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  1. Books (420 pp + 250 pp elective monograph, see below)

Davie, G. (2013) The Sociology of Religion. London, Sage Publications. 260 pp.

Leirvik, Oddbj?rn (2014) Interreligious studies. A relational approach to religious activism and the study of religion. London, Bloomsbury. For sale from the author. (160 pp.)

 

  1. Articles (400 pp)

Secularization, religious systems, public religion (110 pp):

Beyer, Peter (1998) The Religious System of Global Society: A Sociological Look at Contemporary Religion and Religons. Numen [Internet], 45 (1), pp. 1-29.  Online article.

Gorski, Phillip S. & Altinordu, Ates (2008) After Secularization? Annual Review of Sociology [Internet], vol 34, pp 55-77. Online article.

Habermas, Jürgen (2005) Religion in the Public Sphere. The Holberg Prize Seminar. pp 10-19. Online article.

Hjarvard, S (2011) The mediatisation of religion. Theorising religion, media and social change. Culture and Religion [Internet], 12 (2). 15 pp. Online article.

Zuckermann, Phil (2009) Why are Danes and Swedes so irreligious. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, vol 1, pp. 55-69 (Fronter).

 

Anthropological approaches to the study of religion (35 pp):

Asad, Talal (1986) The Idea of an Anthropology of Islam. Washington, D.C: Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University (20 pp). Online.

Bowen, John (2011) Religions in Practice: An Approach to the Anthropology of Religion. Boston, Pearson. pp. 1-7 (Fronter).

Orsi, Robert A. (2003) Is the Study of Lived Religion Irrelevant to the World We Live in? Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2003, Vol.42(2), pp.169-174. Online

 

Current developments, Islam (65 pp):

Esack, F. (2003) In search of progressive Islam beyond 9/11. In: Safi, O. (ed.) Progressive Muslims. On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism. Oxford : Oneworld, pp. 78-97 Online.

Sadouni, Samadia (2013) Ahmed Deedat, Internatinonalization, and Transformation of Islamic Polemic. Journal of Religion in Africa [Internet], 43 (1), pp. 53-73. Online article.

International Crisis Group (2005) Understanding Islamism. Middle East/North Africa Report No. 372. Online article (26 pp)

Current developments, Christianity (45 pp):

Beyer, Peter (2003) De-centring Religious Singularity: The Globalization of Christianity as a Case in Point. Numen [Internet], 50 (4), pp. 357-386. Online article.

Leirvik, Oddbj?rn (2006) Charismatic Mission, Miracles and Faith-Based Diplomacy: The Case of Aril Edvardsen. In: St?lsett, S. (ed.) Spirits of Globalization. The Growth of Pentecostalism and Experiential Spiritualities in a Global Age. London : SMC Press, pp 131-144. (Fronter).

 

Current developments, new spiritualities (35 pp):

Gilhus, Ingvild S?lid (2012) Post-secular religion and the therapeutic turn: three Norwegian examples. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis [Internet], vol 24, pp. 62-75. Online article.

Heelas, Paul (2007) The Spiritual Revolution of Northern Europe: Personal Beliefs. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, vol 1, 25 pp. (Fronter).

Interreligious relations (65 pp):

Etikpah, Samuel (2014): Interreligious Collaboration for the Common Good: Christian-Muslim relations in Ghana. Unpublished article (22 pp).

Horsfjord, Vebj?rn (2015) ), "A Common Word between Us and You" in David Thomas (ed), Routledge Handbook on Christian-Muslim Relations [forthcoming] [available in Fronter].

A common word between Us and You. A letter from 138 Muslim leaders to Christian leaders worldwide (2007) 15 pp, Online document

Williams, Rowan (2008) A Common Word for the Common Good [Internet]. 17 pp, Online document

Gender critical perspectives (50 pp):

Grung, Anne Hege (2011) Gender Justice in Muslim-Christian Readings: A Hermeneutical Case Study on Readings of Sura 4:34 and 1 Timothy 2:8-15 in a Group of Muslim and Christian Women in Norway. Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, vol 2, pp.133-150. (Fronter).

Mir Husseini, Ziba (2006) Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality: Between Islamic Law and Feminism. Critical Inquiry 32 (summer 2006), pp 629-645. Online article.

Woodhead, Linda (2007) Gender Differences in Religious Practice and Significance. In: Beckford, J. and Demerath, N.J. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of the Sociology of Religion. Los Angeles, Sage, 20 pp. (Fronter).

 

  1. Elective monograph (ca. 250 pp)

 

Choose one book within one of the following thematic fields (other books may be considered):

a) Current developments in Christianity:

Jenkins, Philip (2011) The Next Christendom.The Coming of Global Christianity. New York : Oxford University Press.

Jenkins, Philip (2007) God’s Continent. Christianity, Islam and Europe's Religious Crisis. Oxford : Oxford University Press.

St?lsett, Sturla J. (ed.) (2006) Spirits of Globalization. The Growth of Pentecostalism and Experiential Spiritualities in a Global Age. London: SCM Press.

(A regional study of developments within Christianity – choice of book to be approved by teacher)

b) Current developments in Islam:

El Fadl, K. A. (2001) Speaking in God’s Name. Islamic Law, Authority, and Women. Oxford : Oneworld.

Hidyatullah, Aysha A. (2014) Feminist Edges of the Qur’an. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kugle, Scott Siraj al-Haqq (2010) Homosexuality in Islam. Critical Reflections on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims. Oxford: Oneworld Publications.

Mahmood, S. (2011) Politics of Piety. The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject. Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press.

Roy, Olivier (2006) Globalized Islam. The Search for a New Ummah. New York : Columbia University Press.

Wadud, Amina (2006) Inside the Gender Jihad. Women’s Reform in Islam. Oxford: Oneworld Publ.

d) New spiritualities:

Heelas, Paul (2008) Spiritualities of Life: New Age Romanticism and Consumptive Capitalism. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.

Salomonsen, Jone (2001) Enchanted Feminism : Ritual, Gender and Divinity among The Reclaiming Witches of San Fransisco. London : Routledge.

e) Interreligious relations:

Cheetham, David et al. (eds, 2013) Understanding Interreligious Relations. Oxford: Oxford University Press (part II).

Cornell, Catherine (ed., 2013) The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Interreligious Dialogue. Oxford etc.: Wiley-Blackwell (part I + a selection of 50 pp from part II).

Esack, F. (1997) Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism. An Islamic Perspective of Interreligious Solidarity against Oppression. Oxford : Oneworld.

Hedges, Paul (2010) Controversies in Interreligious Dialogue and the Theology of Religions. London: SCM Press.

 

 

Publisert 26. mai 2015 10:17 - Sist endret 7. feb. 2020 16:22