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" What is unique about leadership and leadership roles in the Church of Norway? In what ways does the Church's organization reflect its mission? These are among the questions raised by the transition from state church to independent national church, internal reforms, and development of a new organizational structure. The objective of this anthology is to provide new insight into organization and management of a church in transition. The articles analyse various aspects of development such as democratization, professionalization, and bolstering the Church's administrative organization. Empirical investigation of the church begins in studies of organization and leadership, enabling a dialogue between what is unique in the context of the Church and general organizational theory. The book sheds light on the church's distinctive empirical ecclesiological and organization-theoretical features. The authors adopt a values-based and practice-oriented perspective, taking into account the Church's identity and values as both a religious community and an organization with a wide range of activities and leadership practices on display. Church Organization and Management is aimed primarily toward students in educational programs qualifying them for church service as well as church employees, managers, and advisory board members. This book will also provide researchers in organization and management with an introduction to the field of the church and its context. This book is the result of an initiative by the section for values-based leadership at VID Specialized University, and its authors have drawn on lengthy teaching and research experience on the Church of Norway. The book's editors are Stephen Sirris, associate professor at VID's Faculty of Theology, Diaconia and Leadership Studies, and Harald Askeland, professor at VID's Faculty of Theology, Diaconia and Leadership Studies."

Church management.

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" What is unique about leadership and leadership roles in the Church of Norway? In what ways does the Church's organization reflect its mission? These are among the questions raised by the transition from state church to independent national church, internal reforms, and development of a new organizational structure. The objective of this anthology is to provide new insight into organization and management of a church in transition. The articles analyse various aspects of development such as democratization, professionalization, and bolstering the Church's administrative organization. Empirical investigation of the church begins in studies of organization and leadership, enabling a dialogue between what is unique in the context of the Church and general organizational theory. The book sheds light on the church's distinctive empirical ecclesiological and organization-theoretical features. The authors adopt a values-based and practice-oriented perspective, taking into account the Church's identity and values as both a religious community and an organization with a wide range of activities and leadership practices on display. Church Organization and Management is aimed primarily toward students in educational programs qualifying them for church service as well as church employees, managers, and advisory board members. This book will also provide researchers in organization and management with an introduction to the field of the church and its context. This book is the result of an initiative by the section for values-based leadership at VID Specialized University, and its authors have drawn on lengthy teaching and research experience on the Church of Norway. The book's editors are Stephen Sirris, associate professor at VID's Faculty of Theology, Diaconia and Leadership Studies, and Harald Askeland, professor at VID's Faculty of Theology, Diaconia and Leadership Studies."

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Stave churches --- Church architecture

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Confirmation --- Lutheran Church --- History.

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"This anthology examines and elucidates how variation in ability (physical and cognitive) as a human condition impacts participation in religious communities and theology and diakonia as professional disciplines. Functional impairment and disability are meaningful human experiences that are important to explore critically and constructively, in a Norwegian context as well. Fellowship - that everyone is entitled to equal conditions and opportunities for participation in a society - is also relevant in the context of religion, theology and diakonia. Religious fellowship comprises among other things the possibility of being able to choose religious participation and to be religiously active, for example through degrees of association and social participation, employment and volunteer work. Many people have experienced exclusion from participation in religious practices and communities due to specific attitudes or physical barriers. This anthology presents new research on a variety of topics relating to religious fellowship with a focus on equality, human rights and views of humanity. The contributors are from varying fields, including social welfare, public health, social science, literary studies, diakonia, theology and religious studies." "Denne antologien belyser og drøfter hva variasjoner i funksjonsevne som menneskelig vilkår betyr for deltakelse i religiøse fellesskap og for teologi og diakoni som fagområder. Funksjonsnedsettelse og funksjonshemning er meningsfulle menneskelige erfaringer som det er viktig å tenke kritisk og konstruktivt gjennom, også i en norsk kontekst. Medborgerskap - det at alle borgere skal ha like vilkår og muligheter for deltakelse i et samfunn - er også relevant for religion, teologi og diakoni. Religiøst medborgerskap innbefatter blant annet muligheten til å kunne velge religiøs deltakelse og til å være religiøst aktiv, for eksempel gjennom grader av tilknytning og sosial deltakelse, yrkesutøvelse og frivillig arbeid. Mange mennesker har opplevd å bli ekskludert fra å kunne delta i religiøse praksiser og fellesskap nettopp på grunn av holdninger eller fysiske barrierer. I antologien presenteres ny forskning på ulike temaer knyttet til religiøst medborgerskap, der likestilling, menneskerettigheter og menneskesyn er i fokus. Bidragsyterne kommer fra ulike fagfelt - blant annet vernepleie, folkehelse, medborgerskapsstudier, litteraturvitenskap, diakoni, teologi og religionsvitenskap."

Christian sociology --- Catholic Church.