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The language of the event is English.

Programme

10:15 Ebisse Gudeta will hold her trial lecture on a topic given to her by the evaluation committee: "How can the EECMY negotiate its Lutheran and Charismatic heritage to develop a contextually relevant Lutheran theology"

12:15 Ebisse Gudeta vil publicly defend her thesis Confirmation Ministry in the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. A Critical Assessment for the PhD degree

You can obtain a copy of the thesis from Christine Myrdal Lukash, christine.lukash@vid.no

Evaluation committee

Rev. Dr. Elieshi Ayo Mungure, The Lutheran World Federation

Associate professor Frank-Ole Thoresen, Fjellhaug International University College

Associate professor Terese Bue Kessel, VID Specialized University

The ordinary opponents are:

Rev. Dr. Elieshi Ayo Mungure, The Lutheran World Federation, as the first ordinary opponent

Associate professor Frank-Ole Thoresen, Fjellhaug International University College, as the second ordinary opponent

Director, Centre for Mission and Global Studies, Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda, daniela.rapisarda@vid.no will chair the disputation

Supervisors

Professor Hans Austnaberg, VID Specialized University

Professor Emeritus Øyvind M. Eide, VID Specialized Unviersity

Professor Knut Holter, NLA University College