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Preaching in Times of the European ‘Refugee Crisis’: Scandinavian perspectives

Authors

  • Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen
  • Tone Stangeland Kaufman
  • Carina Sundberg
  • Sivert Angel
  • Pia Nordin Christensen
  • Tron Fagermoen
  • Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen
  • Pernilla Myrelid
  • Linn Sæbø Rystad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/ijh.2017.39437

Abstract

Toward the end of 2015, 65.3 million people were seeking refuge or were otherwise forcibly displaced globally. This is the largest number since the recordings began around World War II. In Europe more than 1 million people arrived by sea in 2015 – more than four times as many as the previous year.1 The crisis situation stirred public debate as well as church-based initiatives trying to deal with the situation. In order to understand the interaction between public discourse and local preaching a group of homileticians from seven European countries collaborated on an empirical study of how the refugee crisis impacted preaching. In what follows we present the initial results from the Scandinavian countries.

Author Biographies

Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen

Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen, born in 1975, is Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tone Stangeland Kaufman

Tone Stangeland Kaufman, born in 1972, is Associate Professor on Practical Theology at the Norwegian School of Theology.

Carina Sundberg

Carina Sundberg, PhD, DMin, born in 1959, is Diocesan officer in Theology, Diocese of Linköping, Sweden.

Sivert Angel

Sivert Angel, born in 1973, is Associate Professor of Practial Theology at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Pia Nordin Christensen

Pia Nordin Christensen, MA, born in 1964, is Pastor at Frederiksberg Kirke, Denmark.

Tron Fagermoen

Tron Fagermoen, born in 1970, is Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology at the Norwegian School of Theology.

Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen

Elisabeth Tveito Johnsen, born in 1973, is Associate Professor in Practical Theology at the University of Oslo.

Pernilla Myrelid

Pernilla Myrelid, MA, born in 1971, works at Team Migration Diocese of Linköping, Sweden.

Linn Sæbø Rystad

Linn Sæbø Rystad, born in 1985, is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Norwegian School of Theology.

Published

2017-07-19

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