• Bildungsaufgabe Willkommenskultur 

      Dietrich, Stephanie (Journal article, 2016)
      All Europe’s churches are experiencing the effects of the refugee catastrophe. What does this critical situation mean for the life and mission of the churches? How might it be addressed in the realm of their voluntary work?
    • Formal and informal: Two patterns of organizing voluntary work 

      Tappel, Eirik Aadland; Sirris, Stephen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Volunteering is a pressing concern in civic organizations. This article explores how voluntary work can be best organized by using a case study from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, which is characterized by both ...
    • “Not in my church”: when sexual abuse affects the congregation 

      Kleiven, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This article discusses the self-understanding, role, and position of the congregation when a spiritual leader and trusted person are accused of sexual abuse. Basis to discuss three different positions (meaning the congregation ...
    • Sleeping beauty or wide awake? Mission agreements in the congregations of the Church of Norway 

      Sirris, Stephen; Austnaberg, Hans (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This article studies mission within the context of traditional Nordic national churches. In the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Norway, a state church until 2012, eighty percent of all congregations have formal agreements ...
    • Å arbeide med verdier i kirken. Etisk refleksjonsveiledning og verdibevissthet i religiøse organisasjoner 

      Sirris, Stephen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The aim of the article is to investigate how the use of supervision in ethical reflection can facilitate value - consciousness in religious organizations. In turn, this contributes to our knowledge about the role of values ...