Marius Mjaaland

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Academic Interests

Philosophy and theology. Phenomenology. Interdisciplinary research on religion and society. Life Science - with emphasis on ethics, organ donation and the gift of life. Ecology and Eco-philosophy. The study of Kierkegaard's philosophy has been a major interest for years. Check Marius Mjaaland @ ResearchGate for further information and selected texts. 

Teaching

Higher education and employment history

  • Professor of Philosophy of Religion, University of Oslo (2018-)
  • Professor and Academic Director of PluRel at the University of Oslo (2014-17)
  • Associate Professor, Østfold University College (2013-14)
  • Humboldt Scholar University of Hamburg (2012-2013)
  • Visiting Professor University of Rostock (2012)
  • Associate Professor, Responsible for Research Development (CoE Application) University of Oslo (2011)
  • Head of Church Dept., Diocese of Oslo (2010)
  • Visiting Scholar at the Universities of Copenhagen, Montpellier, Heidelberg, Tübingen, Hamburg og Chicago
  • Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow (NRC Project), University of Oslo (2006-2009)
  • Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Religion (NRC Project), University of Oslo (2005)
  • Cand. theol., University of Oslo (1999)
  • Mag. art. in Philosopy, University of Oslo (1999)

Honoraria

  • Alexander-von-Humboldt Scholarship for Advanced Scholars 2012-2014
  • John Templeton Award for Theological Promise 2009 - University of Heidelberg
  • Awarded NRC Project "Sola Scriptura" (1.8 mio NOK) 2006
  • Awarded NRC Project "Autopsia" (1.5 mio NOK) 2001
  • Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst - Universität Heidelberg 1999-2000

Appointments

  • President of Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion (2006-)
  • President of The Norwegian Søren Kierkegaard Society (2005-)
  • Board Member of the International Luther Congress Continuation Committee (2017-)
  • Academic Director of PluRel (2014-17)
  • Director of Nordic Network for Philosophy of Religion (2007-2011)
  • Member of Editorial Advisory Board for Studies in Philosophical Theology at Peeters Publishers (Leuven)
  • Vice President and Board Member in European Society for Philosophy of Religion (2008-2014)
  • President of European Society for Philosophy of Religion (2006-2008)

Cooperation

Tags: Systematic Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Political Theology

Publications

  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Hessen, Dag Olav & Eriksen, Thomas Hylland (2024). Antropocen - en introduksjon til menneskets tidsalder. In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & Hessen, Dag Olav (Ed.), Antropocen - menneskets tidsalder. Res Publica. ISSN 9788282263016. p. 7–29.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2024). Angst i antropocen. In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & Hessen, Dag Olav (Ed.), Antropocen - menneskets tidsalder. Res Publica. ISSN 9788282263016. p. 117–132.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2023). The Age of Humans - the Death of God. In Iversen, Kristina Leganger; Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann & Oxfeldt, Elisabeth (Ed.), Naturen som gave? Tvisyn på naturen i nordisk litteratur. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215064567. p. 31–51.
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2023). By Grammar Alone. Lutherjahrbuch. ISSN 0342-0914. 90, p. 61–76.
  • Busch, Emil Junge Nielsen & Mjaaland, Marius (2023). What is Death and Why Do We Insist on the Dead Donor Rule? A Response to Our Critics. American Journal of Bioethics. ISSN 1526-5161. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2201205. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2023). Politisk teologi i antropocen. Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 1893-0263. 12(1), p. 70–84. doi: 10.18261/tt.12.1.6. Full text in Research Archive
  • Busch, Emil Junge & Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Does Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death Violate the Dead Donor Rule? American Journal of Bioethics. ISSN 1526-5161. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2022.2040646. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Why Hope? Critical Research on Religion (CRR). ISSN 2050-3032. 9(3), p. 341–345. doi: 10.1177/20503032211044428.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Ecophilosophy and the Ambivalence of Nature: Kierkegaard and Knausgård on Lilies, Birds and Being . Kierkegaard Studies. ISSN 1430-5372. 26(1), p. 325–350. doi: 10.1515/kierke-2021-0014. Full text in Research Archive
  • Dahl, Espen; Henriksen, Jan-Olav & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Introduction. In Dahl, Espen; Henriksen, Jan-Olav & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Ed.), Imagination in Religion: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Religion. LIT Verlag. ISSN 978-3-643-91210-7. p. 7–14.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Interreligiöser Glaube und gute Religion. In Eurich, Johannes; Stoellger, Philipp; Oeming, Manfred; Lienhard, Fritz & Stoppel, Hendrik (Ed.), Phänomene und Diskurse des Interreligiösen. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161592546. p. 151–170. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Religion, Enlightenment and Secularization. In Bringeland, Hans & Brunvoll, Arve (Ed.), Religion, Christian Faith, and Secular World: Some thoughts on the meaning and role of religion from the perspective of science of religion, theology, philosophy and sociology. LIT Verlag. ISSN 978-3-643-91139-1. p. 165–188.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Theologica Paradoxa: Dialog und Disputation als Sprachformen evangelischen Denkens. Neue Zeitschrift Für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie. ISSN 0028-3517. 63(2), p. 203–225. doi: 10.1515/nzsth-2021-0011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). The Image of Jerusalem Destroyed. In Oftestad, Eivor Andersen & Haga, Joar (Ed.), Tracing the Jerusalem Code. Volume 2: The Chosen People. Christian Cultures in Early Modern Scandinavia (1536-ca. 1750). Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 978-3-11-063487-7. p. 283–297. doi: 10.1515/9783110639452. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). On the Path of Destruction. In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Eds.), The Reformation of Philosophy. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 9783161592188. p. 61–74.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). Prekenen som hendelse. Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 1893-0263. 9(2), p. 22–37. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). Ars moriendi coronae. Tidsskrift for sjelesorg. ISSN 0333-3388. 40(3-4), p. 310–330.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). On the Path of Destruction: Luther, Kant and Heidegger on Divine Hiddenness and Transcendence. Religion in Philosophy and Theology (RPT). ISSN 1616-346X. doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-159218-8.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). Den Ukjente: Metafysikk, mystikk og politisk teologi i Heideggers Svarte hefter. In Berdinesen, Hein & Torjussen, Lars Petter Storm (Ed.), Heideggers testamente. Filosofien, nazismen og de svarte heftene. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282654890. p. 651–667.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). The Riddle of the Reformation and the Mystery of Revolution. In Namli, Elena (Eds.), Future(s) of the Revolution and the Reformation. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783030273033. p. 165–189. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-27304-0.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). Secular formatting of the sacred: Human rights and the question of secularization and re-sacralization. Journal of Nationalism, Memory & Language Politics. ISSN 2570-5857. 13(2), p. 164–182. doi: 10.2478/jnmlp-2019-0011. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). Neurons and Transcendence. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 123(2), p. 139–161. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-3002-2019-02-04. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). Formatting Religion: The Approach. In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Eds.), Formatting Religion: Across Politics, Education, Media, and Law. Routledge. ISSN 9781138599987. p. 1–16. doi: 10.4324/9780429030567.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2018). Kallet til ensomhet. Det uoppløselige episke element hos Solstad, Kierkegaard og Blanchot. In Holte, Stine (Eds.), Kallsvariasjoner. Postsekulære kall i skandinavisk litteratur. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-8390-005-7. p. 139–162.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2018). Sovereignty and Submission: Luther's Political Theology and the Violence of Christian Metaphysics. Studies in Christian Ethics. ISSN 0953-9468. 31(4), p. 435–451. doi: 10.1177/0953946818792629. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Confessions and Considerations: Heidegger's Early Black Notebooks and His Lecture on Augustine's Theory of Time. In Svenungsson, Jayne & Björk, Mårten (Ed.), Heidegger's Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783319649269. p. 257–276. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-64927-6_10.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). The Promise, the Gift, and Being Lost. In Moxter, Michael & Heinsohn, Nina (Ed.), Enttäuschung. Wilhelm Fink Verlag. ISSN 978-3-7705-5666-3. p. 229–244. doi: 10.30965/9783846756669_013.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Strid og kjærlighet: En gjenvisitt til Løgstrups oppgjør med Kierkegaard, Skapelsesnåde. Festskrift til Svein Aage Christoffersen. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-880-7. p. 109–125.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Ateismens topologi: Teisme og ateisme i den filosofiske arven etter Luther. Dansk teologisk tidsskrift. ISSN 0105-3191. 1(80), p. 30–50. doi: 10.7146/dtt.v80i1.106346. Full text in Research Archive
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Creation and Evolution. In Eikrem, Asle & Søvik, Atle Ottesen (Ed.), Talking Seriously About God : Philosophy of Religion in the Dispute between Theism and Atheism. LIT Verlag. ISSN 978-3-643-90741-7. p. 5–20.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Navn og narsissisme: Om allmakt, avmakt og apofasis. In Innerdal, Gunnar & Rise, Svein (Ed.), Gud og språkets grenser. Vidarforlaget AS. ISSN 978-82-7990-332-1. p. 133–154.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Bilder des Todes zerstören. In Klie, Thomas & Nord, Illona (Ed.), Tod und Trauer im Netz. W. Kohlhammer GmbH. ISSN 9783170292505. p. 97–116.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Religiøs topografi i nordisk protestantisme :. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur. ISSN 1501-9934. p. 84–103.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Sacrifice and Suicide in the Post-Secular Society. Berliner Theologische Zeitschrift. ISSN 0724-6137. 1, p. 69–87.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2015). Paradox, Sacrifice, and the Future of Writing: Kierkegaard, Postmodernism and Deconstruction. In Stewart, Jon (Eds.), A Companion to Kierkegaard. Wiley-Blackwell. ISSN 978-1-118-78381-8. p. 96–110. doi: 10.1002/9781118783795.ch6.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2014). The Double Destruction of Hegel. In Hutter, Axel & Rasmussen, Anders Moe (Ed.), Kierkegaard im Kontext des deutschen Idealismus. Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter). ISSN 978-3-11025275-0. p. 135–150. doi: 10.1515/9783110252798.135.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2014). Der apokalyptische Zwerg der Revolution. In Stoellger, Philipp (Eds.), Deutungsmacht: Religion und belief systems in Deutungsmachtkonflikten. Mohr Siebeck. ISSN 978-3-16-153031-9. p. 205–224.

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  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & Hessen, Dag Olav (2024). Antropocen - menneskets tidsalder. Res Publica. ISBN 9788282263016. 272 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius; Gilhus, Ingvild Sælid & Øvretveit, Solbjørg (2023). KRLE 10. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202763442. 119 p.
  • Iversen, Kristina Leganger; Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann & Oxfeldt, Elisabeth (2023). Naturen som gave? Tvisyn på naturen i nordisk litteratur. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215064567. 288 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius; Øvretveit, Solbjørg & Stensborg, Kristian Borgen (2022). KRLE 8. Cappelen Damm AS. ISBN 9788202714383. 145 p.
  • Dahl, Espen; Henriksen, Jan-Olav & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Imagination in Religion: Perspectives from the Philosophy of Religion. LIT Verlag. ISBN 978-3-643-91210-7. 8(8). 195 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). The Reformation of Philosophy. Mohr Siebeck. ISBN 9783161592188. 287 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2019). Formatting Religion: Across Politics, Education, Media, and Law. Routledge. ISBN 9781138599987. 216 p.
  • Holte, Stine; Jensen, Roger & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Skapelsesnåde. Festskrift til Svein Aage Christoffersen. Novus Forlag. ISBN 978-82-7099-880-7. 536 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Systematisk teologi. Verbum Akademisk. ISBN 9788254313558. 362 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2015). The Hidden God: Luther, Philosophy, and Political Theology. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-01820-5. 248 p.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2015). Ingen adgang til riket. Religionsfrihetens grenser og Grunnlovens § 2 1814-2014. St. Olav forlag. ISBN 9788270243068. 139 p.

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  • Mjaaland, Marius (2023). Kirken vår. Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424.
  • Mjaaland, Marius & Timmann-Mjaaland, Angela (2023). Om ikke kirken skal miste sin sjel. Strek : sentralstimulerende magasin. ISSN 1890-9477. p. 50–56.
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2023). Kan demokratiet fikse klimakrisa?
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2023). Deep and Shallow: Deep Ecology and Deep Time.
  • Oxfeldt, Elisabeth; Mjaaland, Marius & Iversen, Kristina Leganger (2023). Innledning. In Iversen, Kristina Leganger; Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann & Oxfeldt, Elisabeth (Ed.), Naturen som gave? Tvisyn på naturen i nordisk litteratur. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215064567. doi: 10.18261/9788215064574-2023-00.
  • Bergem, Ragnar Misje & Mjaaland, Marius (2023). 250 år siden Norges første økofilosof ble født. Han stilte spørsmål som er mer aktuelle enn noen gang. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 22–23.
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2022). Organdonasjon - noen etiske dilemmaer.
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2022). Discussing the Dead Donor Rule.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Håp og fortvilelse i klimakrisen.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Kierkegaard on Anxiety in the Age of Ecological Crisis.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Kan mennesket overleve seg selv? [Newspaper]. Universitas.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). En ny tidsalder tvinger teologene til å tenke nytt. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Angsten i antropocen: Tverrfaglig økologi for en ny tidsalder.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Angst i antropocen. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847. p. 24–25.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Etiske dilemmaer rundt organdonasjon ved sirkulasjonssvikt.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2022). Fremtidig organisering av Den norske kirke.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Forelesningsrekka i tverrfaglig økologi skal nå bredt ut. Uniforum. ISSN 1891-5825.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Tilliten til bibeltekstene er borte. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Nerven i Kristi kropp. Vårt land. ISSN 0805-5424.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Som tannhjul i et byråkrati. [Newspaper]. vårt land.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Unge menneskers klimaangst er reell. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Challenges to Relational Ontology in the Anthropocene.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2021). Enkel og funksjonell? En teologisk og maktkritisk analyse av forslaget til ny kirkeordning. Nytt norsk kirkeblad : for teologi og praksis. ISSN 0802-9504. 2021(4), p. 31–44.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2021). Ny kirkeordning: Hva skal vi med embetet? Luthersk Kirketidende. ISSN 0332-5431. 156(8), p. 209–213.
  • Molland, Hedda Susanne & Mjaaland, Marius Gunnar Timmann (2020). Nordisk ambivalens i møte med naturen. Salongen – nettidsskrift for filosofi og idéhistorie. ISSN 2703-7053.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2020). Nordisk ambivalens i møte med naturen. [Internet]. Salongen.
  • Mjaaland, Marius (2018). Sjelesorg, kristologi og ideologi : . Tidsskrift for sjelesorg. ISSN 0333-3388. 38(2), p. 109–112.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann & Sylte, Turid (2018). Hele byrden på menneskets skuldre. [Newspaper]. Vårt Land.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2018). Glaube. Wissen. Wahrheit. Religionsphilosophische Überlegungen.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2018). Schrift und Destruktion: Kreuzestheologie aus religionsphilosophischer Perspektive.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2018). Presteembetet, kirken og Confessio Augustana. Luthersk Kirketidende. ISSN 0332-5431. 2018(7).
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Sykdommen til døden. argument. ISSN 1504-6087.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Luther var en varsler. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Martin Luthers 95 teser. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Reformasjonsstriden 2017. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 22–23.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Om reformasjonen. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). «Sivilisasjonens fall - sivilisasjonens fremtid?» Grunnlovens §2 kritisk betraktet på sekulære premisser.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Phenomenology, Writing, and the Hiddenness of God.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Topos of the Hidden One: Secrecy and Ambivalence in Luther’s Philosophical Legacy.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Gudsbegrepets topologi fra Luther til Heidegger og i senmoderne filosofi.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Sovereignty and Submission: The Violence of Christian Metaphysics.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). The Hidden God: Luther, philosophy, and political theology.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2017). Den skjulte Gud.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Holte, Stine; Jensen, Roger; Wyller, Trygve & Hafstad, Kjetil (2017). Gave og glede, Skapelsesnåde. Festskrift til Svein Aage Christoffersen. Novus Forlag. ISSN 978-82-7099-880-7. p. 9–18.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Hva skjer med staten når den løsrives fra kirken? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2016). Alle revolusjoners mor. Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839. p. 18–19.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2015). Utelukkelsens skygge over Grunnloven. In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Eds.), Ingen adgang til riket. Religionsfrihetens grenser og Grunnlovens § 2 1814-2014. St. Olav forlag. ISSN 9788270243068. p. 9–14.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2015). Det tvetydige protestantiske minnet og nordisk topografi.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2014). Ingen adgang til riket.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2014). Frykten for religion. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2013). Dikternes dikter og tenkernes tenker: Kierkegaard 200 år.
  • Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2013). Hemmeligheten i all hjelpekunst.

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