A Social Capital Perspective on the Peace Work of Religious Women

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The politics of emotion in a parenting support programmes for refugees in Norway

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Epistemic injustice in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway

Author's accepted manuscriptThis is a post-peer-review, pre-copy edited version of an article published in Families, Relationships and Societies. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Steen-Johnsen, Tale & Skreland, Lisbeth Ljosdal (2023). Epistemic injustice in a parenting support programme for refugees in Norway. Families, Relationships and Societies, 1-16 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16687031331255In this article, we discuss epistemic injustice in the International Child Development Programme (ICDP), a universalised parenting support programme in Norway that is mandatory for all newly arrived refugees. We show that despite the programme’s good intentions, it constitutes a form of epistemic injustice because it enforces a state-endorsed epistemology that proffers the ‘right’  way of parenting. Using data collected during ICDP training for a group of newly arrived refugee parents from Syria, we explore how the ideals embedded in the programme influence the interactions and epistemic exchanges between participants and mentors. This study contributes to discussions on parenting support for marginalised groups by revealing the functioning of epistemic injustice as new inhabitants in a welfare state are targeted by a social support programme aimed at enhancing their parenting skills.acceptedVersio

The lamination machine and laminating as thing-power in early childhood pedagogical practice

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Har vi for stor tro på religiøse lederes mulighet til å bygge fred?

Author's accepted manuscriptMange av verdens voldelige konflikter har religiøse dimensjoner. Religiøse toppledere går ofte inn i disse konfliktsituasjonene for å forsøke å redusere volden mellom religiøse grupper, for å forebygge nye voldsutbrudd og for å støtte pågående fredsprosesser.1 Men har slike prosjekter god nok effekt? Skaper de fred?acceptedVersio

Lived religion and nonreligion among humanitarians in South Sudan

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The Rhetoric of Love in Religious Peacebuilding

Religious leaders involved in peacebuilding initiatives often refer to the religious value of love to encourage groups in conflict to live peacefully together. In this article, I suggest that references to love as a religious value might contribute to bridging social capital, meaning social bonds between groups who have experienced conflict. However, without simultaneously addressing questions of justice, which is often necessary in violent conflicts, creating social bonds through references to love constitutes a weak contribution to peace. The article uses the study of a religious peacebuilding project in Ethiopia as an example and illustrates how religious leaders failed to make a substantial contribution to peace by evoking love but avoiding questions of justice

The Rhetoric of Love in Religious Peacebuilding

Religious leaders involved in peacebuilding initiatives often refer to the religious value of love to encourage groups in conflict to live peacefully together. In this article, I suggest that references to love as a religious value might contribute to bridging social capital, meaning social bonds between groups who have experienced conflict. However, without simultaneously addressing questions of justice, which is often necessary in violent conflicts, creating social bonds through references to love constitutes a weak contribution to peace. The article uses the study of a religious peacebuilding project in Ethiopia as an example and illustrates how religious leaders failed to make a substantial contribution to peace by evoking love but avoiding questions of justice.publishedVersio