The course aims to connect research methods and fundamental epistemological reflections to the shape of each student’s individual research project, by reflecting on the relationship between theology and qualitative research.
The course aims to connect research methods and fundamental epistemological reflections to the shape of each student’s individual research project, by reflecting on the relationship between theology and qualitative research.
With a particular focus on church and practice as research context, the course challenges the students to reflect on how the relationship between theology and qualitative research shapes their research project as a whole. The course also offers a mapping of the current research front on approaches to theology and qualitative research, including a review of practical theology as a theological research discipline.
Main subjects:
- The relationship between theology and qualitative research and how it may shape research design
- Epistemology, ecclesiology and empirical data – how different approaches may conflict and coincide
- Practical theology as a research discipline
Time and place
Spring 2025
The course is hybrid, i.e. open to students who wish to participate digitally and students who wish to gather at campus Stavanger.
Teaching and compulsory activities
The course is offered as an intensive course week with three days of lectures and seminars.
Compulsory activity:
Prepare and present a first draft of the course’s written assignment in class
Course plan
Assessment
- Written assignment (2000 words +\-10%).
- Whole term
- Pass/Fail
Admission requirements
Applicants must be enrolled in a PhD program. It is recommended that the candidate has completed the introduction courses in one of VID’s PhD-programmes (or equivalent) prior to the course.
- PhD students at VID must register for the course in Studentweb.
- PhD students from other institutions must apply by clicking on the button «application» below.
- PhD students from other institutions must submit written documentation of their enrollment together with the application. External applicants will receive notification about whether they are admitted to the course within one week from the application deadline.
If you have questions about admission to the course, please contact Christine Myrdal Lukash, christine.myrdal.lukash@vid.no.
Application web is closed