism, Hermeneutics, Contemporary Critique of Religion, Arabic

Publications

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2023). Protestantisation of Islam - as Good, Humanistic Religion. In Rasmussen, Tarald & Ytterbøe, Vegard Ree (Ed.), Protestantism and Protestantization. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 9783525568729. p. 17–29.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2022). Interreligious Studies, Humanism, and Secularity; A Norwegian Case. In Mosher, Lucinda (Eds.), The Georgetown Companion to Interreligious Studies. Georgetown University Press. ISSN 9781647121631. p. 222–231.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2021). Aw qala: 'Li-jarihi'. In Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland (Eds.), The Ambiguous Figure of the Neighbour in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Texts and Perceptions. Routledge. ISSN 9780367637835. p. 105–125 .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2020). Forbetre Koranen? Sure 4: 34 i norske koranomsettingar. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. p. 5–23. Full text in Research Archive
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2020). Area, Field, Discipline. In Gustafson, Hans (Eds.), Interreligious studies : Dispatches from an emerging field. Baylor University Press. ISSN 9781481312547. p. 17–23.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2020). Islamic humanism or humanistic islam? Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology (ISIT). ISSN 2397-3471. 4(1), p. 88–101. doi: 10.1558/isit.40611. Full text in Research Archive
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2020). Pluralisation of Theologies at European Universities. Models and Concepts. In Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger; Weisse, Wolfram; Ipgrave, Julia & Tatari, Muna (Ed.), Pluralisation of Theologies at European Universities. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 978-3-8309-4201-6. p. 25–34.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2019). Globalization of human conscience: a modern Muslim case. In Jordheim, Helge & Sandmo, Erling Sverdrup (Ed.), Conceptualizing the World: An Exploration across Disciplines. Berghahn Books. ISSN 978-1-78920-036-2. doi: 10.2307/j.ctvw04kj6.7.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Interreligious University Theologies, Christian/Islamic . Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. ISSN 0959-6410. 29(4), p. 509–523. doi: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1521560. Full text in Research Archive
  • Flaskerud, Ingvild & Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). The Study of Islam between University Theology and Lived Religion: Introductory Reflections. Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations. ISSN 0959-6410. doi: 10.1080/09596410.2018.1521561.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Comparative or Interreligious Theology? In Winkler, Ulrich (Eds.), Frankfurter Zeitschrift für Islamisch-Theologische Studien. Special issue 1: Comparative Theology. EB-Verlag Dr. Brandt. ISSN 978-3-86893-255-3. p. 11–23.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Handling Problematic Texts: Ethical Critique and Moral Enrichment. In Sinn, Simone; El Omari, Dina & Grung, Anne Hege (Ed.), Transformative Readings of Sacred Scriptures. Christians and Muslims in Dialogue. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt - Wissenschaft. ISSN 9783374054305. p. 17–28.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Intereligious Studies: A New Academic Discipline? In Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger; Winkler, Ulrich & Rodriguez Fernandez, Lidia (Ed.), Contested Spaces, Common Ground. Space and Power Structure in Contemporary Multireligious Societies. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004325791. p. 33–42.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Towards a Relational and Humanizing Theology: A Christian-Muslim Dialogue. In Harris, Elisabeth J.; Hedges, Paul & Hettiarachchi, Shantikumar (Ed.), Twenty-First Century Theologies of Religion. Retrospection and Future Prospects. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004322462. p. 223–238. doi: 10.1163/9789004324077_015.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Luthersk teologi i møte med andre religionar. In Aschim, Per Kristian & Rasmussen, Tarald (Ed.), Reformasjon nå : Luther som utfordring og ressurs for Den norske kirke. Eide forlag. ISSN 978-82-514-0822-6. p. 387–399.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Islamic university theology. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology. ISSN 0039-338X. 70(2), p. 127–144. doi: 10.1080/0039338X.2016.1253258.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Interreligiøs universitetsteologi. Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 1893-0263. 5(2), p. 156–172. doi: 10.18261/issn.1893-0271-2016-02-04.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Vår humanistiske arv. Kyrkja og livssynshumanismen, Dialogteologi på norsk. Verbum Akademisk. ISSN 9788254313169. p. 36–52.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Policy toward Religion, State Support, and Interreligious Dialogue. The Case of Norway . Studies in Interreligious Dialogue. ISSN 0926-2326. 25(1), p. 92–108. doi: 10.2143/SID.25.1.3112883.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Olavsarv og Olavsmerke. In Dietrich, Stephanie; Elstad, Hallgeir; Fagerli, Beate & Haanes, Vidar Leif (Ed.), Folkekirke nå. Verbum Akademisk. ISSN 9788254313121. p. 111–118.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Kristne under islam: Tekst og historie. In Thorbjørnsrud, Berit S (Eds.), De kristne i Midtøsten. Kampen for tilhørighet. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 978-82-02-48897-0. p. 37–55.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Wahy and tanzil: modern Islamic approaches to divine inspiration, progressive revelation, and human text. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology. ISSN 0039-338X. 69(2), p. 101–125. doi: 10.1080/0039338X.2015.1081617.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Interreligious Relations, Secularity and the 'Immanent Frame'. In Sinn, Simone; Khorchide, Mouhanad & El Omari, Dina (Ed.), Religious Plurality and the Public Space. Joint Christian-Muslim Theological Reflections. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt - Wissenschaft. ISSN 978-3-374-03930-2. p. 167–182.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Norway. In Nielsen, Jørgen S. (Eds.), Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 6. Brill Academic Publishers. ISSN 9789004277540. p. 459–471. Full text in Research Archive
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Muslims in Norway: Value Discourses and Interreligious Dialogue. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO). ISSN 1901-9580. 8(1), p. 137–161. doi: 10.7146/tifo.v8i1.25326.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Interreligious dialogue and secularity: the secular as non-hegemonic condition. In Wyller, Trygve E; Van Den Breemer, Rosemarie & Casanova, Jose (Ed.), Secular and Sacred? The Scandinavian Case of Religion in Human Rights, Law and Public Space. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 978-3-525-60449-6. p. 261–277. doi: 10.13109/9783666604492.261.
  • Bangstad, Sindre; Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger & Bowen, John R. (2014). 'Anthropologists are Talking': About Islam, Muslims and Law in Contemporary Europe. Ethnos. ISSN 0014-1844. 79(1), p. 138–157. doi: 10.1080/00141844.2013.776614.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Religionsdialog og verdifellesskap. In Jupskås, Anders Ravik & Jupskås, Anders Ravik (Ed.), Akademiske perspektiver på 22. juli. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788232101313. p. 205–213.

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  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2022). Religionskritikk på norsk. Kjempande humanisme. Pax Forlag. ISBN 978-82-530-4358-6. 187 p.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger; Weisse, Wolfram; Ipgrave, Julia & Tatari, Muna (2020). Pluralisation of Theologies at European Universities. Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 978-3-8309-4201-6. 316 p.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger; Winkler, Ulrich & Rodriguez Fernandez, Lidia (2017). Contested Spaces, Common Ground. Space and Power Structure in Contemporary Multireligious Societies. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 9789004325791. 382 p.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Islam og kristendom. Konflikt og dialog. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253037004. 324 p.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Interreligious Studies. A Relational Approach to Religious Activism and the Study of Religion. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781472524492. 192 p.

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  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2022). Islamsk universitetsteologi. Teologisk fakultet som hus med mange rom? Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 127(4), p. 52–66.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2021). Pluralisering av universitetsteologien – også på TF? .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2021). Religionsteologi.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2021). Islamsk universitetsteologi.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2020). Religionskritikk. In Hercz, Eliana; Kaveh, Chimen & Lassesen, Einar Morten (Ed.), La oss snakke sammen. Ressursmateriell om tros- og livssynsdialog fra Dialogpilotene. Dialogpilotene. ISSN 978-82-303-4751-5. p. 26–29.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2019). Islamsk teologi – eit fagfelt i utvikling .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2019). Islamsk humanisme som kritisk religion? Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 2, p. 169–180.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2019). Nødvendig religionsdialog – horisontalt og vertikalt . Nytt norsk kirkeblad : for teologi og praksis. ISSN 0802-9504. p. 7–12.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Plurality of Theologies at Universities.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Humanism and Islam. Modern discourses, classical texts .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Konflikt og dialog i det fleirreligiøse Norge .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Interreligious studies and teaching of religious leaders in the Norwegian univesity context.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2018). Protestantization of Islam – as good, humanistic religion.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Islamsk teologi på universitetet. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. p. 3–5.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Kristendomsmonopolet smuldrer opp [islamsk teologi på universitetet]. [Newspaper]. Universitas.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Islamic humanism as critical religion?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Islamsk humanisme som kritisk religion? .
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations in Norway.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Kontaktgruppen for Mellomkirkelig Råd og Islamsk Råd fra starten.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2017). Lutherische Theologie in der Begegnung mit anderen Religionen. EZW-Texte. ISSN 0085-0357. 250, p. 29–41.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). [Dom, fortaping og helvete:] Rydd i omgrepa. Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Kommentar: “… vil vi forstå med vår forstand kva for ein mektig Gud du er.”. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 121(2), p. 107–111.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Kommentar: Religion som velferdsgode? Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 121(4), p. 309–311.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Islamsk universitetsteologi – protestantisering av islam?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Religionsdialog – kva skjer i møtet mellom forskjellige religionar?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). “… vil vi forstå med vår forstand kva for ein mektig Gud du er”.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Hvordan håndterer vi religionskonflikt i dag?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Dialogisk religionskritikk - hva er det?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Islamforskning.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Religionsdialog og livssynspolitikk.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Handling problematic texts: Ethical critique and moral enrichment.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Islamic University Theology.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Fra arkivet: Er islam ein valdeleg religion? Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. 28(1), p. 37–45.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2016). Identitetspolitikk og dialog mellom muslimar og kristne i Norge, Dialogteologi på norsk. Verbum Akademisk. ISSN 9788254313169. p. 63–79.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Protestantization of Islam – as good, humanistic religion.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Wahy, tanzil and modern conceptions of revelation in Islam.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Luthersk teologi I møte med andre religionar.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Dialog i teori og praksis.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Interreligious Theology. Doing Theology in the Space Between.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Protestantization of Islam?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Comparative or Interreligious Theology? Readings and Relations.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2015). Religionsdialog og livssynspolitikk. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. p. 96–108.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Promoting liberal, peaceful religion: The Norwegian MFA’s value-based engagement in the religious field.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Luthersk teologi i møte med andre religionar. Magasin om religionsmøde. ISSN 2245-4616. p. 49–59.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Luthersk teologi i møte med andre religionar.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Islam, the Prophet, and the People of the Book.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Olavsarven – en usalig blanding av religion og makt?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Islam og religionsdialog.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Religionsdialog og livssynspolitikk.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Interfaith activism and the relational study of religion.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in Norway.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Comparative or interreligious theology?
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Theories and methodological issues related to research on inter-religious relations.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Interreligious Studies.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Islam og kristen-muslimske relasjonar i Norge: Eit forsøk på oppdatering.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Interreligious Theology? Theologies in conversation, in a university setting.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Religiøse leiarar - i dialog. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. p. 12–16.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Olavsarv og Olavsmerke. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. p. 42–52.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). KRLE – politikk og pedagogikk.". Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. p. 310–312.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2014). Intereligious Relations and Secularity.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Tal vel om Human-Etisk Forbund. Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424. p. 25–25.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Islam i Vesten.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Abrahams barn: ei såra familiehistorie.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Kairos Palestina og moralsk kritikk av skriftene.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Trusmangfald og nye rammer for kyrkja si rolle i samfunnet.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Trusmangfald og religionspolitikk.
  • Leirvik, Oddbjørn Birger (2013). Er Norge et kristent land? Tradisjon, sekularisering, likeverd.

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