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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 (160 pp.)
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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.
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).
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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.