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• Alkazemi, Ali Jones (2026). Billedforbud og inkarnasjon i "Elementene i antisemittismen" i Opplysningens dialektikk. Skandinavisk Tidsskrift for Teologi og Kirke. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Alkazemi, Ali Jones (2026). Universalismens sivilisatoriske vold: Girard, Adorno og Schmitt. Segl. Katolsk Årsskrift for religion og samfunn. ISSN 1893-8728. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jensen, Maja Kofod; Iqbal, Sana; Jäckel, Marie & Köhrsen, Jens-Ole (2026). Conflict dynamics in greening processes: the case of Swiss churches. Journal of Contemporary Religion. ISSN 1353-7903. 41(2), s. 311–328. doi: 10.1080/13537903.2026.2697595. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hearn, Adam Xavier; Schubert, Iljana; Köhrsen, Jens-Ole; Sohre, Annika & Hamed, Hagar (2026). Barriers, enablers and critical collaborations in the case of Positive Energy Districts. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 8, s. 1–14. doi: 10.3389/frsc.2026.1808466. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). David the Man: David’s Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible. I Shepherd, David & Tiemeyer, Lena-Sofia (Red.), The Oxford Handbook of King David. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780197652718. s. 69–82. doi: 10.1093/9780197652749.003.0007. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract This study investigates David’s masculinity in the Hebrew Bible and in biblical scholarship. First, it offers a brief summary of the importance of the character of David for Hebrew Bible masculinity studies and for the developing scholarly checklist of masculinity traits in the Hebrew Bible. Then David is assessed according to the books of Samuel’s configuration of ideal masculinity. This is done by focusing on David alongside his three male co-protagonists, Saul, Jonathan, and Absalom, in order to tease out the dynamics of gender performance, as these four characters both embody an ideal and fall short of it. Lastly, the question of Yhwh and hegemonic masculinity in relation to David is considered. How does a hegemonic male such as David best cope with a divine patron, who is the ultimate alpha male? The solution lies in David’s recognition of the power dynamics and hierarchy in a patron-client relationship between hegemonic males.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Colleagues with Conflicting Perspectives: Karl Barth and Karl Jaspers on Responsibility. Existenz. 20(1), s. 24–32. doi: https:/existenz.us/volumes/Vol.20-1Sigurdson.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  What does it mean to be a responsible subject, and what kind of subject would such a responsible subject be? These are philosophical questions highly pertinent to such global and planetary challenges of our time as the climate crisis, but they were also important for the philosophical and theological discussion on the reconstruction after the Second World War and the threat of the nuclear bomb. In this essay, I approach these philosophical questions through a historical exchange between two of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century who were between 1948 and 1961 colleagues at the University of Basel: the philosopher Karl Jaspers and the theologian Karl Barth. Both were highly involved in the discussion of social and political issues of their time. Their starting points for their intellectual endeavors diverge, however: Jaspers departed from human experience, and Barth from the interruption of human experience through divine revelation. While Jaspers emphasized the universal dimension of this experience, Barth, for his part, accentuated the particular and concrete. The critical and crosswise comparison of their understanding of responsibility is constructive— precisely because of their conflicting perspectives—in the search for a more complex understanding of who and what a responsible subject might be that could take on challenges that are both particular and universal in scope.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Is Home a Starting Point or an End Point? Towards a Hermeneutics of Dwelling. I Schmiedel, Ulrich; Sigurdson, Ola & Svenungsson, Jayne (Red.), Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking: Starting Points. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567719270. s. 61–74. doi: 10.5040/9780567719317.ch-5. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This chapter takes the image of home as a starting point for an explorative inquiry into the relation between theological anthropology and dwelling in conversation with Werner Jeanrond’s hermeneutics. What is home, from the perspective of theology? What kind of human being is implied in a theological conception of home? And is home a starting point or an end point? For someone intensely concerned about home and homes, in all manner of ways, and cognizant of the tension that resides in every concept of home, Jeanrond’s œuvre is an excellent starting point for a critical interrogation of what home might mean in theology, especially in relation to the question of starting points. My interpretation of Jeaonrond's hermeneutics of dwelling will therefore attempt to tease out such a hermeneutics both from his explicit hermeneutics and theology as well as from the more implicit ‘theology of method’ that comes through in his writings.The tension between home as starting point and end point in theology remains, and it is here that Jeanrond’s hermeneutics as a hermeneutics of dwelling might have something to teach us.

• Elstad, Hallgeir (2026). Moster 2024: Kristenrett og asylrett - historiske perspektiv. I Stålsett, Sturla Johan; Ims, Steinar & Gunnes, Gyrid (Red.), Kirkeasyl - hva nå? Kristenretten 1000 år og ansvaret for flyktninger i dag. Novus Forlag. ISSN 9788283901931. s. 15–47. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Eggen, Nora S. & Aschim, Anders (2026). Translanguaging Faith? Communication Strategies and Meaning-Making in Multilingual Faith Education Settings. I Aschim, Anders; Berglund, Jenny; Erdal, Marta Bivand & Schweitzer, Friedrich (Red.), Minorities, Migration, and Religion: New Perspectives on Religious Education in Faith Communities and Schools in Europe. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 9783818851392. s. 141–163. doi: https:/www.waxmann.com/buecher/Minorities-Migration-and-Religion. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Both Catholic and Muslim communities in Norway have predominantly con sisted of people of migrant family background, creating spaces characterized by lin guistic diversity. This chapter explores classroom practices for handling the com plex multilingual situations in non-formal religious education offered to children and young people in Roman Catholic Christian and Sunni Muslim communities in Norway. The study is based on fieldwork in catechesis classes and mosque schools. The chapter outlines the development of Catholic and Muslim supplementary re ligious education with regard to the linguistic situation and analyzes the different roles and functions of language in these educational settings, with a particular em phasis on the uses of translation and translanguaging as communication strategies, also discussing the relevance of the findings for the wider educational and societal context.

• Ålöv, Tobias (2026). “Clawing at the Eyes of God”: Slayer’s God Hates us all as Palimpsest of the Book of Job. Biblical Interpretation. ISSN 0927-2569. s. 1–24. doi: 10.1163/15685152-bja10070. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract This article analyzes the palimpsestuous interplay between the Book of Job and the cover-art of Slayer’s 2001 album, God Hates Us All . The album’s cover features digital manipulation of pages from the Book of Job, where certain biblical excerpts remain visible amidst a backdrop of blacked-out sections and overlaid with lyrics and annotations. This fusion lends Slayer’s lyrics a dual theological and exegetical dimension, encouraging listeners/readers to explore the texts in tandem. The study seeks to uncover any discernible patterns in the treatment of biblical passages, analyze how the resulting theodicy reveals a particular reading of the Book of Job, and elucidate the contemporary relevance and purpose of this act of reception and artistic creation. In doing so, the article contributes to the ongoing exploration of the Bible’s Nachleben , emphasizing that exegetes and theologians are neither the only nor the most important interpreters. There are other voices literally screaming to be heard.

• Roysen, Rebeca; Prado, Masiel Melissa Pereira; Bruehwiler, Nadine; Kos, Lasse & Köhrsen, Jens-Ole (2026). Transitions towards the pluriverse: place, difference, alliances and autonomy in two Latin American. Sustainability Science. ISSN 1862-4065. doi: 10.1007/s11625-026-01831-x. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article proposes an alternative analytical framework to sustainability transitions research (STR) by drawing on critical scholarship on grassroots innovations and post-development studies. Breaking with the fixation of STR on scalable innovations and socio-technical regime change, this alternative framework conceptualizes sustainability transitions as transitions towards the pluriverse (TTP). TTP offers a bottom-up, decolonial and context-sensitive approach to transitions that acknowledges the diversity of transition pathways and places local communities and grassroots innovations at the center of transition efforts. Our framework consists of four analytical dimensions: place, difference, alliances and autonomy. We apply this framework to two case studies of ecovillages in Latin America, and answer the following research question: In what ways do ecovillages promote (or fail to promote) TTP in Latin America? We compare the two ecovillages in relation to the four dimensions and analyze the challenges they face in promoting TTP. The results show that socio-economic differences between place-based groups create power asymmetries that shape local transition pathways. The specificity of each place influences the range of strategies available for grassroots initiatives to form alliances with other actors. Recognition of their role within local power dynamics and a commitment to social justice are crucial elements for building horizontal collaborations and fostering autonomy. This article contributes to a theory of change for TTP by reflecting on the role of ‘modern’ individuals, the state and the market in the creation of the pluriverse.

• Bischoff, Nina Gram; Ford, Thierry & Bø, Ragnhild M. (2026). The ‘Curious Thing’: Unveiling the Many Historiesof Artemisia Gentileschi’s Penitent Magdalene(c. 1640) in Oslo. Konsthistorisk tidskrift. ISSN 0023-3609. doi: https:/www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/00233609.2026.2659315?needAccess=true. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Widely recognised as a fully accomplished painter and among the first artist-women to succeed in a male-dominated world, scholarship on the extraordinary life and work of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656)is abundant. She is rightly credited for expressing unparalleled qualities in giving her female protagonists both emotional depth and agility. However, attributions of most of her surviving works have often been made on stylistic grounds and circumstantial evidence, as she did not always sign or date her paintings. One such unsigned and undated work is the Penitent Magdalene in the collection of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo. Purchased in England as a painting by Jusepe de Ribera and donated to the museum in 1866, the work has since been regarded as puzzling, partly due to the unresolved nature of an object in the depicted woman’s left hand. Revisiting the painting, the aim of this article is to support its attribution to Artemisia Gentileschi through a combination of art historical and technical investigations and to examine the nature of the ‘curious thing’, and to do so at a time when our knowledge of the artist and of workshop production in Naples has expanded.

• Bø, Ragnhild M. (2026). Unpretentious Objects and Material Meanings. Late Medieval Art and the Material Turn. I d'Hoine, Pieter; Kohler, Daria & Decock, Wim (Red.), Charting the Future of Historical Humanities. Brepols. ISSN 9782503618043. s. 249–272. doi: 10.1484/m.lectio-eb.5.151811. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The material turn in art history has broadened the scope of research, incorporating previously overlooked artefacts from so-called minor and popular arts into the scholarly discourse. Diversifying the discipline, the turn has also made scholars aware of the long distances and the many intermediators that were involved for the materials to come into the artists’ hands; the material constituencies of their objects of study; and the relations between matter and the senses. This essay critically evaluates key scholarship that motivated art historians to engage with such unpretentious artefacts exemplified by three case studies from the late Middle Ages.

• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2026). Learning to Love in the Anthropocene. I Schmiedel, Ulrich; Sigurdson, Ola & Svenungsson, Jayne (Red.), Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking: Starting Points. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567719270. s. 103–116. doi: 10.5040/9780567719317.ch-8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In this article, I discuss the need for an ecological conversion in order to meet the challenges of a nature and climate crisis that is both global and local. Conversion is here understood as a ‘transformation of hearts and minds toward greater love of God, each other, and creation’. Given that the nature and climate crises are anthropogenic, and that global warming, climate tipping points, and the extinction of species, are to a certain degree caused by carbon and oil extraction, industry, travel and consumption of goods in the global north, Pope Francis underscores the need for repentance, self-sacrifice, and a transformation of the heart. There is a need for change even in our understanding of love, a reorientation of human attention and praxis. It affects the personal level, the political level, and praxis. Even if we think that we know what love means and can recognize it when we see it, I argue that the new situation forces us to reconsider the praxis of love once more, learning to love in the Anthropocene.

• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2026). Why Spirit Matters: Towards an Anthropocene Ecology of the Earth with Steffens, Næss, and Vetlesen. I Jager, Andreas Benedikt & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Red.), Philosophising with Rocks : Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene. Verlag Karl Alber. ISSN 9783495989517. s. 61–81. doi: 10.5771/9783495989524-61. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In this article, the question of humanity and nature is pursued in the direction of cosmology. Mjaaland sees a connection between Steffens and Spinoza, who interprets the relationship between matter and spirit holistically and thinks in terms of processes. Furthermore, Spinoza, like Steffens later, understands love as an expression of the immanent presence of God. Mjaaland points out that Spinoza became important not only for Steffens, but later also for Arne Næss, the founder of deep ecology and perhaps the most important Norwegian philosopher of the 20th century. In Spinoza's dictum Deus sive natura, Næss sees a potential for liberation within a modern culture that is alienated from nature and therefore destroys it. Although Næss hardly mentions Steffens, there are conceptual and structural similarities in their philosophy of nature. The line from Spinoza and Steffens via Næss can also be extended further into the Anthropocene era to the cosmology of Arne Johan Vetlesen. Mjaaland's study shows how a central motif of Norwegian philosophical history is regaining prominence in the Anthropocene, not only ontologically and cosmologically, but also theologically and morally.

• Ålöv, Tobias (2026). Whose House? Revisiting the Referent of αὐτοῦ in Mark 2.15. Journal for the Study of the New Testament. ISSN 0142-064X. 48(3), s. 568–592. doi: 10.1177/0142064x251409331. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The referent of αὐτοῦ in Mk 2.15 is grammatically ambiguous and remains a point of scholarly debate. Does Mark say that Jesus attended a banquet in Levi’s house, or that Jesus hosted one in his own home, with Levi and others as his guests? The current status quaestionis is basically undecided and timeworn arguments keep being rehearsed. Accordingly, this article attempts to move the conversation forward by revisiting some previously touched-upon yet underexplored notions of Mark’s presentation. After reviewing prior arguments, it first adopts a social-scientific lens to show that Jesus is portrayed as host—a role that, in context, implies ownership of the house. Thereafter, adopting a narratological approach, the study analyzes Mark’s use of ‘house’ demonstrating that the idea of Jesus having a house aligns with Mark’s broader characterization of Jesus, is supported by several other references to a Capernaum residence, and reflects a pattern according to which house owners are typically named—except in 2.15—thus, implying the house is Jesus’s. Taken together, these observations support the conclusion that according to Mk 2.15 the house was Jesus’s.

• Roysen, Rebeca; Ayala, Diego Hernando Florez; Ramos-Mejía, Mónica; Kos, Lasse; Bruehwiler, Nadine & Köhrsen, Jens-Ole (2026). Replicating grassroots innovations in the Global South: A case study of ecovillages for marginalized groups in Colombia. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. ISSN 2210-4224. 58, s. 101068–101068. doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2025.101068. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Alkazemi, Ali Jones (2025). Erik Varden: Homo castus – om kyskhet Oslo, St. Olav forlag, 2024ISBN: 9788270244331. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 130(3), s. 307–307. doi: 10.18261/kok.130.3.13. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2025). Responsibilization: Rethinking Responsivity and Responsibility with Kierkegaard. International Journal of Kierkegaard Research. ISSN 1064-1165. 2(1), s. 27–45. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article discusses how a person becomes responsible and accountable towards other human beings, as member of a community, in relation to God, and as an agent in nature. In Kierkegaard’s works, I argue, this process begins with responsivity, with the “single individual” (den Enkelte) responding to a text and thus entering into a process of indirect communication with the author, with oneself, and with God as absolute other. The process of responsibilization evolves throughout Kierkegaard’s authorship, from Repetition and The Concept of Anxiety to Works of Love. Neighborly love, I suggest, raises the question of sensitivity to the suffering of others and responsivity to their needs. Whereas Kierkegaard sees preferential love as an expression of self-love, the extended me, he points to the extended we as an expression of universal love. God is thereby emphasized as the middle term in all social relations, the radical otherness that makes a community of love possible. Finally, I suggest reconsidering Kierkegaard’s understanding of responsibilization as a response to the more-than-human (to God, but also to non-human creatures). This coming community, I argue, to which humans belong, will have to offer an even more extended understanding of responsibility, and a new perception of what it means being responsively and responsibly human.

• Ålöv, Tobias (2025). Reverberations of Revelation. Journal of Religion and Popular Culture (JRPC). 37(2-3), s. 50–63. doi: 10.1525/jrpc.2025.aa102. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Though metal music forms part of the global reception history of John’s Apocalypse and influences the eschatological conceptions of millions of listeners, it has received limited attention in standard textbooks and previous studies. Drawing on L. Cushing Stahlberg’s analytical framework and terminology, this article examines the retellings of the book of Revelation in the lyrics of Metallica’s “The Four Horsemen,” Megadeth’s “Blessed be the Dead,” and Testament’s “Seven Seals.” The analysis highlights both common and distinctive features of these songs in relation to their approach, stance, and filter. In addition to addressing this under-researched material, the article argues that these—and other Metal—retellings of Revelation are not only interesting and significant as innovative and idiosyncratic reinterpretations of the biblical text but also contribute to broader discussions on the formation of contemporary ideas about eschatology.

• Ålöv, Tobias (2025). “Split Decisions: Seinfeld and the Cultural Afterlife of Solomon’s Wisdom in Judgment (1 Kings 3:16–28). Bible in the Arts | Die Bibel in der Kunst. 9, s. 1–22. doi: https:/cms.ibep-prod.com/app/uploads/sites/18/2025/09/BiKu_2025_07_Alow_Salomo.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The convergence of biblical narratives and popular culture presents a fertile area of study, offering valuable insights into how ancient texts are appropriated and reimagined in contemporary contexts. A particularly illustrative example of this conjunction is the repurposing of the biblical story of King Solomon’s wisdom in judgment (1 Kgs 3:16–28) in the widely popular and critically acclaimed sitcom Seinfeld, episode “The Seven” (S7E13). This study draws on a close analysis of key scenes and dialogues, employing L. Cushing-Stahlberg’s analytical framework, to examine how Seinfeld reinterprets and recontextualizes the biblical narrative. Through this diagnostic lens, the article explores how the ancient story is adapted to align with the comedic tone and sensibilities of modern television. It identifies both parallels and departures between the biblical account and its humorous reimagining, analyzing how comedy is used to engage with and comment on religious themes. In doing so, the study contributes to ongoing scholarly discussions about the Bible’s presence and function in popular culture, offering insights into the mechanisms of adaptation and reinterpretation in comedic contexts. By examining the reception of biblical narratives in contemporary media, the article not only illuminates the processes through which sacred texts are reshaped for modern audiences but also enriches the broader discourse on the enduring resonance of biblical texts in popular culture.

• Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland; Ališauskienė, Milda & Aleknaitė, Eglė (2025). Gender Equality around the Baltic Sea: Ideologies, Policies, and Private Life: Introduction. I Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland; Ališauskienė, Milda & Aleknaitė, Eglė (Red.), Religion and Gender Equality around the Baltic Sea: Ideologies, Policies, and Private Life. Routledge. ISSN 9781032678115. s. 1–16. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This volume aims to rethink the intersections of gender and religion, as well as the secular and religious, in implementing and challenging gender equality at individual, institutional, and societal levels in the regions around the Baltic Sea. Acknowledging the diversity of societies and the significance of socio-historical contexts, the empirical data discussed in this book draw attention to the under-researched region of post-socialist Baltic states. The analyses presented in the chapters are based on fieldwork carried out in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Norway. This volume includes sociological, anthropological, historical, political science, and theological perspectives and covers five broad research areas: a shifting concept of gender equality and its developments in Baltic and Nordic countries; a diversity of developments within religious groups related to issues of gender equality and the negotiation of competing gender ideologies; inter-religious developments and gender equality; the role of religions in the construction of public discourse on gender equality; and religious socialization, focusing on the promotion of religious gender models through socialization and public education.

• Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland; Lied, Liv Ingeborg & Brownsmith, Esther (2025). Unruly books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts: Introduction. I Brownsmith, Esther; Lied, Liv Ingeborg & Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland (Red.), Unruly Books: Rethinking Ancient and Academic Imaginations of Religious Texts. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISSN 9780567715692. s. 1–14. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This volume explores the idea of the unruly book, from books now known by their titles alone to books that subverted structures of power and gender. The contributors show how these books functioned as “sticky” objects, and they examine the story of what such books signified to the people who wrote, read, discussed, yearned for, or even prohibited them. The books examined are those of the first millennium of the Common Era, and the writings of Judaism, Christianity, Islam and related traditions. In particular, the contributors examine the bounty of books within this period that are hard to pin down, whether extant, lost, or imagined-books that challenge modern scholars to reconceptualize our notions of books (biblical or otherwise), religion, manuscript culture, and intellectual history. Through the critical analyses presented in this volume, the contributors negotiate the diverse stories told by unruly books and show that by listening to the stories that books tell, we learn more about the worlds that imagined and discussed them.

• Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland (2025). Metaphors of Enslavement. I Cobb, Christy & Shaner, Katherine A. (Red.), Ancient Slavery and its New Testament Contexts. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. ISSN 9780802884138. s. 135–147. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  How is the slavery metaphor employed in early Christian texts? The chapter gives an overview of the text material and suggests relevant theories to rethink these metaphors, in the context of the overall discourse of ancient slavery and its New Testament contexts

• Thomassen, Merete (2025). Gender Inclusive Language in the Church of Norway. A Story of Silence, Resistance and Silence Again. The Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal (SEI Journal). 9.1(Spring 2025), s. 64–81. doi: https:/sei.scot/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/2025-9-1.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The story of gender inclusive language in the Church of Norway reflects a fifty year long, complex development. In short, the story goes from gender inclusive language as a non-existent and silenced topic to a fierce debate through more than two decades from the middle of the 1990s, up to the present situation where gender inclusive language is once again a silent topic. Or it has been silenced. One theory considered in this essay, is that other theological approaches, first and foremost eco-theology, indigenous theology, disability theology and LHBTQI-theology, make it difficult to maintain a separate awareness of the theological implications of gender. Another theory is that gender inclusive language is such a difficult case to fight that the battle has been lost. A third – perhaps, overly optimistic – theory about the current state of silence, is that matters of gender have now been resolved in the liturgical practice in the Church of Norway. In the conclusion, I will point to some possible interpretations and argue that gender perspectives do not need to be held in competition with other marginalized perspectives within the context of the Church of Norway but that they can and should be viewed in conjunction with them.

• Koehrsen, Jens (2025). Innovation and Religion. I Schulz-Schaeffer, Ingo (Red.), Handbook of Innovation: Perspectives from the Social Sciences. Springer Nature. ISSN 9783031251436. s. 1–17. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-25143-6_5-1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This contribution provides an overview of the relationship between innovation and religion. It addresses this relationship (1) as processes of internal religious innovation and (2) as external innovation effects of religion. Processes of internal religious innovation include the emergence of new religions and the change of existing religions. Globalization, migration, and pluralization spur innovations within the religious field. As a theoretical approach, economics of religion helps to analyze religious innovations as processes of adaptation. By contrast, external innovation effects of religion go beyond the religious field, as religions can influence technological, economic, and social transformations. Scholarship has studied the impact of religion on entrepreneurship, technological change, and different development fields (e.g., health care, education). The review of existing studies shows that religion is neither fundamentally opposed to innovation nor generally conducive to it. Relating the research more closely to innovation studies could have systematizing effects on studies about religion and innovation.

• Bruehwiler, Nadine; Hearn, Adam; Roysen, Rebeca; Kos, Lasse; Koehrsen, Jens & Hausmann, Roman [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2025). Energy justice in innovative living spaces: Examining positive energy districts and ecovillages in Europe. Energy Research & Social Science. ISSN 2214-6296. 127. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104248. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Energy transitions play a crucial role in addressing today's social, economic, and ecological challenges. However, recent studies show that energy transitions may reproduce current injustices and potentially create new injustices. To address the equitable distribution of benefits and burdens which may arise with energy-related innovations, energy justice has become a key issue in energy transitions research. This article focuses on how innovative living spaces (ILS) – namely Positive Energy Districts and ecovillages in Europe – address energy justice. These two forms of ILS represent top-down (Positive Energy Districts) and bottom-up (ecovillages) sustainability solutions. So far, their respective potentials and shortcomings in terms of energy justice and what we can learn from them are insufficiently understood. Based on an exploratory qualitative multiple case study, this article addresses this gap. To study energy justice in ILS, we extend the dominant theoretical discourse on energy justice to include energy of human, animals, plants, and ecosystems, as well as understanding animals, plants, and ecosystems as stakeholders of energy transitions. The results suggest that although both forms of ILS are currently niche developments, both are promising approaches to improve energy justice. At the same time, our analysis highlights the complexity of implementing energy justice on the local level. Design (bottom-up, top-down), emphasis (ecological solutions, energy technologies) and (non)intentionality affect energy justice in ILS. Our empirical insights suggest that ILS can inspire other residential areas to reflect on energy justice issues, and closer cooperation between Positive Energy Districts and ecovillages may contribute to creating more awareness for energy justice.

• Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito; Johansen, Kirstine Helboe & Graff-Kallevåg, Kristin (2025). Appropriating Yoga as Their Own: Properties of Mediated Action within Two Nordic Majority Churches. Temenos. ISSN 0497-1817. 61(2), s. 227–249. doi: 10.33356/temenos.159795. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Cultural appropriation has recently become a central topic in discussions regarding majority churches’ adoption of ‘Eastern’ spiritual practices. This article employs a Vygotskian-Bakhtinian perspective on appropriation as developed by James Wertsch (1998) to examine the research question, how have the Danish and Norwegian majority churches made yoga their own, and how is yoga preserved as something that also belongs to someone else? The data consist of two types of sources: ten field visits conducted between January and November 2023; and a qualitative survey distributed in January 2024, with fifteen submissions from Norwegian respondents and sixteen from Danish respondents. The analysis reveals that 1) the churches’ primary objectives play a crucial role in how yoga is incorporated in existing practices such as church services; 2) Christian concepts do not entirely replace historically attributed yoga expressions; and 3) the God-centrism of church yoga is well aligned with the prevailing holistic doctrine of self-spirituality. Based on our findings, we conclude that the majority churches in Norway and Denmark have appropriated yoga as part of their own theological tradition, introducing two novel concepts: linguistic domestication; and material domestication.

• Alkazemi, Ali Jones (2025). Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Proletariat: Marx and Francis on Ecology and Inequality. Capitalism Nature Socialism. ISSN 1045-5752. s. 1–19. doi: 10.1080/10455752.2025.2579215. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Elstad, Hallgeir (2025). "at frelse Siæle, og nedbryde Satans Festninger...". Samemisjonærer og prester - et casestudium fra tre norske misjonsdistrikter. I Amundsen, Arne Bugge; Lindmark, Daniel & Rasmussen, Tarald (Red.), Präster i norr under tidigmodern tid. Artos & Norma bokförlag. ISSN 9789177773221. s. 161–194. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Hoel, Nina (2025). Capacious Embodiment and the Violence of Deliverance: A Feminist Perspective. Journal of Africana Religions. ISSN 2165-5405. 13(1), s. 128–134. doi: 10.5325/jafrireli.13.1.0128. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Lorenzen, Søren & Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). The Body in the Hebrew Bible. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 9781646023844. 182 s. doi: https:/www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-64602-384-4.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  The human body stands at a fascinating intersection between what all people share and what each culture makes of it. Our bodies today are not so different from those of ancient people, allowing us to recognize experiences across time and place. Yet ideas about the body—its meanings, values, and taboos—vary widely. The Body in the Hebrew Bible takes this insight as its starting point. Written in a lively, conversational style, this book presents a comprehensive introduction to the body in the Hebrew Bible. Organized anatomically from the inside out and from top to bottom, it explores everything from the location of the nefesh (life force) in the throat to the seductive power of hair and the moral symbolism of the kidneys. Along the way, Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme and Søren Lorenzen map out not only human bodies but also animal, angelic, and divine ones, helping readers see both the biblical roots of modern perceptions of the body and the surprising ways in which ancient conceptions differ from contemporary ones. Drawing on perspectives from disability studies, sensory studies, gender studies, and cognitive linguistics, The Body in the Hebrew Bible remains fully accessible to newcomers. Ideal for undergraduate students in theology, biblical studies, religious studies, and cultural studies—and a valuable resource for instructors—it offers an engaging, easy‑to‑use entry point into the cultural world of biblical bodies.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Platser: En repetition. Andersson Örn. ISBN 9789153166108. 159 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Platser: En repetition är den tredje delen, efter Atmosfärer respektive Trösklar, i en serie som utforskar existentiell rumslighet – den levda, kroppsliga erfarenheten av rummet som ett grundläggande villkor för vår mänskliga existens. Medan rummet ofta reduceras till geometrisk abstraktion, anlägger Platser ett fenomenologiskt perspektiv och betonar hur vi på ett meningsfullt sätt tar plats i rummen: hur vi känner oss hemma – eller inte hemma – i hus, stadsdelar och städer. Med utgångspunkt i den franske författaren George Perecs begrepp om den infraordinära, multisensoriska kvalitén hos både vardagliga och mer främmande platser utforskar boken hur dessa på olika sätt skapar förutsättningar och möjligheter för våra liv i staden. Människans tillvaro utspelar sig i den dynamiska spänningen mellan trösklar och platser – mellan rörelse och rotfasthet, diskontinuitet och kontinuitet.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2026). Thresholds and Places: On Existential Spatiality 2. Mimesis International. ISBN 9788869774577. 282 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  What does it mean to live in space—not just occupy it, but inhabit it meaningfully? Thresholds and Places explores how spatial experience shapes human existence, tracing the tension between moments of tran- sition and sites of belonging. Thresholds are where we cross into the ambiguous and the unknown; places are where we find orientation and familiarity. Drawing on philosophy, literature, and lived experience, this book reveals how human beings are always situated—both between and within—these two existential dimensions. Through reflections on cities, homes, architecture, and the unnoticed textures of everyday life, it shows how space is not empty or neutral, but charged with meaning. This is an exploration of how we dwell, move, and transform—and how, in the interplay between thresholds and places, the heterogeneity of space finds its form.

• Elstad, Hallgeir (2026). Hadsel kirke i fortid og nåtid. Museumsforlaget AS. ISBN 9788283051889. 260 s. doi: https:/museumsforlaget.no/produkt/hadsel-kirke/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Hadsel kirke er en åttekantet tømmerkirke fra 1824 som ligger midt i et gammelt kulturlandskap i Nordland. Professor i kirkehistorie Hallgeir Elstad setter kirkens historie og religiøse praksiser inn i en større regional og nasjonal kirkehistorisk kontekst. Hadsel kirke er tett sammenvevd med lokalsamfunnet, og boka kan slik beskrives både som bygningshistorie og kirkebiografi.

• Kartzow, Marianne Bjelland; Martinsen, Anders & Reinertsen, Ellen Aasland (2026). The Parables and Their Reception: Towards a New Paradigm for Interpreting the Parables. De Gruyter Brill. ISBN 9783111430522. doi: 10.1515/9783111429434. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Alkazemi, Ali Jones (2026). Jeg, en kristen-muslimsk ateist - en ung manns religiøse reise. Kagge Forlag AS. ISBN 9788248941330. 244 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Hvorfor søker mange unge seg til religion i Norge i dag? Hvordan er det mulig å gå fra å være muslim til å bli nihilist og katolikk som en ung norsk-iraker i Oslo? En original og personlig beretning om utenforskap og tilhørighet, tvil og tro. 25 år gamle Ali Jones Alkazemi vokste opp i en sjiamuslimsk familie. Gjennom livet har han prøvd ut flere trossamfunn for å finne sin vei. I dag er han er religionsfilosof og døpt i den katolske kirke. Fortellingen om hans særegne religiøse reise gir et innblikk i raseriet man kan føle på som minoritet, appellen i mørkt tankegods på nettet og hvordan religion er tett knyttet til klasse og sosiale relasjoner. Jeg, en kristen-muslimsk ateist er en ærlig og tankevekkende fortelling for alle som har stilt seg spørsmålene: Hvem er jeg? Hva tror jeg på? Og hvor hører jeg egentlig til?

• Schmiedel, Ulrich; Sigurdson, Ola & Svenungsson, Jayne (2026). Engaging Werner G. Jeanrond's Theological Thinking: Starting Points. Bloomsbury T&T Clark. ISBN 9780567719270. 377 s. doi: https:/www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9780567719317. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This edited collection offers the first engagement with Werner G. Jeanrond’s theological thinking, spanning from hermeneutics through systematic theology to politics.Available open access and featuring more than twenty renowned scholars with a global reach, this work tackles one of Jeanrond’s key questions: “How can theological thought begin today, in the midst of a confusing plurality of methods?” The problem of the starting point requires a critical and self-critical theological reflection. The academics in this book embark on a journey which takes us through five different fields of study, each of which capture a strand of Jeanrond’s far-reaching body of work. From hermeneutics to politics to moral virtues and spirituality, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the thought of one of the most influential systematic theologians of the twentieth century.

• Hverven, Sigurd (2026). Den rike pøbelen. Forlaget Manifest AS. ISBN 9788283422054. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Donald Trump herser med andre, tråkker over grenser – og har politisk appell. Hvorfor? Forfatter og filosof Sigurd Hverven leter etter svar i tenkeren Hegels beskrivelser av «den rike pøbelen». Kan utenforskap, indignasjon og skamløshet – drevet fram både av ekstrem rikdom og fattigdom – kaste nytt lys over presidentens politiske kraft?

• Jager, Andreas Benedikt & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2026). Philosophising with Rocks : Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene. Verlag Karl Alber. ISBN 9783495989517. 260 s. doi: 10.5771/9783495989524. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Henrik Steffens (1773–1845), born in Norway, was a central figure in German and Northern European Romanticism, but today he is known only to specialists. His extensive and multifaceted work is gaining new relevance in the context of the worsening climate and nature crisis, which is often described using the term Anthropocene. It is not so much his scientific findings that are decisive here as his interdisciplinary approach. Steffens established his holistic thinking at the interfaces between the natural sciences and the humanities, between philosophy and theology, among other fields, thus proving himself to be a pioneer of the Anthropocene. Eleven contributions critically examine possible impulses, but also aporias, in Steffens' thinking.

• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). Prest: Kilder – Mandat – Funksjon – Formål. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202738785. 381 s. doi: 10.23865/cdf.279. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Hva er egentlig en prest? Selv i en sekulær kultursituasjon er presterollen noe de aller fleste har et forhold til, men det er ikke like selvsagt hva en prest er. Presten er både en historisk og førmoderne figur og en moderne profesjon som er i endring i dagens samfunn. Denne boka er et bidrag til å utforske presterollen historisk og teoretisk. Boka har fire deler som er organisert rundt hvert sitt spørsmål. For det første, hva er presterollens kilder? Hvor kommer presterollen fra og hvilke historiske faktorer har formet dagens forestillinger om presten? For det andre, hva er presterollens mandat? Hvilket oppdrag er denne rollen til for å ivareta? For det tredje, hva er prestens funksjon eller kjerneoppgaver i kirke og samfunn? For det fjerde og siste, hva er prestetjenestens formål? Hva er hensikten med denne tjenesten? Gjennom utforskningen av disse spørsmålene med utgangspunkt i en nordisk og evangelisk-luthersk kontekst skisserer boka et bidrag til en teologisk profesjonsteori om presterollen myntet på vår egen samtid. Den digitale utgaven av boka inneholder dessuten et vedlegg bestående av ordinasjonsløfter fra reformasjonen til i dag, en kildesamling som både dokumenterer og kommenterer utviklingen fra 1539 til i dag. Boka er rettet mot teologistudenter, prester og kirkeledelse. Den kan også være av interesse for religionsvitere, idéhistorikere, og andre som er nysgjerrige på presterollen som kulturelt fenomen.

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• Løland, Ingrid & Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito (2026). Learning the Art of Theorizing: A Workshop at RVS Summer School 2026. doi: https:/rvs.mf.no/courses/summer-school. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bø, Ragnhild M. (2026). Marta i arbeid. Eksempler fra nederlandsk maleri ca. 1450-1550. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Brennhagen, Sindre & Hverven, Sigurd (2026). Uhjemlig, mystisk, T // natur. doi: https:/forlagethof.no/mollebyen-litteraturfestival/uhjemlig-mystisk-t-natur/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Opplesning og samtale mellom filosof Sigurd Hverven og forfatter Charlotte Vaillot Knudsen. Ledet av Sindre Brennhagen.

• Lindgren, Lena; Biswas, Tanu; Hverven, Sigurd & Lunde, Beate Charlotte (2026). Barnets makt og avmakt - NRK Radio. [Radio]. NRK Radio. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Har barna fått for mye makt, eller er det fortsatt de voksne som bestemmer?

• Lundhaug, Hugo (2026). Coptic Literature (2022–2026). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2026). Death and Dying in Coptic Apocrypha. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2026). Monastic Letters of Instruction from Fourth- and Fifth-Century Egypt. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2026). Total Devotion to the Storyworld: The Role of Apocrypha in Egyptian Monasteries. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Blomkvist, Vemund (2026). Evsebios av Caesarea: Kirkehistorie. Oversatt fra gresk av Bjørn Helge Sandvei og Glenn Wehus. Innledende essay ved Oskar Skarsaune Oslo: Verbum, 2025ISBN: 9788254316085. Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 131(2), s. 208–208. doi: 10.18261/kok.131.2.14. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Matthaei, Lea Kirsten Haugen (2026). The Fosen-Case in Norway: Green Colonialism, Strategic Ignorance and Sámi Relational Epistemologies. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Matthaei, Lea Kirsten Haugen (2026). The Church of Norway and the Sámi Indigenous Community: Open Church, (In)Equalities and Truth and Reconciliation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Sandve, Geir Kjetil Ferkingstad; Boasson, Elin Lerum; Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Skjelkvåle, Brit Lisa & Moen, Kåre [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2026). What can the Centre for Global Sustainability do for UiO – and the other way around? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo; Cook, Samuel Peter; Sarrazin, Roxanne Bélanger; Toft, Lasse Løvlund; Abercrombie, Lloyd Gregory & Graz, Florian [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2026). APOCRYPHA database. doi: 10.18710/5IY5BL. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Database tables and documentation of the APOCRYPHA database, a database of Coptic apocryphal literature, their manuscripts and contents, developed under the aegis of the European Research Council (ERC)-funded project APOCRYPHA (Storyworlds in Transition: Coptic Apocrypha in Changing Contexts in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Periods) at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Theology, under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no. 865971).

• Bø, Ragnhild M. (2026). Transformative Permanence. Wax as Multisensory Matter in Late Medieval Devotion. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Eggen, Nora S. (2026). Muslimske helgeskoler for barn og unge. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  En historisk fremstilling om trossamfunnenes undervisningstilbud til barn og unge de siste fem tiårene, sett i sammenheng med vekslende politiske føringer, offentlig diskurs og forskning, samt forskningsfunn fra FAITHED.

• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2026). Fremtidstenkning, demokrati og klimakrise. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann & Zalasiewicz, Jan (2026). The Anthropocene. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Introducing the Anthropocene within Geology, Philosophy, and the Humanities

• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann & Jager, Andreas Benedikt (2026). Introduction. I Jager, Andreas Benedikt & Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (Red.), Philosophising with Rocks : Henrik Steffens and the Anthropocene. Verlag Karl Alber. ISSN 9783495989517. s. 7–16. doi: 10.5771/9783495989524-7. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Henrik Steffens (1773–1845), born in Norway, was a central figure in German and Northern European Romanticism, but today he is known only to specialists. His extensive and multifaceted work is gaining new relevance in the context of the worsening climate and nature crisis, which is often described using the term Anthropocene. It is not so much his scientific findings that are decisive here as his interdisciplinary approach. Steffens established his holistic thinking at the interfaces between the natural sciences and the humanities, between philosophy and theology, among other fields, thus proving himself to be a pioneer of the Anthropocene. Eleven contributions critically examine possible impulses, but also aporias, in Steffens' thinking.

• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). Gift-Giving in the Ancient Near East. doi: https:/www.bibleodyssey.org/articles/gift-giving-in-the-ancient-near-east/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). Gift-Giving in the Ancient Near East. doi: https:/www.bibleodyssey.org/articles/gift-giving-in-the-ancient-near-east/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  An introduction to hospitality in the HB and how to study it.

• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2026). The Hostesswith the Mostest: Women, Hospitality, and Gender Performance in the Hebrew Bible. doi: https:/gemane7.hcommons.org/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  With this presentation, I wish to combine two lines of investigation that I have presented at two past GeMANE meetings: the question of women offering hospitality in the Hebrew Bible (Barcelona 2017), and the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and hegemonic femininity in biblical literature (Malta 2024). In my work on Hebrew Bible hospitality texts, I use anthropological fieldwork (Julian Pitt Rivers; Michael Herzfeld) in Mediterranean-type societies to create a model of the kind of hospitality practices one could expect in this kind of society. Then, I use my model to investigate Hebrew Bible hospitality accounts against these expectations. In this kind of investigation, which is inspired by the work of Philip Esler, the model is not a description of any lived or historical reality. It is rather an analytical tool that helps me to pose the right questions to the texts and to wonder about the right details in the text. In this presentation, I wish to revisit the question of women offering hospitality in the Hebrew Bible. Generally, in these texts, hospitality is the privilege and social duty of the male head of the household. There are exceptions, however, as I presented in my 2017-Gemane paper. Different expectations seem to apply to unmarried and financially independent women, such as Rahab the sex worker in Joshua 2, incredibly wealthy married women, such as royal women, and supernatural women, such as Wisdom personified in Proverbs 9. In this context, the case of the Woman of Shunem in First Kings 4 is an interesting case-study. She is married, she is ‘great’ (gedolah), possibly referring to wealth, she is described as socially well-connected, and she offers lavish and consistent hospitality to the prophet Elisha and his servant. I wish to examine the Shunamite’s hospitality behavior in terms of gender performance, specifically the performance of hegemonic femininity (Schippers; Charlebois) and hegemonic masculinity (Connell & Messerschmidt). If we look at the character of the Shunamite intersectionally, she is intriguing. She is a childless (not barren!) married woman, relatively speaking a vulnerable position for women in the Hebrew Bible, but she demonstrates significant social agency in the narrative, offering hospitality without involving her husband, refusing a counter-gift from a renowned prophet, and handling both material wealth and social connections. My question is, can an intersectional analysis combined with an analysis of gender performance in Second Kings 4 help us to untangle the intricate power dynamics in the text?

• Christensen, Ingrid Reite; Bjørkvold, Tuva; Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito & Lindstøl, Lars Andreas (2026). Er det behov for akademisk skriving i profesjonsutdanningen? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Panelsamtale med panel: «Er det behov for akademisk skriving i profesjonsutdanningen?». Tverrfaglig samtale med representanter for offentlige profesjoner: Lærerutdanning, presteutdanning, politiutdanning.

• Lundhaug, Hugo (2025). Modifying the Biblical Storyworld in Egypt: The Nag Hammadi Codices and the History of Coptic Apocrypha. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2025). Coptic Apocrypha and the Evolving Biblical Storyworld in Egypt. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2025). The Chronological and Geographical Distribution of Coptic Apocrypha and Their Contents. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2025). Coptic Apocrypha from Nag Hammadi to Edfu and Beyond. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Lundhaug, Hugo (2025). Tool for the Analysis of Information Transfer in Manuscript Cultures (TInTraMaC). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Matthaei, Lea Kirsten Haugen (2025). In Deep Relation with Creation: Sámi Perspectives on Eco-Theology. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2025). The Stoic tradition and Ecological Civilization. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Mjaaland, Marius Timmann (2025). Sikkerhet i Norden. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito & Schlag, Thomas (2025). Scientific exchange: Prof Dr Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen - Praktisch-theologische Forschung in der Digitalität. doi: https:/data.snf.ch/grants/grant/238313. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Technology has always been part of society, but the kind of technology we live by shapes how we live. This project investigates how digitalization unfolds within an established religious institution, focusing on the Church of Norway as a case study. While institutional religious participation is in decline across Europe, churches remain among the most significant actors in civil society. The shift to a digital era brings organizational changes as well as new opportunities for service provision and public engagement. The project explores questions such as how the development of digital infrastructure transforms a religious institution, and how the integration of digital communication reshapes physical meeting places where specific religious services take place. The Church of Norway (CoN) will serve as the empirical case for this study. Like other majority churches in the Nordic region, the CoN has been an early adopter of the internet and social media. Empirical material will include participant observation of practices such as “drop-in weddings”—a recent innovation designed to attract people to the church in more informal and accessible ways. Related events

• Johnsen, Elisabeth Tveito & Schlag, Thomas (2025). Symposium Religion(s) in an Age of Digitalization. doi: https:/www.digitalreligions.uzh.ch/de/news/news/251203_report_symposium_religions-in-an-age-of-digitalization.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This symposium organized in partnership with the URPP Digital Religion(s) brings together media scholars, theologians, sociologists, and scholars of religion to explore the implications of digitalization within religious institutions in Nordic countries and Switzerland. A central theme of the event will be both theoretical and empirical discussions on how digitalization relates to—and differs from—other major societal transformation processes, such as mediatization and marketization. The program features presentations, panels, and discussions that examine the intersections among these dynamics, providing a valuable forum for scholarly collaboration and networking.

• Hverven, Sigurd (2025). Natursyn og grensedragninger: et filosofisk blikk på medisinsk overaktivitet. Michael. ISSN 1893-9651. 22(3), s. 211–211. doi: 10.5617/michael.12615. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2025). Feel the Power! Body-imagination and the senses in Hebrew Bible Royal Texts. doi: https:/www.theologie.hu-berlin.de/en/iosot-2025. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  In the Hebrew Bible, texts about royalty are packed full of information that speaks directly to the senses with descriptions of polychrome textiles, glittering gold, and enticing scents. These texts underline the relationship between beauty, luxury, wealth, and power in biblical literature and cognate texts. With this presentation, I wish to investigate the interplay between body-imagination and the senses in the reading of three selected Hebrew Bible passages, the description of the king and his bride in Psalm 45, the queen of Sheba’s visit to Jerusalem in First Kings 10, and queen Jezebel’s death in Second Kings 9. For all three examples, I ask if approaching these texts through the use of sensory perception stimulates body-imagination, and if the aesthetic of these texts triggers mechanisms of identification and empathy in the reader.

• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2025). “I have opened my doors to the traveler” (Job 31:32): The Social Grammar and Narrative Function of Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible. doi: https:/www.theologie.hu-berlin.de/en/iosot-2025. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Hospitality is both everywhere and nowhere in the Hebrew Bible. It is nowhere, because there is no word for hospitality in Biblical Hebrew, nor are there words for host, guest, or invitation. But hospitality is there in so many Hebrew Bible narratives, as a concept and a theme, as a recognizable and meaningful social setting, in which events may unfold, and often as a social value that is highlighted or negotiated in the texts. Think of Abraham’s three divine guests in Gen 18, the two traumatizing stories of hosts, guests and “the men of the city” in Gen 19 and Judg 19, and the overflowing cup put in front of the Psalmist in Ps 23. This lecture is an anthropological investigation of hospitality in the Hebrew bible. The analysis shows a complex web of socio-cultural values, in which hospitality is sometimes presented as an ultimate and universal value, sometimes merely as nice-to-have and secondary to other socio-cultural concerns. In all instances, however, hospitality is a recognizable type-scene and as such an ideal backdrop for telling tales, both exemplary and horrific, and an ideal literary tool to characterize both people and deities.

• Brennhagen, Sindre & Hverven, Sigurd (2025). Den ville filosofen. Holmes Rolston (1932–2025). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Sandal, Margunn; Jensen, Roger; Sigurdson, Ola; Bergsjø, Leonora Onarheim; Lerheim, Birgitte & Christoffersen, Svein Åge (2025). Etterlysning: Kirkerommets teologi, kirkerommets pedagogikk. doi: https:/www.tf.uio.no/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/2025/kirkerommets-pedagogikk.html. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Om tema: Vi mangler ikke teologiske utredninger om gudstjenestens og de liturgiske handlingenes betydning. Mindre oppmerksomhet har det vært når det gjelder kirkerommets egen, teologiske betydning. Men trenger vi ikke en teologi også om kirkerommet, og ikke bare en teologi om det som foregår i rommet? Kan vi diskutere forholdet mellom kirkerom og livssynsåpne rom, ta stilling til bygging av nye kirker og bevaring av gamle kirker, vurdere forholdet mellom gammel og ny kirkekunst og fremfor alt klargjøre hva kirkerommet kan brukes til og ikke brukes til, uten at vi også har en teologi om og for kirkerommet? Og hvordan kan forholdet kirkerommet som rom for læring og kirkerommets teologi se ut? Den engelske arkitekturprofessoren William Whyte etterlyste for noen år siden en teologi om arkitekturens teologiske betydning i Den anglikanske kirke. Kirken manglet etter hans syn en teologi både om kirke bygging og kirke stengning. Er ikke dette en etterlysning som også kan sendes videre til Den Norske kirke? Riktignok har vi i de senere år sett en ny interesse for kirkerommets teologiske betydning. Men nettopp derfor har vi med en rekke artikler i Hefte 3 av Kirke og Kultur 2024 ønsket å rette oppmerksomheten mot dette spørsmålet og ta den drøftingen som er kommet i gang et steg videre. Prosjektet «Kirkerommenes pedagogikk» har arbeidet med følgende spørsmål: Kirkerommet er imidlertid ikke bare et «erfaringsrom», men også et «hukommelsesrom» og «erindringssted». I kirkerommet skal kirken huske hva den er og hvor den kommer fra. Rommet skal minne kirken på dens egen historie og på den måten gjøre det mulig for mennesket å huske hvem det er og hvor det kommer fra. Vi må derfor kunne spørre hvordan kirkebygget og kirkerommet fungerer som et slikt «hukommelsesrom» eller «erindringssted» der den kristne historien og kristendommens utspring er representert. Hvilke «spor» har kirkens utspring og historie satt i dette rommet, og på hvilken måte gjør disse sporene kirkens utspring og historie nærværende?

• Ålöv, Tobias (2025). ”…budskapet om riket skall förkunnas i hela världen”: Om himmelriket i evangelierna och förkunnelsens praktik. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Ålöv, Tobias (2025). Rethinking the Route: Narrative and Theological Intent in Mark 7:31. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Ålöv, Tobias (2025). The Spirit Beyond the Camp: Assessing the Alleged Intertextual Link Between Numbers 11:26–29 and Mark 9:38–40/Luke 9:49–50. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). Prest og ledelse. Pastoralteologiske perspektiver. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Foredrag på profesjonsforeningen SPIRs profesjonsstyremøte

• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). Mening i livet. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Foredrag om teologiske og kulturelle perspektiver på livsmening for Skedsmokorset Kirkeakademi

• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). Løpende skikkethetsvurdering på profesjonsstudiet i teologi. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Foredrag på Nasjonal konferanse for skikkethetsvurdering om skikkethetsvurdering på profesjonsstudiet i teologi

• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). TFs arbeid med og erfaringer av fleksibel presteutdanning (ADAPT). Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Foredrag om TFs utvikling av fleksibel presteutdanning på Svenska Kyrkans Utbildningsinstitut

• Johannessen, Halvard (2025). The Power of Ministry in Church of Norway. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Research paper presentation at Nordic Conference for Theology and Practice, Aarhus University

• Senn, Jeremy; Stolz, Jörg & Koehrsen, Jens (2025). National Congregations Study Switzerland (NCSS) congregational census, waves 1 and 2 (2008–2009, 2020–2021). doi: 10.48573/6TQZ-Q565. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Aschim, Per Kristian; Elstad, Hallgeir & Løøv, Margrethe (2025). Hva slags historieforskning trenger vi? Religionshistorie, kirkehistorie, misjonshistorie, politisk historie, teologihistorie – eller noe helt annet? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Sigurdson, Ola & Johansson, Per Magnus (2025). Att lägga sitt liv i någon annans händer: Om tillit i samtiden. Arche - tidskrift för psykoanalys, humaniora och arkitektur. ISSN 2000-7817. s. 149–180. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Ola Sigurdson och Per Magnus Johansson har under mer än ett decennium i fria former talat om frågor knutna till teologi, religions- och filosofihistoria, psykoanalys, universitetets förändrade roll och människans villkor i ett föränderligt samhällsklimat. Ett fragment av dessa samtal transkriberades av Anette Sandström, bearbetades av de båda samtalsparterna och publiceras i tidskriften Arche.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2025). ”Sankt Kristoffer, vaka över oss": Om tillit under liminalitetens tecken. Arche - tidskrift för psykoanalys, humaniora och arkitektur. ISSN 2000-7817. s. 183–194. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Med utgångspunkt i den kristna legenden om Sankt Kristoffer, de vägfarandes eller liminalitetens helgon, diskuterar artikeln om tillit är möjlig när allting flyter och hur den i så fall är beskaffad. Detta predikament har under historien tematiserats av filosofer och teologer, av antropologer och psykologer: vad eller vem kan vi lita på när vi själva befinner oss i förändring? Hur ska vi förstå förändringens oundvikliga ambivalens – inte bara möjlighet utan också fara – där självtilliten inte räcker till? Blir vi bedragna av de vi litar på? Måste vi verkligen ha någon som vakar över oss under de liminala tillstånden? Tilliten må vara mänskligt nödvändigt, men om vår samtid är genomsyrad av misstro, är tillit fortfarande möjlig? Det är frågan.

• Sigurdson, Ola (2025). Terry Eagleton. I Wilén, Evelina Johansson; Schack, Lotte; Wilén, Carl & Kling, Johan Örestig (Red.), Samtida marxistisk teori. Daidalos. ISSN 9789171737304. s. 129–139. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  En kort beskrivning av Terry Eagleton som en marxist influerad av thomistisk teologi.

• Gudme, Anne Katrine de Hemmer (2025). Gendered Violence in Biblical Narrative: The Devouring Metaphor: Esther Brownsmith | Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat. Lectora: Revista de dones i textualitat. ISSN 1136-5781. 31, s. 358–360. doi: 10.1344/Lectora2025.31.21. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Bokedal, Johanna Maria (2025). "Authenticity" in the (Re)Creation of the Past? A Case Study of the Synagogue in Nazareth Village Open Air Museum. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Nazareth Village Open Air Museum, which opened in the year 2000, attempts to recreate an ‘authentic’ experience from the time of Jesus. Through content analysis and other interdisciplinary contributions from Archaeology, and New Testament, Tourism, Heritage, and Synagogue Studies, the paper critically problematizes the concept of 'authenticity' in the heritagization of sites. It is argued that the language of authenticity inherent to the marketing of Nazareth Open Air Museum leads to a partial illusion, and the integrated role of imagination and emotion in the experience of the past is overlooked. The primary example used to problematize 'authenticity' is the museum’s synagogue (re)construction. Previous research into Nazareth’s importance for Christians has largely focused either on the historical context, or on modern tourism and cultural conflict. The paper points to the relevance of this museum also for New Testament studies, despite its contemporaneity, and suggests ways forward for future research.

• Eggen, Nora S. (2025). Koranen i Skandinavia: En oversettelsesodyssé. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Eggen, Nora S. (2025). Diplomats as knowledge producers: Fredrik Crusenstolpe’s 19th century translation of the Qurʾān into Swedish. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Eggen, Nora S. (2025). Koranen og hadith. Hva slags tekster er det? Hvilken betydning og bruk har de? Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. 37(2), s. 15–22. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Liden, Kristoffer; Matthaei, Lea Kirsten & Syse, Henrik (2025). Ethics in Peace Negotiations: Key Questions – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 9788234306679. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  PRIO Paper

• Liden, Kristoffer; Matthaei, Lea Kirsten & Syse, Henrik (2025). Ethical Questions in Peace Negotiations: A Guide – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). ISSN 9788234306655. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  PRIO Policy Brief

• Bruehwiler, Nadine; Roysen, Rebeca; Ngo, Thao; Kos, Lasse & Koehrsen, Jens (2025). How do ecovillages disseminate sustainable practices and ideas? A stakeholder report of the research project Ecovillages as Incubators for Sustainability Transitions (EVIST). Research Gate. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11761.54885. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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