Curriculum Vitae

Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Dr. theol. Mag.art in philosophy

Born 1971 in Oslo. Married to Angela since 1997. Father of Jonas,

Maria, Tim, and Sara. Contact: mjaaland (at) absconditus.de

 

Academic Curriculum

 

2006-2009       Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo,

                           funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

                           Lecturing in theology and philosophy.

2007-2010       Academic and administrative manager of PRINE -

Philosophy of Religion in Northern Europe, a network of 160 scholars from 22 universities, funded by NordForsk. 

2009                 Received the John Templeton Award 2009 for Autopsia

2008                 Chair of the European Conference on “Sacrifice” in Oslo August 28-31.

2008                 University of Hamburg: Visiting scholar

2008                 Master unit in Project Managament at Norwegian School of Management BI.

2006-2008      President of the European Society for Philosophy of Religion (ESPR). Since

2008 board member and vice president of the society

2007                 University of Chicago: Visiting scholar

2007                 Chair of the 1st Nordic Conference on Philosophy of Religion: “Hermeneutics

and Phenomenology” in Oslo, June 8th-10th

2006                 University of Tübingen: Visiting scholar

2006-                President of the Nordic Society for Philosophy of Religion

2005                 PhD (Dr.theol.) defended at the University of Oslo

2004-                Board member of the Norwegian Søren Kierkegaard Society, president

since 2006.

2002-2005      University Chaplain (25% position) at the University of Oslo

2002                Ordained a minister in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church

2001-2005      Research Fellow (funded by the Norwegian Research Council) and Lecturer

at the University of Oslo (teaching courses on Kierkegaard, Levinas, etc.)

1999-2000      University of Heidelberg (1 year), studies and research funded by DAAD.

1999                 Magister in philosophy [MA] at the University of Oslo. Thesis: “On Free Will:

The Compatibilism Debate and the Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard”  

1999                 Cand. theol. at the University of Oslo

1995                 Cand.mag. [BA] at the University of Oslo. Main subjects: Philosophy, History

of Religion, and Theology

1990                 Examen Artium at Berg Gymnasium, Oslo

 

List of Publications (selection)

        

Books (edited & monographs)

  • The Body Unbound: Philosophical Perspectives on Religion, Embodiment, and Politics, ed. and introduction by Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Ola Sigurdson and Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010 (in press; forthcoming April)
  • Kierkegaard, Ibsen og det moderne, ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Thor Arvid Dyrerud, Christian Janss, Marius Timmann Mjaaland and Vigdis Ystad, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 2010 (in press; forthcoming March)

  • Autopsia: Self, Death and God after Kierkegaard and Derrida. Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter 2008. 357 p.

Articles in Periodicals (Peer-Reviewed)

·         “Does Modernity Begin With Luther?” in Studia Theologica [StTh] 62 (1/09), 42-66

·         „Ambivalence: On Sacrifice in Philosophy, Society, and Religion” in Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie [NZSTh] 4/08, 289-295

·         “I dødens hule selv: Søren Kierkegaard om selvmord, frihet og fortvilelse” in Suicidologi 3/2007, 3-7

·         “Funderinger over Abrahams offer: Fundamentalisme, mysterium og teologisk suspensjon i Kierkegaards Frygt og Bæven” in Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift [NTT] 2/2007, 116-143

·         “X. Alterität und Textur in Kierkegaards Krankheit zum Tode” i Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie [NZSTh] 1/2005, 58-80

·         "Death and Aporia" i Kierkegaard Studies. Yearbook [KSYB] 2003, 395-418 

·         ”Kierkegaard vender tilbake” i Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift [NTT] 2003, 177-184

Articles in Antologies, Commentaries, Standard Works

·         “Giving Birth or Kierkegaard’s Socratic Maieutics” in Kierkegaard and the Greek World, ed. by Jon Stewart (Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources, vol. 2.I). London: Ashgate 2010, 115-146

·          “Supposed God Is There: Derrida Between Alterity and Subjectivity” in Phenomenology and Religion: New Frontiers, ed. by Jonna Bornemark and Hans Ruin, Huddinge: Södertörn University Press 2010 (20 p.)

·         ”Why? – The Religious and Cultural Frontiers of Suicide Bombing” in: The Body Unbound: Philosophical Perspectives on Religion, Embodiment, and Politics, ed. and introduction by Marius Timmann Mjaaland, Ola Sigurdson and Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010 (forthcoming) (16 pp.)

·          “Suicide and Despair” in Kierkegaard and Death, ed. by Patrick Stokes and Adam Buben, Bloomington/Indianapolis: Indiana University Press 2010 (forthcoming) (20 pp.)

·          “Galskap” in At være sig selv nærværende, ed. by Joachim Garff, Ettore Rocca and Pia Søltoft, Copenhagen: Kristeligt Dagblads forlag 2010 (15 p.)

·         “Monstrøse myter i det moderne” in Kierkegaard, Ibsen og det moderne, ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Thor Arvid Dyrerud, Christian Janss, Marius Timmann Mjaaland and Vigdis Ystad, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 2010, 117-132

·         ”Die Klage, die Gott selbst in Frage stellt” in Mit Gott klagen, ed. Eva Harasta, Neukirchen: Neukirchener Verlag 2008, 99-117

·         “The Fractured Unity of God: Lament as a Challenge to the Very Nature of God” in Evoking Lament, ed. Eva Harasta and Brian Brock, London: T&T Clark 2009, 99-117 (transl.)

·         “Åndedrettet” in Kan tro praktiserast? Teologi for kristent ungdomsarbeid, ed. Bård E. H. Norheim , Trondheim: Tapir 2008, 172-176  

·         ”On Death: The Autopsy of One Still Living” in International Kierkegaard Commentary, ed. by Robert L. Perkins, Vol. 9-10: ’Prefaces’ and ’Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions’, Macon (Georgia): Mercer University Press 2006, pp. 359-376

·         ”Die Schrift im Selbst” in Subjektivität und Wahrheit / Subjectivity and Truth: Proceedings from the Kierkegaard-Schleiermacher Congress 2003, ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn et al., Berlin/New York: deGruyter 2006, 241-248

·         ”En tenker krysser ditt spor” in Tänkarens Mångfald. Nutida perspektiv på Søren Kierkegaard, ed. by Jan Holmgård, Lone Koldtoft, and Jon Stewart, Göteborg: Makadam förlag 2005, 24-38

Others

  • ”Den kunst at blive taus. Søren Kierkegaard om bønn, lidelse og glede” in Over Alt 3/03, pp. 11-17

  • "Kierkegaard vender tilbake” in Norsk Teologisk Tidsskift 103 (2002), pp. 177-184

  • "På de 70.000 favne" in Kirke & Kultur 2/02, pp. 207-222 

  • "En sann tviler. Søren Kierkegaard og negativ teologi" in Ung Teologi 1/00, pp. 21-35

  • “Inn i den mørke skyen. Gregor av Nyssas negative teologi" in Over Alt 4/99, pp. 23-34

  • "Silkesnoren: Om Kjærlighetens irrganger i Søren Kierkegaards filosofi” i Religion og livssyn (19) 2007, 25-30

  • ”Spor av død. Spor av Gud. Derridas tenkning på grensen mellom filosofi og religion” i Kirke og kultur 6/07, 516-524

  • ”Dix secondes pour gagner la confiance” i Communion (183) 2006, 22-31 

  • "Døden - denne mægtige Tænker" in Kirke & Kultur 2-3/03, pp. 149-162

 

 

 

 

 

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