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Book launch: Theology on the Border by Daniela Lucia Rapisarda

Daniela Lucia Rapisarda (to the left) will be accompanied by Vebjørn L. Horsfjord, Marta Bivand Erdal and Sturla Stålsett at the book launch.

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.
June 2nd 2025, 14:00 – 15:00

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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.

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)

Contact

Daniela Lucia Rapisarda
daniela.rapisarda@vid.no

Live Rasmussen
live.rasmussen@vid.no
+47 900 66 138