Browsing Department of Archaeology, History, Cultural Studies and Religion - AHKR by Title
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Calculating the World: The history of geophysics as seen from Bergen
(Book; Peer reviewed, 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 ... -
Called to Service. Officers in the Norwegian Salvation Army
(Master thesis, 2014-05-16)Denne oppgaven tar for seg frelsesarmeen i Norge. Offiserene i frelsesarmeen fyller en rekke ulike funksjoner i frelsesarmeen, men offisersutdanningen forbereder offiserene til å fungere primært som religiøse- og administrative ... -
Caminoization at Sea: The Fjord Pilgrim route in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Based on official church and public-sector documents and texts related to the Fjord Pilgrim Route, we discuss how a process of Caminoization is expressed in Norway, both in relation to how this new invention relates to the ... -
The Central Place of the Avaldsnes Area, SW Norway. An Analysis of Elites and Central Functions along Karmsund 200 BC - AD 1000
(Master thesis, 2009-05-15)The island of Karmøy is located at the southwestern coast of Norway, in the county of Rogaland. The protected sea way through Karmsund on the eastside of the island, represent an area with great strategic potential along ... -
Charismatic Christianity in Finland, Norway, and Sweden: Case Studies in Historical and Contemporary Developments
(Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities, Book; Peer reviewed, 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 ... -
Charismatic Fellowship or tradition- bound hierarchy: Studying the roots of Church Government with focus upon the Pauline and the Johannine source material
(Master thesis, 2013-06-03)This paper is looking at authority and leadership in the earliest stages of Christianity, and is built up under the following research question: With basis in the Pauline and the Johannine text corpus, how might we define ... -
Chemical weapons and the Iran-Iraq war. A discussion of the UN Security Council's response to the use of gas in the Iran-Iraq war.
(Master thesis, 2014-11-20)The Iran-Iraq war was the longest interstate war in the 20th century, and lasted from 1980 to 1988. Iraq estimated that 30,000 Iranians lost their lives because of chemical weapons. Gas had not been used in warfare in such ... -
Christianization of Norway
(Conference lecture, 2007-09)During a post doctoral project I have tried to investigate more closely when Norway was Christianized first time (c. AD 1000) by studying archaeological sources. The art of writing mostly arrived together with Christianity, ... -
The chronological, sedimentary and environmental context for the archaeological deposits at Blombos Cave, South Africa
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-01)The site of Blombos Cave (BBC) is well known for archaeological remains that have advanced our understanding of the development of modern human behaviour during the Middle Stone Age (MSA). Occupation of the cave occurred ... -
Church and Cultures in the Catholic Missionary Renewal of the Early 20th Century: Critical Issues in the Thought of Costantini, Manna, and Vanzin
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article investigates the relationship between the church and indigenous cultures in the field of missionary renewal in the early 20th century, focusing on three influential Catholic figures: Celso Costantini, Paolo ... -
Cicero: den ideelle romerske guvernør? -en komparasjon av romerske guvernører 73-50 f.kr
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Civil rights and civil responsibilities. How The Unionist Party perceived and responded to the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland 1968-1972
(Master thesis, 2010-05-17)This thesis contains a analys of the Unionist Party's preception and respons to the Northern Irish civil rights movement. The thesis sets out to explore how the civil rights movement influenced the events leading up to the ... -
The Classical World in a Norwegian Workers' Encyclopedia: Arbeidernes Leksikon (1931–1936)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The Norwegian Arbeidernes leksikon, “Workers’ Encyclopedia,” was published in six volumes from 1931–1936. It was inspired by The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, explicitly aimed at working-class readers, and establishing an ... -
Climate Change in Urban Biographies: Stage, Event, Agent
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)How do archaeologists understand the relationship between climate, climate change, and urban biographies? In this article, I argue that urban biographies should be approached as the life stories they claim to be, with ... -
Colosseum og det store teateret i Pompeii. En arkeologisk analyse om hvordan arkitekturen skiller samfunnsklassene
(Master thesis, 2014-05-12)Det store teateret i Pompeii ble i lang tid brukt som en underholdningsarena, fra starten i det andre århundre f.Kr., til sin forsvinning under asken i år 79 e.Kr. Teateret gjennomgikk mange forandringer som sørget for at ... -
Comparative analysis of Early Bronze Age burials - A study in burial customs in Upper Egypt, Lower Nubia and the Sinai desert
(Master thesis, 2013-05-14)I have considered different research history on cemeteries from areas in Upper Egypt, Lower Nubia and the Sinai from the Early Bronze Age. The methodological approach was mainly based on comparison however it was also based ...