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Dr. Jerusha Tanner Lamptey from Union Theological Seminary, New York, will explore the challenges and possibilities of the method of comparative feminist theology in Muslim-Christian interreligious engagement. 

Brigitte Kalh is Professor in the New Testament at Union Theological Seminary, New York.

Are you an international student looking for a full time, professional job in Norway after graduation?

Professor Dr. Thomas Kaufmann and Professor Dr. Yvonne Sherwood are new honorary doctors at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Theology. They will both give a lecture in a seminar with the topic "Afterlife of the reformation. Biblical reception and cultural impact".   The seminar is open to everyone. Welcome!

Cand.theol. Ole Jakob Løland will defend his doctoral dissertation: "Pauline Refigurations. A Study in the Reception of Paul the Apostle in the Works of Jacob Taubes and Slavoj Žižek" for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD) at the Faculty of Theology.

Ole Jakob Løland's trial lecture: "Jacob Taubes og Slavoj Žižek both articulate the figure of Paul as an 'anti-liberal' figure of 'radical politics'. Why and how do these articulations, in both instances, become so thoroughly wrapped up with legacies of anti-Judaism?"

The International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT) is a scientific community dedicated to the the study of and critical reflection on practical theological thought and action. At present, IAPT has members from over 20 countries.

The rectorial elections at the University of Oslo are important and we have therefore invited the candidates and their teams to the Old Ceremonial Hall (Gamle Festsal) in the centre of Oslo so that we can get to know them better and learn more about their programmes.

Reformation theology often defined itself in sharp and outspoken opposition to medieval theology, especially to the traditions of scholastic theology. In Protestant theology, the Reformation has also on a more general basis frequently been defined in opposition to medieval tradition, both with regard to organization, ritual practice and piety. However, this way of interpretation in terms of sharp oppositions has been challenged and strongly modified during the last decades.

The GOBA Colloquium meets regularly to discuss classic and new writings related to the core objectives of the GOBA project.

The GOBA Colloquium meets regularly to discuss classic and new writings related to the core objectives of the GOBA project.

The Mowinckel lecturer 2016 is Professor Ehud Ben Zvi, University of Alberta, Canada. 

This collaborative workshop between scholars at the University of Oslo, University of California, Berkeley, and Graduate Theological Union will focus on questions concerning ritual and the other-than-human world in the context of environmental change.

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

Samuel Etikpah will defend his doctoral dissertation: "The Kundum And Mother River Festivals: Exploring Ritual, Interreligious Collaboration And Community Development In Jomoro, Ghana"  for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.) at the Faculty of Theology.

The title of the trial lecture is: Account for the internal organization of the Kundum festival as an ordered whole in terms of the different modes of ritual speaking it mobilizes (mythological narratives, singing, liturgical pronouncements, fundraising speeches, etc.).

On May 12th to 13th, the GOBA project hosts a seminar on the concepts of gender and Protestantism in the biography genre.

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

The GOBA project invites students and researchers to read and discuss recent publications relevant to the core objectives of the project. 

Reggie Nel is professor and Head of Missiology at Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology at University of South Africa (UNISA). Among his research interests and authorship are topics like Ecclesiology, Children and Youth Ministry, Anti-racism and Reconciliation, Social Networking and Missiology