Sunday 18th of September
11.00: Anniversary Service in the Cathedral of Oslo
The anniversary of the Faculty of Theology opens with an anniversary mass, with music especially written for the occasion by Henrik Ødegaard.
13.00: Opening of the Anniversary Exhibition "Dannelse og Modernitet"
The Exhibition shows the history and role of the faculty in the Norwegian society, from the founding of the University in 1811, and up till today. The exhibition is held in the government building R5, Akersgata 59.
The exhibition will be open until the 15th of October.
Program:
Opening welcome by the faculty dean Prof. Dr. Trygve Wyller
Greetings by:
Prof. Dr. Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector at the University of Oslo
Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien, Preses of the Church of Norway
Prof. Dr. Theodor Jørgensen, the Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen
Jens-Petter Johnsen, Director of the National Council, Church of Norway
Official opening of the exhibition by the Minister of Government Administration, Reform and Church Affairs Rigmor Aasrud.
19.00: Celebration for the Friends of the Faculty
Dinner at Domus Theologica, for registered guests. Entertainment, festivities and fun!
Monday 19th of September
09.00 - 11.30: Seminary on Schleiermacher
Friedrich Scleiermacher was a German theologian and a ground breakin figure within modern Protestantism. The seminary will focus on Scleiermacher as a key figure in opening new fields for protestant thinking – within science, language, history, and hermeneutics – and how ground breaking thoughts like this still develops today.
This seminary will be held in English.
Opening statements by:
Prof. Dr. Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm, University of Uppsala
Rev. Dr. Wanda Deifelt, Luther College, Iowa, USA
Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gräb, Humboldt-university, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Theodor Jørgensen, University of Copenhagen
Prof. Dr. Inge Lønning, University of Oslo
Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies, Humboldt-university, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Halvor Moxnes, University of Oslo
The seminary is chaired by Prof. Dr. Kjetil Hafstad.
Place: Auditorium U40, Domus Theologica
12.30 - 14.00: Discussion on the Challenges meeting the Theological Faculties in the years to come
Open meeting on the future of theological faculties in Scandinavia.
The discussion will be held in English.
Opening and introduction by Prof. Dr. Trygve Wyller, dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo
Short statements by:
Aila Lauha, dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki
Mikael Stenmark, dean at the Faculty of Theology, University of Uppsala
Troels Nørager, University of Århus
Place: Auditorium U40, Domus Theologica
14.30 - 16.00: Theological research today
Researchers from the faculty give short lectures where they present larger ongoing research projects.
The lectures will partly be in Norwegian, Partly in English.
Chaired by Prof. Dr. Tarald Rasmussen.
'Jesus in Cultural Complexity'
Prof. Dr. Halvor Moxnes
'Døden i tidlig protestantisk tradisjon' (‘The Death in Early Protestant Tradition’)
Prof. Dr. Tarald Rasmussen og Dr. Kristin Bliksrud Aavitsland
'Sanselighet og transcendens. Det hellige og det sublime i et religionsestetisk perspektiv' (’Sensibility and Trancendance. The Holy and the Sublime in an aesthetical perspective’)
Prof. Dr. Svein Aage Christoffersen and PhD Fellow Leonora Onarheim.
'New Contexts for Old Texts: Unorthodox Texts and Monastic Manuscript Culture in Fourth- and Fifth-Century Egypt'
Dr. Hugo Lundhaug
Place: Auditorium U40, Domus Theologica
16.30 - 18.30: Countering Religious Extremism in Europe – post 22/7
- an open symposium of religious leaders and academics
Two key note lectures held by the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Mustafa Ceric, and the Preses of the Church of Norway, Bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien.
Responses by Prof. Dr. Thorbjørn L. Knutsen, from the Norwegian University of Nature and Science, and Prof. Dr. Oddbjørn Leirvik, from the University of Oslo.
The floor will be open for questions and comments.
The symposium will be chaired by dr. Anne Hege Grung.
This symposium will be held in English.
This symposium is a cooperation between Islamic Council of Norway, Council on Ecumenical and International Relations, Church of Norway, and the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo.
Tuesday 20th of September
Religion in the Center, Centered on Religion
The official anniversary celebration.
This seminary will in its entirety be held in English.
Place: Gamle Festsal, Urbygningen in Karl Johansgate
10.00 - 10.20:
Opening by the faculty dean, Prof. Dr. Trygve Wyller. Opening by prorector Inga Bostad, UiO.
10.20 - 12.00: Global Justice in a multicultural Context
Two key note lectures held by the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, and the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Mustafa Ceric.
Response by Prof. Dr Ursula King from the University of Bristol.
The lectures are chaired by the fakulty dean, Prof. Dr. Trygve Wyller.
13.30 - 14.30:
First annual lecture in gender and religion, introduced by Prof. Dr. Jone Salomonsen.
'Religious Persecution of Women. Experiences and Feminist Motivation for Changes'
held by Prof. Dr. Isabel Apawo Phiri from School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, SA.
14.45 - 16.00:
Roundtable discussion on religion, gender, conflict and reconciliation in a multi-religious world.
The discussion is chaired by the faculty pro-dean, Prof. Dr. Aud V. Tønnessen.
Opening statements are held by the honorary doctors of the Faculty:
Prof. Dr. Theodor Jørgensen, Københavns Universitet
Prof. Dr. Ursula King, University of Bristol
Prof. Dr. Adela Yarbro Collins, Yale University
Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Rev. Dr. Wanda Deifelt, Luther College, IA, USA
16.30 - 17.00:
Short lectures from a selection of the staff of the faculty.
'Interreligious Studies - of Conflicts you're Part of'
Prof. Dr. Oddbjørn Leirvik
'Renegotiating Christian and Pagan'
Prof. Dr. Jone Salomonsen
'The Church in the 4th Century: From Oppressed to Oppressor - Lines of Conflict'
Prof. Øyvind Norderval