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Einar Vannebo og Torkil Hvidsten presenterer sine oppgaver fra kurset TFF 4216, Den historiske Jesus, våren 2011.
Torsdag 29. september, 12:15-14 på Seminarrom 309.
Project (NRC) Jesus in Cultural Complexity, Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo presents:
Halvor Moxnes' Jesus and the Rise of Nationalism. A new quest for the nineteenth century historical Jesus. (I.B. Tauris, 2012.)
“The Many Faces of Jesus. Memories and identities - Challenges and complexities.”
Prof. Halvor Moxnes discusses the relationship between historical Jesus-research and preaching the Gospel of Christ:
Does knowledge about "the Historical Jesus" have any significant impact on faith?
Jesus in Cultural Complexity has the honour of hosting prof. Bernadette Brooten who will base the lecture on her recently published book «Beyond Slavery – Overcoming Its Religious and Sexual Legacies».
Lecture by Halvor Moxnes.
Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is preparing with colleagues in South Africa for THE SECOND UNISA SYMPOSIUM OF NEW TESTAMENT AND EARLY CHRISTIAN STUDIES
The time when Jesus was portrayed exclusively as a salvation figure in Christianity and as a symbol for the West and European nationalism is gone. Christians in the West are surprised to learn about the role that Jesus plays in Islam, and ideological criticism challenges the picture of a mono-cultural Jesus.
Images of Jesus as mirrors of religious and national identities are now challenged by cultural complexity. Can the image of Jesus become a symbol for interreligious dialogue with Islam?
Seminar with Lars Kirhusmo Pharo, Post.doc.
Book launch: Texts for change - A Bible study program
The project Jesus in Cultural Complexity (JCC) is co-hosting the launch of a new book written by three students at the theological faculty.
We would like to invite students – who (in the long term) might be interested in writing their thesis in New Testament Studies – for an informal lunch.
Høstmøte i NNTFF - foredrag med Per Bilde og Hans Kvalbein.
One day seminar for master students with professor Carolyn Osiek, Brite Divinty School, Texas Christian University.
Holy land as Homeland? Models for constructing the historic landscapes of Jesus. (Two-day seminar)
In Norway, little is known about Jewish perspective on Jesus' death. Therefore, the project Jesus in Cultural Complexity presents Jewish Jesus images on 29th March at the House of Literature: 14-16.
Lecture by Professor Burke O. Long, Bowdoin College,Maine, US.
Professor Leif Vaage, Emmanuel College, University of Toronto: "The Quest for the Historical Jesus and Contemporary Cultural Politics.”
Professor Jennifer Glancy (University of Richmond, USA): The Body of Jesus and Other First Century Bodies.
Seminar by the NFR-project Jesus in Cultural Complexity: Interpretation, Memory and Identification in corporation with the Nordic PhD network Early Christianity in its Greco-Roman Context.
Jesus and Muhammad are symbol characters for each world religion, and are often pitted against each other in religious clashes. In this seminar, we will attempt a more dialogic comparison of presentations of Jesus and Muhammad as historical figures who also have a role as role models for current religious identity.