The event will take place at VID campus Stavanger.

The event will be streamed. We will publish the Teams link closer to the event.

Programme

10:15 Teshome Amenu vil holde his trial lecture on a topic given to him by the adjudication committee: the topic will be announced 10 working days before the date of the defence

12:15 Teshome Amenu vil publicly defend his PhD dissertation Pastor or Prophet? An Explorative Study of Leadership Roles in the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, for the PhD degree.

If you would like to read the dissertation, please contact smg-phd-support@vid.no

Adjudication committee

• Dr Elieshi Mungure, Tumaini University, Makumira, Tanzania
• Associate professor Frank-Ole Thoresen, Fjellhaug University College
• Professor Retief Müller, VID Specialized University

Opponents

• Associate professor Frank-Ole Thoresen Fjellhaug University College, as first opponent

• Dr Elieshi Mungure, Tumaini University, Makumira, Tanzania, as second opponent

Director, Centre for the Study of World Christianity and Religion, Associate professor Daniela Lucia Rapisarda, will chair the event

Supervisors

• Professor Bård Mæland, VID Specialized University
• Professor emeritus Øyvind M. Eide, VID Specialized University
• Professor Tomas Sundnes Drønen, VID Specialized University