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The Anti-Conversion Bill: Political Buddhism, ‘Unethical Conversions’ and Religious Freedom in Sri Lanka.
(The University of Bergen, 2016-02-26)Allegations that missionaries and aid workers are active in inducing conversions by means of aggressive external pressure have led to discussion of anti-conversion legislation in many countries, and the region of South ...Doctoral thesis -
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The appropriation of a religion: The case of Zoroastrianism in contemporary Russia
(Routledge, 2013-10-10)This paper distinguishes between the (ontological) creation, (historical) emergence and (legal) ‘making’ of religion. Many religions claim plausibility by invoking long chains of (invented) traditions, while some post-modern ...Journal article -
At the threshold of the Viking Age: New dendrochronological dates for the Kvalsund ship and boat bog offerings (Norway)
(Elsevier, 2020)Kvalsund in the Herøy archipelago, Møre og Romsdal County, provides a sheltered harbour in a high-risk seascape along the west coast of Norway: the peninsula Stadlandet is considered the most dangerous part of the seaway ...Journal article -
Åndsfridomens intoleranse? Perspektiv på religionsfridom i Noreg i endring, ca. 1900–1935
(Universitetsforlaget, 2019-06-24)Artikkelen tar føre seg skiftande perspektiv på religionsfridom i Noreg i første halvdel av 1900-talet. Frå først og fremst å handle om løyve til religiøs praksis utanfor statskyrkja, førte kampen mot ateisme og blasfemi ...Journal article -
The Beginning of the Viking Age in the West
(Springer, 2018-04)During the Viking Age, Arctic Scandinavia was a source of exquisite furs, down, walrus ivory, and other commodities that met with high demand in England and on the Continent. Hitherto, the earliest firm evidence of this ...Journal article -
Being safe from what and safe for whom? A critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of ‘safe space’
(Informa UK Limited, 2019-01-18)Safe space, used in educational settings as a metaphor, stresses the importance of the classroom being a learning environment characterised by respect and safety. Based on examples from Swedish and Norwegian classroom ...Journal article -
Bergensregionen som arbeidsmarked for innvandrere. En studie av arbeidsintegrering blant russisktalende innvandrere i Bergensregionen
(The University of Bergen, 2016-02-01)In recent years, Norway has experienced a historical high influx of immigrants. Statistics show that individuals with immigrant backgrounds have a lower participatient rate in the labor market, and experience a higher risk ...Master thesis -
Bærekraftig stedsutvikling - To planlagte økosamfunn i vestlandske kommuner
(Universitetet i Bergen (UiB), 2016-11-22)This thesis is about sustainable place-development, focusing on two planned ecovillages in two municipalities in 'Vestlandet'; which in this thesis is seen as a cultural identity region on the west coast of Norway. Sustainable ...Master thesis -
Calculating the World: The history of geophysics as seen from Bergen
(Fagbokforlaget, 2018-08-06)Bergen, in Western Norway, is the birthplace of modern weather forecasting and of physical oceanography. It has been a center for daring polar expeditions, for NATO research and for climate modeling. In 2017, the internationally ...Book -
Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden: Case Studies in Historical and Contemporary Developments
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)The history of Charismatic Christianity in the Nordic countries reaches as far back as Pentecostalism itself. The bounds of these categories remain a topic of discussion, but Nordic countries have played a vital role in ...Book -
CREST (Climate REconstruction SofTware): A probability density function (PDF)-based quantitative climate reconstruction method
(Copernicus PublicationsEuropean Geosciences Union, 2014-11-28)Several methods currently exist to quantitatively reconstruct palaeoclimatic variables from fossil botanical data. Of these, probability density function (PDF)-based methods have proven valuable as they can be applied to ...Journal article -
Dataset for network analysis the papyri from Kellis (Ismant el-Kharab)
(2018)Dataset for network analysis extracted from the documentary papyrological material found at the archaeological site Ismant el-Kharab (Kellis) in Egypt. It contains lists of the texts from the site that can be dated to the ...Dataset -
Diachronic change within the Still Bay at Blombos Cave, South Africa
(PLOS ONE, 2015-07-02)Characteristically shaped bifacial points are stone artefacts with which the Middle Stone Age Still Bay techno-complex in Southern Africa is identified. Traditional approaches such as chaîne opératoire and two-dimensional ...Journal article -
The Earliest Footprint of a Messianic Queen: Sarah the Ashkenazi in Amsterdam
(Brill, 2019)A record from 1 November 1655 of a donation to a certain Sarah from Poland is probably the first documented historical appearance of Sarah the Ashkenazi, future wife of messiah Sabbatai Tsevi. Individually recorded donations ...Journal article -
Ecclesiastical reform in historiographical context
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2015-05-26)The article initially discusses recent approaches to ecclesiastical reform and the Investiture Contest. In particular, it discusses the extent to which recent scholarship's concern with “power,” “local units,” “social ...Journal article -
Elite milieus and centres in western Norway 200-550 AD
(The University of Bergen, 2017-08-25)This thesis examines how elite milieus organised their centres c. 200–550 AD in the counties of Hordaland and Rogaland, western Norway. Here, the archaeological material has many indications of elite organisation, ...Doctoral thesis -
En moderne regionalisering? - UNESCO biosfæreområder i et regionalt perspektiv
(The University of Bergen, 2014-05-15)UNESCO opprettet i 1970-årene Man and the Biosphere- programme (MAB). I dag er det 621 biosfæreområder i hele verden, men det er fremdeles ingen i Norge. I Nordhordland, nord i Bergen, er derimot en prosjektgruppe i ...Master thesis -
"... en naturlig inndeling med sterk forankring i livsforholdene i landet". Dei historiske førsetnader for valdistriktsinndelinga ved stortingsval
(Valglovutvalget, 2018)Rapporten er skriven på oppdrag for Vallovutvalet, og er eit fagleg underlagsmateriale for vurdering av eventuelle endringar i valdistrikstinndelinga ved stortingsval, aktualisert av regionreformaResearch report -
Endringer i interkommunale samarbeidsformer - regionråd for fall? - En historisk komparativ casestudie av to regionråd i Rogaland (1950-2015)
(The University of Bergen, 2016-05-18)In this thesis, by using a comparative case analysis of regional councils Jærrådet and Dalanerådet, I have looked at how the historical development of the two regions may explain why Dalanerådet gradually phased ...Master thesis
