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MHS School of Mission and Theology PhD Graduates 2015 Amador Israel Cavedes Mandujano Title: “Christian Mission in Urban Context: Identifying Main Conditioning Factors in the Growth of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in Lima, Peru” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 24) Trial lecture: “Present and discuss the main issues in the research on church growth in Protestantism in Latin America” Supervisor: Professor Thor Strandenæs (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor emeritus Tormod Engelsviken (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Professor Asle Jøssang (NLA University College, Kristiansand), Professor Marianne Skjortnes (MHS School of Mission and Theology). Stefan Lindholm Title: “De Incarnatione Filij Dei: Jerome Zanchi (1516-90) and the Analysis of Reformed Scholastic Christology” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 23) Trial lecture: “Present the biblical foundation and the practical application of the understanding of Christ as a union of two natures” Supervisor: Professor Sebastian Rehnmann (MHS School of Mission and Theology and University of Stavanger) Doctoral committee: Professor emeritus Paul Helm (United Kingdom), Professor Maria Rosa Antognazza. King’s College, London (United Kingdom), Professor Knut Alfsvåg, MHS School of Mission and Theology Meiken Buchholz Title: “‘New Wine in Ancient Teacups?’: A Comparative Study of Chinese Narrative Ethics from Preachers' Pulpits and Teachers' Desks in Beijing at the Beginning of the 21st Century” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 22) Trial lecture: “Confucian legacy in contemporary Chinese urban preaching: examples from Beijing” Supervisor: Professor Thor Strandenæs (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 1 Doctoral committee: Professor Fredrik Fällmann, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), Professor Monika Gaenssbauer, University of Erlangen (Germany), Professor Hans Austnaberg, MHS School of Mission and Theology. 2014 Grete Tengsareid Søvik Title: “‘In the middle of sin is I’: En analyse av forholdet mellom narsissistiske trekk I vår kultur og forkynnelse av frelse fra synd I åtte prekener holdt på NRK P1 I kirkeåret 2007-2008” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 21) Trial lecture: “‘Du skal elske din neste som deg selv’ er et sentralt bud i Det nye testamente, samtidig som synd er blitt forstått som det å være ‘innkrøkt i seg selv’. Drøft med utgangspunkt i disse sitatene selvkjærlighet som teologisk utfordring” Supervisor: Professor Hans Austnaberg and Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Bernice Sundkvist (Åbo Akademi, Finland), Professor Paul Otto Brunstad (NLA Høgskolen, Bergen), Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Tom Sverre Tomren Title: “Miljøetikk og økoteologi i Den norske kyrkja: Ein analyse av miljøfråsegnene til Den norske kyrkja i perioden 1969-2007” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 20) Trial lecture: “Økoteologi – aktuelle trender og kritiske perspektiver med sikte på konstruktive nyansatser” Supervisor: Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Roald E. Kristiansen (University of Tromsø), Dr Katarina Westerlund (Uppsala University), Professor Torstein Jørgensen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Terese Bue Kessel Title: “Between God’s sharing power and men’s controlling power: A quest for diaconal empowerment and transformation in Femmes Pour Christ in Cameroon” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 19) Trial lecture: “How are gender relations in African church and society expressed in the work of the ‘Circle of Concerned Women Theologians’ and what contribution could this make to the thesis” Supervisor: Professor Kjell Nordstokke (Diakonhjemmet University College, Oslo) and Professor Tomas Sundnes Drønen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2 Doctoral committee: Dr Elieshi Mungure (Lutheran World Federation, Geneva), Dr Auli Vähäkangas (Helsinki University), Professor Hans Austnaberg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2013 Tor Arne A. Berntsen Title: “Life after violence: Towards a shared moral discourse on reconciliation in Northern Uganda” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 18) Trial lecture: “The relation between forgiveness and reconciliation as a social and theological problem” Supervisor: Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Joanna R. Quinn (Western University, Canada), Professor Gunnar Heiene (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2012 Øyvind Rise Title: “‘Sharing in the life of God’: A study and discussion of the theme of participation in divine life” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 17) Trial lecture: “2 Peter 1:4 and human participation in divine life” Supervisor: Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Aristotle Papanikolaou (Fordham University, New York), Professor Kirsten Busch Nielsen (University of Copenhagen), Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Christine Mbabazi Mpyangu Title: “The use of ritual in the reintegration of female ex-child soldiers in Northern Uganda” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 16) Trial lecture: “African traditional religion and African charismatic Christianity: Continuity and/or discontinuity?” Supervisor: Professor Gerd Marie Ådna (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Alcinda Honwana, Open University (UK), Professor Anne Kalvig (University of Stavanger, Norway), Professor Knut Holter (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 3 Nkabala Helen Nambalirwa Title: “‘There is no difference between Moses and Kony’: A critical analysis of the contextual use of some Old Testament texts and motifs in the early years of the Lord’s Resistance Army” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 15) Trial lecture: “A gender-sensitive ethical reading of Old Testament texts: The role of African women” Supervisors: Professor Knut Holter, Professor Marta Høyland Lavik (both MHS School of Mission and Theology), Professor Deusdedit Nkurunziza (Makerere University, Uganda) Doctoral committee: Professor Madipoane Masenya (University of South Africa, Pretoria), Dr Auli Vähäkangas (University of Helsinki), Professor Kari Storstein Haug (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Frank-Ole Thoresen Title: “The church as the reconciled community of suffering disciples of Ciise Masiix”” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 14) Trial lecture: “Divisions in the church in Africa as an ecumenical and missiological challenge” Supervisor: Professor Thor Strandenæs (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Jesse N.K. Mugambi (University of Nairobi), Professor Tormod Engelsviken (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Ruben Ngozo Title: “The one God and the many gods: Monotheism and idolatry in 1 Cor 8:1-11:1 in the light of Philo’s writings” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 13) Trial lecture: “Ancestors’ veneration or ancestors’ worship among the Gbaya of Cameroon?” Supervisor: Professor Torrey Seland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Jean-Claude Loba-Mkole (United Bible Society (Nairobi) and University of South Africa (Pretoria), Professor Karl Olav Sandnes (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Postdoc Anna Rebecca Solevåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 4 2011 Morten Sandland Title: “Joining new congregations – motives, ways and consequences: A comparative study of new congregations in a Norwegian folk church and a Thai minority church” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 12) Trial lecture: “The importance of local case studies in missiology” Supervisor: Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) and Harald Hegstad (MF Norwegian School of Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Kajsa Ahlstrand (University of Uppsala), Reader Hans Raun Iversen (University of Copenhagen), Professor Kari Storstein Haug, (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Gunnar Magnus Eidsvåg Title: “The Septuagint of Zechariah: A study of LXX-Zechariah as translation and interpretation” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 11) Trial lecture: “The reception of the Book of Zechariah in the Gospel of Matthew, with particular emphasis on material unique to Matthew among the Synoptic Gospels” Supervisor: Professor Magnar Kartveit (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Emanuel Tov (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Professor Raija Sollamo (University of Helsinki), Professor Jostein Ådna (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Kristin Fjelde Tjelle Title: “Missionary masculinity: The case of the Norwegian Lutheran Missionaries to the Zulus, 1870-1930” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 10) Trial lecture: “New men and women: Norwegian mission and indigenous Christianity in South Africa in a gender perspective” Supervisor: Professor Roald Berg (University of Stavanger) and Professor Odd Magne Bakke (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Philippe Denis (University KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), Professor Yvonne Maria Werner (University of Lund, Sweden), Professor Torstein Jørgensen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 5 2010 Alf Petter Hagesæther Title: “Makt og etikk: Norsk militær profesjonsetisk diskurs 1959-2009” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 9) Trial lecture: “Naturrett i luthersk etikk - et tjenlig utgangspunkt for etikkundervisning i et pluralistisk samfunn?” Supervisor: Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Dr Henrik Syse (University of Oslo), Professor Janne Haaland Matlary (University of Oslo), Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2009 Hans Arne Akerø Title: “Det hellige som sentralbegrep i religion: En religionsfilosofisk analyse av Rudolf Ottos og Manfred Josuttis religionsfenomenologiske hellighetsforståelse” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 8) Trial lecture: “No other holiness? En religionsteologisk drøfting av det hellige I andre religioner” Supervisor: Professor António Barbosa da Silva (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Trond Skard Dokka (University of Oslo), Professor Anne Stensvold (University of Oslo), Professor Bård Mæland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2008 Kari Storstein Haug Title: “‘As you sow, you will reap’: Interpreting Proverbs 11:18-31, Psalm 73, and Ecclesiastes 9:1-12 in the light of, and as a response to Thai Buddhist interpretations. A contribution to a Christian-Buddhist dialogue” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 7) Trial lectures: “Cultural affirmation or innovation? Christian spirituality in its Thai cultural context” (topic of own choice), and “African Christian Strategies in relation to the HIV/AIDS pandemic” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Thor Strandenæs (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 6 Doctoral committee: Professor Kajsa Ahlstrand (University of Uppsala), Dr Seree Lorgunpai (General Secretary, Bible Society of Thailand), Professor Knut Holter (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Ingeborg A.K. Kvammen Title: “Imperial presence in the assembly: An interpretation of Jas 2:1-13 with a postcolonial optic” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 6) Trial lectures: “Is mercy a virtue? Mercy in Jewish-Christian and Graeco-Roman contexts” (topic of own choice), and “The literary and hermeneutical relevance of reconstructing Johannine sources” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Jostein Ådna (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Gosnell L. Yorke (Northern Caribbean University), Professor Eve-Marie Becker (University of Aarhus), Professor Torrey Seland (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2007 Tomas Sundnes Drønen Title: “Communication, conversion, and conservation: The Dii meet the Norwegian Missionaries. Northern Cameroon 1934-1960” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 5) Trial lectures: “Slavespørsmål og visumstrid: Fransk koloniadministrasjons overvåking av norske misjonærer i Nord-Kamerun 1950-56” (topic of own choice), and “Drøft kirkehistoriefagets egenart i forhold til aktuelle hjelpevitenskaper. Belys gjennom eksempler” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Torstein Jørgensen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Holger Bernt Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Professor Lisbet Holtedahl (University of Tromsø), Professor Odd Magne Bakke (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Gustav Steensland Title: “Cultivation of Christian leadership in a Confucian context: A study of the preparations of pastors for ministry in Taiwan Lutheran Church 1948-1987” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 4) Trial lectures: “Organizational decision-making: some reflections regarding the evacuation of NMS missionaries from China 1949-1951” (topic of own choice), and “Theological education as academic training and pastoral formation” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Jan-Martin Berentsen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 7 Doctoral committee: Professor Thomas Yu (China Lutheran Seminary, Hsinchu, Taiwan), Professor Harald Hegstad (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Professor Torstein Jørgensen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 2006 Sigmund Edland Title: “Evangelists or envoys? The role of British missionaries at turning points in Malagasy political history, 1820-1840. Documentary and analysis” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 3) Trial lectures: “Teologisk uenighet i norsk-amerikanske kyrkjer skaper vansker for misjonsarbeidet på Madagaskar” (topic of own choice), and “Drøft forskjellige teoretiske tilnærminger til religionsskifteprosesser i Afrika” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Torstein Jørgensen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Holger Bernt Hansen (University of Copenhagen), Professor Jeanne Dina (University of Toliara), Professor Odd Magne Bakke (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Hans Austnaberg Title: “Shepherds and demons: A study of exorcism as practiced and understood by shepherds in the Malagasy Lutheran Church” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 2) Trial lectures: “Baptism in the African Initiated Churches in the light of Andrew Walls’ ‘indigenizing’ and ‘pilgrim’ principles” (topic of own choice), and “Bruk av samfunnsvitskapar som komplementære vitskapar I missiologien: Muligheter og begrensninger” (given topic) Supervisor: Professor Jan-Martin Berentsen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Eila Helander (University of Helsinki), Professor Tormod Engelsviken (MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo), Professor Øyvind Dahl (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Arne K. Redse Title: “‘By grace alone’ in contexts of ‘self-cultivation’: An attempt at contextualizing the Lutheran doctrine of justification to Chinese contexts as influenced by New Confucianism” (School of Mission and Theology Dissertation Series, 1) Trial lecture: “Epistemological basis in interfaith dialogues – an often neglected issue?” (topic of own choice), and “Freedom of religion, religious tolerance and the future of Christian mission in light of Samuel P. Huntington's thesis on the Clash of Civilisations and the Remaking of the World Order” (given topic) 8 Supervisor: Professor Jan-Martin Berentsen (MHS School of Mission and Theology) Doctoral committee: Professor Peter King Hung Lee (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong), Professor Viggo Mortensen (University of Aarhus), Professor Knut Alfsvåg (MHS School of Mission and Theology) 9