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Tomas Sundnes Drønen

  • Academic degree: PhD
  • Position: Associate Professor Intercultural Studies
  • Phone: +47 51 51 62 15
  • E-mail: tomas.sundnes.dronen@mhs.no
  • Born: 26.05.1968

Specialised Competency:

African Christianity, Intercultural communication, Globalization, History of Mission

General (teaching) Competency:

Religions in Africa, Intercultural communication, Globalization, History of Mission, Qualitative Methods

Selected Publications:

Books

  • Communication and Conversion in Northern Cameroon: The Dii people and Norwegian Missionaries, 1934-60, Leiden: Brill 2009, 244 s.

  • La voie de l'islam et la voie du Christ : la croix et le croissant en Afrique de l'Ouest, Meiganga: ILTM 2002, 182 s.

Articles

  • "Intercultural Communication and Religious Change: The Dii, Norwegian Missionaries, and Ferdinand de Saussure", Studia Theologica vol. 63, 1/2009: 3-18.

  • "Misjonshistorie: fagets akademiske egenart og forhold til samfunnsvitenskapelige metoder", Norwegian Journal of Missiology vol. 63, 1/2009: 3-18.

  • "'And it is really thanks to you that we are saved...' An African Discourse on Conversion and the Creation of a Modern Myth", Exchange, vol. 36, 2007: 156-183.

  • "A Missionary Discourse on Conversion: Norwegian Missionaries in Adamawa, Northern Cameroon 1934-1960", Mission Studies, vol. 24, 1/2007: 99-124.

  • "Omvendelse fra islam til kristendom i Vest-Afrika: et sosiologisk perspektiv", Norwegian Journal of Missiology vol. 61, 2-3/2007: 205-223.

  • "Scientific Revolution and Religious Conversion - A Closer Look at Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Paradigm-Shift", Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, vol. 18, 3/2006: 232-254.

  • "Anthropological Historical Research in Africa - How Do We Ask?", History in Africa, vol. 33, 2006: 137-153.

  • "The Role of Religion in Social Change: The Arrival of Christianity among the Dii People in Adamawa, Northern Cameroon (1934-1960)", Swedish Missiological Themes, vol. 93, 4/2005: 479-503.

  • "Dar al-islam i Meiganga, Kamerun", Norwegian Journal of Missiology, vol. 55, 1/2001: 17-34.

  • "Islam and Ethnicity in Northern Cameroon", Swedish Missiological Themes, vol. 86, 1/1998: 45-68.

  • "The Roots of the Islamic Resurgence", Ung teologi, vol. 29, 1/1996: 89-100.

Professional Boards and Committees:

  • Leader of the research-group Religion and Culture Globally and Locally Negotiated MHS, 2008-2012.

  • Member of the editorial bord of Journal of Intercultural Communication, http://www.immi.se/intercultural/