Geir Afdal
Biographic Data
| ID | 1242524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geir Afdal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geir |
| FAMILY NAME | Afdal |
| SIGNATURE | AFDAL G |
| AFFILIATIONS | MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
On a math mission
This article analyzes and discusses the professional values of prospective mathematics teachers. Theoretical approaches to the understanding of teachers’ professional values, such as critical mathematics education and relational perspectives, are well developed. Still, there are few empirical contributions to the field. Here, professional values are understood as interwoven with professional identity. The article raises the question of how prospe…
An affective religious boundary tool
Negotiating Purity and Impurity of Religion and Economy
Kathryn Tanner's book Christianity and the new Spirit of Capitalism generated an interesting debate about the relationship between Christianity and capitalism, as exemplified by the four review essays-by David Cloutier, Nicole M. Flores, Philip Goodchild, and John E. Thiel, respectively-published in Modern Theology in 2019. While the responses contain many interesting critical points, this article focuses on two particular trajectories in the deb…
Ethical logics in teacher education
Empirical moral philosophy and teacher education
In this paper, we explore the possible contributions of empirical moral philosophy to professional ethics in teacher education. We argue that it is both possible and desirable to connect knowledge of how teachers empirically do and understand professional ethics with normative theories of teachers' professional ethics. Our argument is made in dialogue with the moral philosophy of Charles Taylor and the emerging tradition of 'empirical ethics' in …
Modes Of Learning And The Making Of Religion. The Norwegian And Finnish Curricula For Confirmation
Modes of Syncretism
In this contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium "Fuzzy Studies," the authors, all of whom work in the field of science, technology, and society, begin from the assumption that, as Bruno Latour has put it, "we have never been modern." They accept the STS thesis that, while modern practices purport to be entirely rational and coherent, on closer inspection they turn out to be as much noncoherent as coherent. This article poses the question o…
Teologi som teoretisk og praktisk aktivitet
Harald Hegstad, Anne Schanche Selbekk og Olaf Aagedal
Anders Molander og Lars Inge Terum (red.)
Modes of Syncretism
In this contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium "Fuzzy Studies," the authors, all of whom work in the field of science, technology, and society, begin from the assumption that, as Bruno Latour has put it, "we have never been modern." They accept the STS thesis that, while modern practices purport to be entirely rational and coherent, on closer inspection they turn out to be as much noncoherent as coherent. This article poses the question o…
Negotiating Purity and Impurity of Religion and Economy
Kathryn Tanner's book Christianity and the new Spirit of Capitalism generated an interesting debate about the relationship between Christianity and capitalism, as exemplified by the four review essays-by David Cloutier, Nicole M. Flores, Philip Goodchild, and John E. Thiel, respectively-published in Modern Theology in 2019. While the responses contain many interesting critical points, this article focuses on two particular trajectories in the deb…
An affective religious boundary tool
Harald Hegstad, Anne Schanche Selbekk og Olaf Aagedal
Anders Molander og Lars Inge Terum (red.)
Teologi som teoretisk og praktisk aktivitet
Modes of Syncretism
In this contribution to the Common Knowledge symposium "Fuzzy Studies," the authors, all of whom work in the field of science, technology, and society, begin from the assumption that, as Bruno Latour has put it, "we have never been modern." They accept the STS thesis that, while modern practices purport to be entirely rational and coherent, on closer inspection they turn out to be as much noncoherent as coherent. This article poses the question o…
Modes Of Learning And The Making Of Religion. The Norwegian And Finnish Curricula For Confirmation
Empirical moral philosophy and teacher education
In this paper, we explore the possible contributions of empirical moral philosophy to professional ethics in teacher education. We argue that it is both possible and desirable to connect knowledge of how teachers empirically do and understand professional ethics with normative theories of teachers' professional ethics. Our argument is made in dialogue with the moral philosophy of Charles Taylor and the emerging tradition of 'empirical ethics' in …
Ethical logics in teacher education
Negotiating Purity and Impurity of Religion and Economy
Kathryn Tanner's book Christianity and the new Spirit of Capitalism generated an interesting debate about the relationship between Christianity and capitalism, as exemplified by the four review essays-by David Cloutier, Nicole M. Flores, Philip Goodchild, and John E. Thiel, respectively-published in Modern Theology in 2019. While the responses contain many interesting critical points, this article focuses on two particular trajectories in the deb…
On a math mission
This article analyzes and discusses the professional values of prospective mathematics teachers. Theoretical approaches to the understanding of teachers’ professional values, such as critical mathematics education and relational perspectives, are well developed. Still, there are few empirical contributions to the field. Here, professional values are understood as interwoven with professional identity. The article raises the question of how prospe…
An affective religious boundary tool
Philosophy (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Law (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Norwegian (3 works)