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Appendix A Guide to Lausanne Documents and Resources1
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Territoriality and Hospitality. Christian and Muslim Perspectives.
Religious Persecution: Theological and Missiological Perspectives.
Ulike misjonsforståelser i Den norske kirke
Evangeliet til nye generasjoner Barn, unge og yngre ledere som misjonale tema i Lausanne
Kamp for rettferdighet i Lausannebevegelsen
«Better together?» Migrasjon og misjonal samhandling i lys av Lausannebevegelsen og den fjerde Lausannekongressen i Seoul 2024 (L4)
Norsk misjon i et polysentrisk perspektiv
The First Fruits of L4 Evaluating the European Response to the Fourth Lausanne Congress
Aktører i global misjon – en analyse av Lausannebevegelsens dokumenter
Addressing Key Gaps: The Missiological Contributions of Lausanne 4
Art as a Pathway to God: A Historical-Theological Study of the Jesuit Mission to China, 1552-1773
Hvordan så verden ut fra Stavanger? Om Misjonsmuseet som en fysisk manifestasjon av «Misjonens store fortelling»
Misjonær i tretti år - fekk det konsekvensar for misjonsforståinga?
Rammer for misjonsprestens profesjonsutøvelse på 1920-tallet
Den store ordinasjonens ordinasjonsliturgi og diskusjonen om kirkelig ordinasjon av misjonsprester
Anmeldelse av Missionizing on the Edge: Religion and Power in the Jesuit Missions of Spanish Amazonia
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I januar 2024 ble podkasten «Misjonærbarna» av og med Øystein Stene publisert på Fabel og misjonærkallsforståelsen i norsk lekmanns- og misjonsbevegelse ble igjen gjenstand for kritisk oppmerksomhet. Artikkelen er et bidrag til å kaste ytterligere lys over misjonærkallsforståelsen i norsk lekmanns- og misjonsbevegelse mellom 1945 og frem til omkring tusenårsskiftet. Artikkelens utgangspunkt er tradisjonen i denne bevegelsen for å bruke profetkallsfortellinger og -tekster om misjonærkallet og slik la profetkallet tjene som modell for misjonærkallet. Mot den bakgrunn blir et viktig spørsmål: Hva slags forståelse av profetkallet ble man da forsynt med som modell for misjonærkallet? I denne artikkelen forsøker jeg å besvare dette spørsmålet ved å se nærmere på den profetkallsforståelsen som kommer til uttrykk i resepsjonen av profetiske kallsfortellinger og -tekster i et utvalg relevante bøker utgitt på Lunde, Luther og andre tilsvarende forlag i angitt tidsperiode. Mine funn vitner om en kallsforståelse hvor kallsopplevelsen spiller en helt avgjørende rolle og hvor denne opplevelsen også forstås å ha en helt bestemt karakter. Sentrale elementer er opplevelsen av tvang, kallskamp og «nei’ets» umulighet.
Is it possible to identify specific contributions from churches to climate adaption. This article argues that the contribution of churches is visible in several venues, but has a special character related to hope and identity. It is a contribution that gains impetus through a global perspective, because it allows for a participatory etos, which not only focuses on activity, but in special manner comes to the fore where churches allow themselves to the transformed in light of the community of creation and the presence of Christ incarnated.
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Debating the Norwegian Mission to the Homeless
Established in 1897, the Norwegian Mission to the Homeless (Norsk Misjon blant Hjemløse) was for nearly a century a domestic Christian endeavour conducted in tandem with social welfare agencies in Norway to reach and assimilate members of the itinerant tater or Romani ethnic group, which they perceived as rife with social problems. However, its methods of social control, which included the forced placement of the o!spring of tatere in children’s homes, involuntary sterilisation, and in some cases lobotomies, eventually became the targets of strident criticism. The present article views this domestic mission primarily through the lens of a member of a tater family, Kristian Bredesen, who with his brother was removed from their parents’ custody in the 1920s, placed into a children’s home, and eventually became a teacher and superintendent of schools. His novel Taterblod, which to a great degree is a fictionalised account of his family of origin, does not paper over the dark side of the mission’s policies, but his criticism of this is tempered by his argument that for all its faults Norwegian Mission to the Homeless merits acknowledgment for rescuing many children from dire social circumstances in dysfunctional families that in many cases were involved in chronic criminal activities and su!ering from the consequences of alcoholism.
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Anmeldelse A New Testament: Scandinavian Missionaries and Santal Chiefs from Company and British Crown Rule to Independence
Kristen musikk som debatt-tema i det lavkirkelige bedehus-Norge i perioden 1970–2010
The author of this article describes the discussions about the use of music within the Lutheran low-church movements in Norway from approximately 1970 to 2010. The right-wing side in these discussions had a so-called spirit-dogmatically rooted view. !ey argued that music is not spiritually neutral. Christians must warn against “modern music”. Their ideals were composers from times when music was made for Soli Deo Gloria - especially composers such as J. S. Bach. Other leaders – at various levels – had a more open view. !ey primarily saw music as an expression of gifts given by the Creator. !ey emphasised that we must be sensitive to various cultural changes and to people’s feelings and traditions. However, music must not be used in a provocative way. We must consider how people in the congregations experience the music. !e author also discusses the content of the lyrics in newer hymns and songs. His main point is that the biblical basis in the lyrics is more important than ever, and he looks forward to further discussions where the message of Christian songs is more in focus.
Inhibiting Missions to Chinese Immigrants in California before the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Scholarly analysis of hostility to Chinese immigrants in the United States of America began well over a century ago but has advanced on an uneven front. Little of a scholarly nature has been published about speci!cally Christian involvement in the conflicting efforts to evangelise these newcomers and halt their further immigration. The present article takes steps towards !lling that lacuna. It discusses efforts by various Protestant denominations and, subsequently, the Roman Catholic Church to evangelise and conduct educational ministries among the Chinese in California, especially in and near San Francisco during a period of ascending public hostility to those immigrants which led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The primary focus is on the Methodist pastor Otis Gibson and Archbishop José Sadoc Alemany as key promoters of such missionary endeavours who incurred the wrath of many other churchmen in their own and other denominations. It will be argued that both enthusiasm for missions to Chinese in California and criticism of those e#orts as futile could be found in Protestant denominations and in the San Francisco Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.