The following are enrolled as PhD students in the MHS School of Mission and Theology:

Teshome Amenu

Title of project: "Reconciliation: A study of the reconciliation process between the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Addis Ababa and Surrounding Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, 1998-2010"

Supervisor: Øyvind M. Eide

 

Geir Johannes Barlaup

Title of project: “Privatized and individualized religion encounters public and collective religion: A study of Norwegian soldiers’ conception of religion when meeting counterparts of other cultures”

Supervisor:  Knut Alfsvåg

 

Tor Arne Berntsen

Title of project: ”Conditions for reconciliation in Northern Uganda”

Supervisor: Bård Mæland

 

Meiken Antje Buchholz

Title of project: ”Talking about Christian life in the context of contemporary Chinese moral education”

Supervisor: Thor Strandenæs

 

Josef Edebol

Title of project:  “God and the common good”

Supervisor: Sebastian Rehnman

 

Beth Elness-Hanson

Title of project: ”The meaning of generational curses in Ex 20 and 34: An intercultural analysis of American and Maasai interpretations”

Supervisor: Knut Holter

 

Stian Sørlie Eriksen

Title of project: "The migrant churches of Norway: A study of their spirituality as it relates to identity, worship and mission"

Supervisor: Tomas Sundnes Drønen

Second supervisor: Kari Storstein Haug

 

Ebisse Gudeta

Title of project: "Growing in faith: A study of the significance of confirmation teaching in the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus"

Supervisor: Øyvind M. Eide

 

Arnhild Helgesen

Title of project: "Diakonia in context: Models of praxis, reflection and communication in diaconal work with indigenous people in Latin-America"

Supervisor: Kjell Nordstokke

Second supervisor: Marianne Skjortnes

 

 Øivind Holtedahl

Title of project: "Lærings- og kunnskapsbaner hos ungdom (15-18 år) som deltar i trosopplæringsmenigheter i Den norske kirke"

Supervisor: Hans Austnaberg

Second supervisor: Sverre Dag Mogstad

 

Terese Bue Kessel

Title of project: "African women between compassion and justice"

Supervisor: Kjell Nordstokke

Second supervisor: Tomas Sundnes Drønen

 

Arngeir Langås

Title of project: "Christian-Muslim encounters in Zanzibar"

Supervisors: Kari Storstein Haug & Torstein Jørgensen

 

Sverre Elgvin Lied

Title of project: "The meaning of the Eucharist: The interpretation of the eucharist liturgy in 1st and 2nd centuries"

Supervisor: Odd Magne Bakke

 

Frank Yin-Chao Lin

Title of project:  “The significance of the Spirit of adoption to Christian life: An exegetical and theological study of Romans 8:12-30”

Supervisor: Jostein Ådna

 

Stefan Lindholm

Title of project: “Jerome Zanchi on the incarnation”

Supervisor: Sebastian Rehnman

 

Amador Israel C. Mandujano

Title of project: ”Contemporary paradigms on church mission: Identification and analysis of main conditioning factors in the growth of the Christian and missionary alliance in Lima, Peru”

Supervisor: Thor Strandenæs

 

Tina Dykesteen Nilsen

Title of project: Isaiah 40-66 and Deuteronomy 32: Texts in communication

Supervisor: Knut Holter

 

Jean de Dieu Rafalimanana

Title of project: “From reconciliation to God to peace with humans: Historical interpretation of Ephesians 2:11-22 with reflection of its value to the Malagasy meaning of reconciliation and peace”

Supervisor: Jostein Ådna

Second supervisor: Hans Austnaberg

 

Olivier Randrianjaka

Title of project: “A semantic study of ritual and moral terminology in the Book of Leviticus”

Supervisor: Magnar Kartveit

 

Patrick Randriatsifofo

Title of project: "How to build peaceful interreligious relations? An analysis of the Christian-Muslim relations in Vohipeno, Madagascar"

Supervisor: Kari Storstein Haug

 

 Marit Skartveit

Title of project: "'Theosis' and 'perfection' - to sider av samme sak? En sammenligning av helliggjørelse i metodistisk/salvasjonistisk og ortodoks tradisjon"

Supervisor: Knut Alfsvåg

 

Grete T. Søvik

Title of project: "In the middle of sin is I: En drøfting av forkynnelen av frelse fra synd i lys av noen narsissistiske trekk i vår kultur"

Supervisor: Hans Austnaberg

 

Marius Alin Teican

Title of project:  ”Suffering and joy: A study of the spiritual experiences and virtues of Orthodox Christians in Romanian communist prisons in light of the theological tradition of the Orthodox Church.”

Supervisor: Knut Alfsvåg

 

Tom Sverre Tomren

Title of project: ”Fra skapertro til miljøaktivisme”

Supervisor: Bård Mæland

 

Torstein Try

Title of project: "Vennskapsrelasjoner på tvers av kristen og muslimsk tro"

Supervisor: Kari Storstein Haug

 

Knut Tveitereid, Bergen

Title of project: “Signs of discipleship: Interpretation of social action and spiritual formation for youth ministry"

Supervisor: Bård Mæland

Second supervisor: Paul Otto Brunstad, Hans Austnaberg