The broader interest of this study is linked to the manifestations and perceptions of the ‘roles’ of women in the socio-cultural landscape of the Greco-Roman late antiquity. In particular, it attempts to understand how ...

The similarities and differences of recruitment and conversion between Judaism and Mithraism

Christians living under Muslim rule in 8th century Iraq had to articulate their faith and doctrines in relation to the religious and political challenges brought on by the dominating reality of Islam. The disputation between ...

This thesis considers the religious perceptions of a very vocal, self-identified National Socialist group in Norway called “Den Nordiske Motstandsbevegelsen” or “The Nordic Restistance Movement” (DNM). The thesis consists ...

This work will consider a range of encounters between Christian and Muslim leaders from late antiquity through to the middle ages. As explored through a lens of political and theological theory, this work will consider ...

No one can speak of religion in contemporary Europe without mentioning the hijab. The image of a Muslim woman with a tightly wrapped scarf covering her hair, head and neck has become one of the main symbols of Islam in ...

In this thesis, an attempt will be made to understand the position of Islam towards Jewish and Christian laws as they were used in the inner- and intra-Islamic debate during the Abbasid era with respect to dietary laws. ...

Late Antiquity was a time of vibrant and eclectic ritual practices, as well as witnessing Christianity’s rise from minority to majority religion. P.Oslo. I V is an apotropaic papyrus from fourth- or fifth century Egypt, ...