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 – Kunnskap om religion og teologi er avgjørende for å forstå dagens samfunn, sier Anders Runesson. Han er lærer og dekan ved Det teologiske fakultet (TF).

Som postdoktor på Det teologiske fakultet (TF) skal Helena Schmidt undersøke hva levd medborgerskap betyr for mennesker som ikke er statsborgere. – Helt spesifikt skal jeg forske på hva kvinner i sårbar mobilitet skaper, tror og håper på for seg og sine, forteller Schmidt.

I februar gjestet professor i religionsfilosofi Marius Timmann Mjaaland radioprogrammet Verdibørsen. NRK-programmet tar for seg nye ideer og dilemmaer i samfunnet, og temaet for denne samtalen var det ondes problem når naturkatastrofer rammer.

For the first time, two UiO projects within the humanities have received financing via the ERC Proof of Concept Grant. The project “Tool for the Analysis of Information Transfer in Manuscript Cultures” will develop a new digital tool.

Serena Baldari og Sjur Atle Furali gikk begge over i universitetslektorstillinger på Det teologiske fakultet (TF) fra 1. januar. Med et felles engasjement for undervisning skal våre nye universitetslektorer bidra til å styrke fakultetets utdanningstilbud.  

Gunnar Haaland begynte som professor II ved Det teologiske fakultet (TF) den 1. januar. På TF skal Haaland ha det faglige ansvaret for utdanningstilbudet for jødiske veivisere, som fakultetet overtar denne høsten.

For første gang har to UiO-prosjekter innen humaniora fått finansiering via ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Prosjektet «Tool for the Analysis of Information Transfer in Manuscript Cultures» skal utvikle ett nytt digitalt verktøy for analyse av informasjonsflyt i manuskriptkulturer.

Sandra Hansen vant prisen for beste masteroppgave med kjønnsperspektiv ved UiO i 2022. I sitt prisvinnende masteroppgavearbeid har vår tidligere religion- og samfunnsstudent forsket på hvordan kjønn og samliv forstås i norsk pinsekristendom.

Det Mosaiske Trossamfund har i samarbeid med OsloMet i flere år skolert jødiske veivisere som har besøkt skoler for å informere om jødedom og sette fokus på antisemittisme og rasisme. Ordningen er finansiert av Kunnskapsdepartementet, og er ett av tiltakene i regjeringens handlingsplan mot antisemittisme. Nå overtar Det teologiske fakultet ansvaret for den formelle delen av utdanningen på 30 studiepoeng.

Did the Reformation introduce a new approach to philosophy? How did this historical caesura influence key thinkers in the history of modern philosophy up to the twenty-first century?

The contributions in the present volume explore in various ways potentialities and problems linked to imagination's role in the context of religion.

Earlier this month we welcomed Eduard Sablon Leiva to the Faculty of Theology. Leiva is here for a three-month research period, supported by the University of Oslo’s Scholars at Risk Committee due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

A unique introduction to the developing field of Theology and Qualitative Research. The book includes a chapter from Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen.

Associate professor Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen is part of a new one year research project: “Explaining Nordic atheism: How cultural learning mechanisms predict atheism in Nordic cultural contexts”.

This open access book, edited by Anne Hege Grung, contributes to an emerging field that could be referred to as "plural spiritual care and chaplaincy".

Argyro Delidaki, Marita Furehaug and Gustaf Henriksson started as new PhD fellows at the Faculty of Theology this September. With diverse backgrounds they will contribute with different perspectives and research interests to the faculty.

Professor Catherine Cornille received her honorary doctorate degree from the Faculty of Theology on September 2. Cornille is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of comparative theology and interreligious dialogue.

‘I hope to be able to contribute with my specialty in moral theology (ethics) to the larger needs of the faculty and the university through teaching and research,’ Robyn Boeré says, who started in her new position at the Faculty of Theology in August.  

It started with a passion for language learning and an interest in the Qur’an and formative Islam. Now Lasse Løvlund Toft will dive deeper into Coptic apocryphal traditions as part of the Apocrypha-project.

Ancient Mesopotamian, biblical, rabbinic, and Christian literature was created and transmitted by the intellectual elite and therefore presents their world views and perspectives.

We congratulate Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin on receiving the "Prix de thèse Marie-Antoinette Van Huele" for her Ph. D. dissertation! Sarrazin was awarded the prize by the Faculty of Letters, Translation, and Communication of the Université Libre de Bruxelles.

The book "Global kristendom" from 2018 is now revised and translated to English. 

Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen has contributed to the book with the chapter "Empirical practical-theological research – Exploring cultural-historical activity theory".

‘Lived religion’ as a course of study and research explores religious beliefs and practices in everyday life in religious communities, in public institutions, and in activities not formally part of religious institutions.

Roxanne Bélanger Sarrazin starts as a postdoctoral fellow at the Faculty of Theology in August. ‘I am looking forward to start working at the faculty and to be part of the APOCRYPHA-project,’ she says.