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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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A Venture into Dark Mariology
- 2023
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Akathistos is a mysterious piece of poetry and probably the most important Marian song of the Byzantine realm. Apart from the fact that nobody knows who wrote it and when, it has a peculiar constitution: As opposed to much kontakion hymnography, it lacks a narrative development; instead it depends on flourishing imagery which slings itself out in intertwining scrolls. Thus it appears as a spatially oriented composition. At the same time, the Akathistos – despite later iconographic domestication of its otherwise wild and sprawling metaphorical growth – confronts us with perplexing images and unimaginable spaces. Having discussed such tensions, I will venture into what I call the “dark mariology” of the hymn and explore how the salutations’ obscure imagery associates the Theotokos with landscapes and fields – where the Logos incarnates into more-than-human flesh – and downplays her human forms in ways that yield an earthier and more dispersed Marian imagination.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Er naturen religiøs?
- 2023
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- I tidlig kristen litteratur kan vi lese om trær som bøyer seg i ærbødighet for det hellige. Er trær noe mer enn bare ved? Hva har vi mistet på veien dit vi er i dag? Hvis alt skapt har en verdi i seg selv, kan vi da forholde oss til andre arter slik vi har gjort de siste århundrene? Må vi begynne å se på stammer, sopp og spirer med et nytt blikk? Og er dette blikket noe vi kan ha til felles, på tvers av ulike religioner?
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Finding Myself in Harlot Stories
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Byzantine sung poetry had a thing for the “sinful woman” (Luke 7), whom it took to be a prostitute, a woman devoted to sex. Romanos the Melodist, a migrant of Syrian origin, and Kassia, one of history’s first female composers, created version where traditional gender roles remain intact— subversively. These songs contain explicit lyrics. Tripping on the biblical text, they slip into corporeal encounters where characters recognize themselves in biblical harlots, poets see themselves in textual harlotry, and the reader finds her- or himself written into the transgressive narratives. Who am I? I am her.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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In the Shadow of Pillars
- 2019
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Istanbuls træer åbner for det hellige
- 2023
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Ingår i: Tørst. - 1891-8832. ; :¨1, s. 12-16
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Kan træer have en form for bevidsthed? Kan de handle på eget initiativ?Thomas Arentzen er ekspert indenfor tidlig kristen poesi og litteratur og har forsket i de tidlige kristnes opfattelse af træer. Sidste efterår var Arentzen i Istanbul. Her mødte han træer, som har stået på hellige steder i hundredvis af år.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Istanbuls trær åpner for det hellige
- 2023
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Ingår i: Tørst. - : Areopagos Norge. - 1891-8832. ; :1, s. 12-16
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Landscape Theology : Exploring the Outfields of the Telemarkian Dream Song
- 2020
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Ingår i: Landscapes: The Journal of the International Centre for Landscape and Language. - 1448-0778. ; 10:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article explores the Norwegian ‘national ballad’ Draumkvæde (the Dream Song) in Maren Ramskeid’s version. This work has traditionally been interpreted as a folklore adaptation of medieval visionary literature such as the Vision of Tundale, related to Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. The ballad, however, lacks demons and devils and infernal torture – it is even almost completely devoid of human beings. Instead it tells of a corporeal encounter with an imagined natural landscape. This dreamscape of the song is intimately intertwined with the local terrain of the singer. Maren Ramskeid engaged her own landscape in Telemark, the article argues, to decentre the canonized Christian text and the cultivated Christian building. Speaking an oral outdoor theology, she destabilized the heaven–hell dualism and envisioned a mythological landscape where nature turns dangerously and painfully on those who do not abide by its unwritten norms, but where all are eventually saved by a final judgement in a place called Broksvalin.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-, et al.
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Rubenson on the Move : A Biographical Journey
- 2020
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Ingår i: Wisdom on the Move: Late Antique Traditions in Multicultural Conversation. - Leiden : Brill Academic Publishers. - 9789004430693 - 9789004430747 ; , s. 247-250
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Songs about Women : [by] Romanos the Melodist
- 2024
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- At a time when Christianity was becoming the dominant religion in the Byzantine Roman Empire, Romanos the Melodist (ca. 485–565) was a composer of songs for festivals and rituals in late antique Constantinople. Most of his songs include dramatic dialogues or monologues woven with imagery from ordinary life, and his name became inseparably tied to the kontakion, a genre of dramatic hymn. Later Byzantine religious poets enthusiastically praised his creative virtuosity and a legend claimed that Romanos’s inspiration came directly from the Virgin Mary herself.Songs about Women contains eighteen works related to the liturgical calendar that feature important female characters, many portrayed as models for Christian life. They appear as heroines and villains, saints and sinners, often as transgressive and bold. Romanos’s songs offer intriguing perspectives on gender ideals and women’s roles in the early Byzantine world.This edition presents a new translation of the Byzantine Greek texts into English.
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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The Akathistos Aniconically
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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The Dialogue of Annunciation : Germanos of Constantinople versus Romanos the Melode
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Ingår i: The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. - 9781108696791 ; , s. 151-169
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The story of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26–38) inspired a flourishing tradition of homiletic and hymnographic literature in early Christianity. A recurring feature of this strand was the portrayal of characters through dialogue.
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Trærnes besjelede liv og naturmystikken : (episode #20 av podden Trospraksis)
- 2022
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Annan publikation (ljud/tal) (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Er trær bare ved eller har de faktisk en form for bevissthet? Kan trær handle på egent initiativ? Vi har fått besøk av Thomas Arentzen, som er dosent ved Uppsala universitet med Phd fra Lunds universitet. Arentzen er ekspert på tidlig kristen poesi og litteratur og har de tre siste åra forsket på tidlige kristnes oppfatning av naturen generelt, og trærne spesielt, slik det framstår i litteraturen. Her er trær som bøyer seg i ærbødighet for det hellige. Hva har vi har mistet underveis? Hvilke konsekvenser har det for oss at alt skapt har verdi, at Gud så at det var godt? Må vi begynne å se på stammer, sopp og spirer med et nytt blikk?Episoden ledes av ansvarlig for dialog og diakoni, Ann Jeanette Ekberg og ansvarlig for trospraksis, Stian Kilde Aarebrot.Artikkelen «Fromme trær i tidlig kristendom» kan leses her:https://www.academia.edu/43821142/Fromme_tr%C3%A6r_i_tidlig_kristendom
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Trærnes evangelium
- 2023
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Ingår i: Vårt land. ; , s. 32-34, s. 32-32
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Trees in Istanbul
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Ingår i: Kalabalik!. - : Svenska forskningsinstitutet i Istanbul (SRII). ; :13, s. 30-35:13, s. 30-35
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Trees with an Attitude
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-
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Urskillning på liv och död
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Ingår i: Pilgrim: En tidskrift för andlig vägledning. - 1400-0830. ; :2, s. 63-64
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- Arentzen, Thomas, docent, 1976-, et al.
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Wisdom on the Move : An Introduction
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Ingår i: Wisdom on the Move: Late Antique Traditions in Multicultural Conversation. - Leiden : Brill Nijhoff. - 0920-623X. - 9789004430693 - 9789004430747 ; , s. 1-10
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Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality
- 2022
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Sex is a difficult issue for contemporary Christians, but the past decade has witnessed a newfound openness regarding the topic among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Both the theological trajectory and the historical circumstances of the Orthodox Church differ radically from those of other Christian denominations that have already developed robust and creative reflections on sexuality and sexual diversity. Within its unique history, theology, and tradition, Orthodox Christianity holds rich resources for engaging challenging questions of sexuality in new and responsive ways. What is at stake in questions of sexuality in the Orthodox tradition? What sources and theological convictions can uniquely shape Orthodox understandings of sexuality? This volume aims to create an agora for discussing sex, and not least the sexualities that are often thought of as untraditional in Orthodox contexts.Through fifteen distinct chapters, written by leading scholars and theologians, this book offers a developed treatment of sexuality in the Orthodox Christian world by approaching the subject from scriptural, patristic, theological, historical, and sociological perspectives. Chapters devoted to practical and pastoral insights, as well as reflections on specific cultural contexts, engage the human realities of sexual diversity and Christian life. From re-thinking scripture to developing theologies of sex, from eschatological views of eros to re-evaluations of the Orthodox responses to science, this book offers new thinking on pressing, present-day issues and initiates conversations about homosexuality and sexual diversity within Orthodox Christianity.
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