Tore Johnsen (born 28 January 1969 in
Østfold
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) is the general secretary of the
Sami Church Council since 2009, former leader of the council (2006–2009), and a central figure within Sami church life. Johnsen is an associate professor at
VID Specialized University
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in
Tromsø
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, Norway.
Background
Johnsen is a graduate from
MF Norwegian School of Theology
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society ( no, MF vitenskapelig høyskole for teologi, religion og samfunn), formerly the Free Faculty of Theology ( no, Det teologiske menighetsfakultet) and MF Norwegian School of Theology, is an accr ...
(
cand.theol.
Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has r ...
, 1997) and has completed the practical theological training (''
Practical theological exam'', 1998), also from MF. He also graduated from the
University of Oslo
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in
Sámi
The Sámi ( ; also spelled Sami or Saami) are a Finno-Ugric-speaking people inhabiting the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Murmansk Oblast, R ...
and completed the specialisation programme of the
Association of Ministers in the Church of Norway
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*Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal
*Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry
*Voluntary associatio ...
(SPP, comparable to the American
D.Min. The Doctor of Ministry (abbreviated DMin or D.Min.) is a professional doctorate, often including a research component, that may be earned by a minister of religion while concurrently engaged in some form of ministry. It is categorized as an advance ...
). Johnsen also had a period of study at the theological study centre for indigenous studies
Dr. Jessie Saulteaux Resource Centre
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,
United Church of Canada
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. Johnsen completed his PhD in World Christianity at the
University of Edinburgh
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in 2020.
Tore Johnsen has previously worked for the Norwegian Mission to the Sami people (1988–1993), Executive Officer for the Sami Church Council (1994–1995),
minister in
Tana og Nesseby Parish Tana may refer to:
Places
Africa
* Lake Tana, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River)
* Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River
* Tana River County, a county of Coast Pro ...
(1998–2005), acting Dean of Sami Ministry in Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland (2003, and 2007–09). He has also been a central person in the completion of a new Sami hymnal book (
Sálbmagirjii II)
In 2005 Johnsen received the prestigious
St. Olav Scholarship to write a new Sami
contextual catechism for youths and young adults.
Bibliography
* “Farsarven” (A Fathers heritage) and “Trofasthet i alle mine relasjoner” (Faithfulness in All my Relationships) in ''Vi bekjenner at jorden hører Herren til'', Sami Church Council, Oslo, 1996
* "Oskkáldasvuohta buot mu relašunnain" in ''Mii dovddastit eatnama gullat Hearrái : studieprošeakta Sámis 1994-1996, Norgga girku, Sámi girkoráđđi, 1999
* ''In the circle of life : analyse av nord-amerikansk urfolksteologi og vurdering av dens overføringsverdi til en samisk kirkelig kontekst - basert på et casestudy av Dr. Jessie Saulteaux Resource Centre'' (In the Circle of Life : an Analysis of North-American Indigenous Theology and an Assessment of its Relevance for a Sami Church Context), Master's Thesis, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, 1997
* "Samisk kristendomsforståelse og samisk dåpsopplæring" (Sami Christianity and Sami Christian Nurturing) in ''Prismet : Pedagogisk tidsskrift'', IKO, nr. 5/6 (year 54), Oslo, 2003
* ''Sámi luondduteologiija - Samisk naturteologi på grunnlag av nålevende tradisjonsstoff og nedtegnede myter'' (Sami Theology of Nature based on Contemporary Traditions and Recorded Myths]. Institutt for religionsvitenskap, Det samfunnsvitenskapelige fakultet, Universitetet i Tromsø, 2005
* ''Jordens barn, solens barn, vindens barn : kristen tro i et samisk landskap'' (Children of the Earth, Children of the Sun, Children of the Wind: Christian Faith in a Sami Context, Verbum, Oslo, 2007
* ''Sami Nature-Centered Christianity in the European Arctic: Indigenous Theology beyond Hierarchical Worldmaking''. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2022.
References
External links
A Sermon by Tore Johnsen over Rev 21:1-6
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1969 births
Living people
People from Østfold
20th-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society alumni
Sámi church life
Norwegian Sámi people
21st-century Norwegian Lutheran clergy