Research on the Intercultural Histiory of Christianity (RethinC)
Research group information
Participants
Kjell Nordstokke
Tveit Kamilla
Kalpana Hiralal
Hege Roaldset
Hans Stifoss-Hanssen
Frieder Ludwig
Roland Rakotovao
Brit Hovland
Bjørg Bergøy Johansen
Nina Sundnes Drønen
Marina Xiaojing Wang
Jairzinho Lopes Pereira
Emily Phuti Mogase
Retief Müller
Stephen Sirris
Ingrid Eskilt
Janne Bech-Sørensen
Henning Møller Christensen
Marte Lægreid Nesse
Notto Reidar Thelle
Kristin Husby Dyrstad
Joar Haga
Kristin Fjelde Tjelle
Liv Wergeland Sørbye
Ellen Vea Rosnes
Olav Emil Fanuelsen
Silje Dragsund Aase
Hallgeir Skretting
Hong Sheng
Inger Marie Okkenhaug
Ingunn Folkestad Breistein
Karina Hestad Skeie
Kristin Norseth
Odd Magne Bakke
Wuna Zhou
Tomas Sundnes Drønen
Annette Rose Leis-Peters
Gustav Steensland
Inger Marie Lid
Torstein Jørgensen
Svein Helge Torsteinsbø
Thomas Houlpou
Yvette Derason
Lars Berge
Linda Chisholm
Contact
VID vitenskapelige høgskole
Research group manager
Kristin Fjelde Tjelle
Retief Müller
Responsible units(s)
Faculty of Theology and Social Sciences
Centre of Mission and Global Studies
Description
Retief Müller is leader and Kristin Fjelde Tjelle co-leader of RethinC. The research group focuses on Intercultural History of Christianity. It has a joint scholarly interest and adopts a multidisciplinary approach. RethinC works across disciplines, faculties, and institutions. It is international in its focus. It consists of researchers who take a historical approach to the fields of mission, diakonia, and church studies, with a special reference to church development, education, and health. The main goal is to encourage research on connected histories from multiple perspectives in collaboration with scholars from different parts of the world. The group also consists of members working in archival management, the Mission and Diakonia Archives (https://www.vid.no/en/historical-archive/) at VID Specialized University (https://www.vid.no/en/), and other relevant archives. RethinC aims to explore the potential of conducting research in these archives. The research group provides researchers in intercultural history of Christianity with a platform to exchange their scholarly work. Further, it endeavours to develop theoretical and methodological approaches by initiating dialogues with national and international researchers through its yearly seminars. RethinC’s members include those who are affiliated with VID Specialized University and colleagues from other national and international higher education institutions and archives, with the purpose of developing research projects based on historical archives. Several of our members are engaged in one of VID’s excellence in research projects ‘Connected Histories - Contested Values World Lutheranism and Decolonisation: Processes of Transloyalties, 1919-1970 (CHCV)’ (https://www.vid.no/forskning/vids-fremragende-forskningsmiljoer/connected-histories-contested-values/), which was originated during RethinC’s discussions.
Publications
Communication and conversion in Northern Cameroon : the Dii people and Norwegian missionaries, 1934-1960
(2009)
Drønen,
Tomas Sundnes
Brill Academic Publishers
Misjonærer mellom selvrealisering og selvfornektelse: Norsk misjonærmaskulinitet 1870-1930
(2013)
Tjelle,
Kristin Fjelde
Norsk tidsskrift for misjonsvitenskap
Missionary masculinity, 1870-1930 : the Norwegian missionaries in South-East Africa
(2014)
Tjelle,
Kristin Fjelde
Palgrave Macmillan
Christianisation, Frenchification and Malgachisation: mission education during war and rebellion in French colonial Madagascar in the 1940s
(2017)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
History of Education
Skole og misjon: læring til tro eller læring til liv?
(2017)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
Misjonsbevegelsen og barnas pris
(2017)
Skjortnes,
Marianne;Tjelle,
Kristin Fjelde
Misjon som kvinnesak
(2017)
Tjelle,
Kristin Fjelde
Manns- og kvinneideal i NMS
(2017)
Tjelle,
Kristin Fjelde
The Norwegian Mission’s Literacy Work in Colonial and Independent Madagascar
(2018)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
Routledge
A time of destiny for Norwegian mission schools in Zululand and Natal under the policy of Bantu Education (1948–1955)
(2019)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
History of Education
Reformation in the Context of World Christianity : Theological, political and social interactions between Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe
(2019)
Ludwig,
Frieder;Laaser,
Mirjam;Richebaecher,
Wilhelm;Ekué,
Amèle Adamavi-Aho;Pong,
Pui-Yee
Harrassowitz Verlag
The First World War as a Turning Point. The impact of the years 1914-1918 on Church and Mission (with special focus on the Hermannsburg Mission)
(2020)
Ludwig,
Frieder
LIT Verlag
Behandling av døende – Diakonhjemmet 1897-2017. «Et historisk tilbakeblikk»
(2020)
Sørbye,
Liv Wergeland
Negotiating Norwegian mission education in Zululand and natal during World War II
(2021)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
Mission studies
Forming Elites of the Church and of the Nation. Lutheran Resistance to Protestant Secondary Education in Madagascar in the 1920s and 1930s
(2021)
Rosnes,
Ellen Vea
Affiliated projects/research groups
The Norwegian Mission’s Educational Work in Zululand and Natal (1940-1955)
Connected Histories - Contested Values. World Lutheranism and Decolonisation: Processes of Transloyalties, 1919-1970 (CHCV)
Links
http://www.vid.no/forskning (Website)
http://www.vid.no/en/research/ (Website)