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Book launch: Theology on the Border by Daniela Lucia Rapisarda

Book launch: Theology on the Border by Daniela Lucia Rapisarda

How should we define what a border is when the same border is experienced in very different ways by people crossing it or living on it? In her recent work published by Routledge, Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda sets in dialogue critical border studies and theology and looks at how the border functions as an interpretative starting point on issues of identity and migration. The border is also the starting point for theological reflection.

How should we define what a border is when the same border is experienced in very different ways by people crossing it or living on it? In her recent work published by Routledge, Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda sets in dialogue critical border studies and theology and looks at how the border functions as an interpretative starting point on issues of identity and migration. The border is also the starting point for theological reflection.

  • The public event takes place at Oslo Library, Campus Oslo, Diakonveien 18, 1st floor. Hybrid participation facilitated at Campus Stavanger in room 207. Link to zoom will be provided for other participants.
  • 2. juni 2025, 14.00–15.00 (Legg til i kalender)
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Daniela Lucia Rapisarda (to the left) will be accompanied by Vebjørn L. Horsfjord, Marta Bivand Erdal and Sturla Stålsett at the book launch.

We invite you to the VID Library in Oslo for an hour of engaging conversation on this book and celebration with the contribution of Marta Bivand Erdal (PRIO), Sturla Stålsett (MF) and Vebjørn Horsfjord (VID).

Shared humanity

Focusing on the Mediterranean, Rapisarda’s book offers a theological hermeneutics from the perspective of the margin/border and a theological hermeneutics of the border. At the core is a case study of the Italian Protestant minority and its engagement with issues of migration. Her work offers a 'horizontal' perspective on humanization based on the principle of a shared humanity and proposes a contextual theological reflection on minority identity that is at its core inclusive.

Contributors

Dean Vebjørn Horsfjord will chair the session. The external respondents are Marta Bivand Erdal, Research Professor in Migration Studies at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), and Sturla Stålsett, Professor of Diaconal Studies, Religion and Society at MF - Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society.

Refreshments will be served.

Access the book here (Available online for students and researchers at VID)

Rapisarda, D.L. (2024). Theology on the Border: The Mediterranean, Minority Identity and Migration (1st ed.). Routledge.

Kontaktinformasjon

Daniela Lucia Rapisarda. E-post: daniela.rapisarda@vid.no. Live Rasmussen. E-post: live.rasmussen@vid.no. Mobiltelefon: +47 900 66 138