Ulrika Maria Mårtensson
About
I have an MA in Arabic and History of Religions from Stockholm University (1989), and PhD in History of Religions from Uppsala University (2001) on the theses The True New Testament: Sealing the Heart's Covenant in al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings.
I currently teach two courses at the department:
RVI1030: Middle Eastern religions (Judaism, the Oriental Ortodox churches, Islam).
RVI2185: Norwegian Islam: Institutions, disciplines and schools in historical and global perspective.
My research is about Islam. Thanks to a collegue who, many years ago, alerted me to the French historian of religion, Michel de Certeau (d. 1986), I have become increasingly fascinated by the ways in which modern academia conceptualises 'religion' and its own relationship with it as 'science'. I try to explore the intersections between 'religion' and academic and theoretical thought, and what these intersections imply for how indviduals and institutions conceptualise and 'treat' religious people, artefacts and movements.
With this approach I explore especially early and medieval Islamic scientific disciplines, but also their continuity into our time (and Norwegian contexts). The main research areas are:
1. The Qur'an: By focusing on theories and concepts related to natural law, social contract, linguage, and rhetoric I have begun to analyse the Qur’an’s historical context. The results have implications for theories of religion, since they show how what we usually define as ‘religion’ (here the Qur’an as Islam’s canon and ‘sacred text’) intersects with what we usually define as ‘non-religion’, i.e. academic disciplines such as law, politics, ethics, and linguistics.
2. Qur'an exegesis: As part of my research into the Qur'an, I compare medieval and modern Qur'an commentaries and scholarship, focusing on how scholars define and theorise the Qur'an. Surprisingly often, I find that the medieval scholars conceptualised the Qur'an in theoretical terms and analysed it in ways which correspond with recent research - something that again problematises simple models of relationships between 'religion' and 'science'.
3. Historiography of the rise of Islam and the significance of the Qur'an: The early and medieval Muslim histories provide somewhat different analysis of the rise of Islam and the significance of the Qur'an, depending on how the individual historians selected and constructed the regional and political frames and processes. I am particularly interested in identifying the political, societal and economic factors, which the historians adduce in their anaytical explanations of the rise of Islam, and the significance of the Qur'an and its concepts.
4. Rights and natural law theory: I have arrived at this topic through my research on the Qur'an, Qur'an exegesis, and historiography. Here I am particularly interested in how the so-called 'tradition-ists' (those who were not strict rationalists) among the early exegetes and jurists developed theory of natural law, with reference to Qur'anic concepts. For example the famous Qur'an commentator, historian, and jurist Muhammad b. Jarir al-Tabari (d. 310/923) actually developed a theory of human rights highly similar to the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights though some 1025 years earlier!
Publications
2026
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Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2026)
Al-Ṭabarī’s Madhhab Jarīrī and Ascetic Legacies at the ʿAbbāsid Court.
Al-Masāq
Academic article
2025
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Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2025)
Muḥammad B. Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī (838–923).
Academic chapter
2024
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Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2024)
Utgångspunktens etik. Safet Bektovic, Moral og etikk i islam: En introduksjon.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2024)
Øystein Brekke. Religionshermeneutikk. Forståing i ei polarisert tid. Universitetsforlaget 2023.
Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift
Book review
2022
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Teorifokus i studiet av norska islamska organisationer: didaktiska och historiografiska reflektioner.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Divine Covenant: Science and Concepts of Natural Law in the Qur'an and Islamic Disciplines.
Equinox Publishing
Academic monograph
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Al-Tabari's madhhab jariri: A Paradigm of Natural Law and Natural Rights for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Gorgias Press
Academic monograph
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000: Implications for Qur’anic Studies.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
"Lagen": ett användbart fokus för religionsinkluderande exphil?.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
2021
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2021)
Through the Lens of the Qur’anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarī’s Exegesis and History.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2021)
Review Article: Tabari: Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an. Volumes I and II. Translated by Scott C. Lukas.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Book review
2020
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Deliberating Religion, Science and Progress in the Global Public Sphere: Introduction.
Marburg Journal of Religion
Academic literature review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Ibn Ishaq's and al-Tabari's Historical Contexts for the Quran: Implications for Contemporary Research.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Prophetic Clarity: A Comparative Approach to al-Tabari's Theory of Qur'anic Language, Rhetoric, and Composition.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Early Medieval tafsir (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century).
Academic chapter
2019
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2019)
En teoretisk tolkning och nyöversättning av Koranen.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2019)
Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'anic Covenant.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2019)
Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'an.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
2018
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven.
(2018)
Accurate Knowledge: Implications of ‘Lived Islamic Theology’ for the Academic Study of Islamic Disciplines.
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
In Quests for Stronger Human Rights Protection: What Can We Learn from Islamic Social Contract Theory?.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
“Islamic Order”: Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
Hva med islamistene?.
Klassekampen
Academic article
2017
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2017)
Review of Martin Jacobs, Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Numen
Book review
2016
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2016)
Al-Tabari's Concept of the Qur'an: A Systemic Analysis.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
2015
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
Pamela Irving Jackson and Peter Doerschler Benchmarking Muslim Well-being in Europe: Reducing disparities and polarizations.
Journal of Muslims in Europe
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
Review: Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis(2nd/8th-9th/15th C.), ed. Karen Bauer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Qur'anic Studies Series, 9. Oxford University Press, 2013. 453 pp.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
"Islamic Order": Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood?.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
2014
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Satan and the Temptation of State Power: Medieval Islamic Myth in Global Society.
Academic chapter
-
Weismann, Itzchak;
Sedgwick, Mark;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islamic Myths and Memories: Facing the Challenge of Globalization.
Academic chapter
-
Weismann, Itzchak;
Sedgwick, Mark;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islamic Myths and Memories: Mediators of Globalization.
Ashgate
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Harakî Salafism in Norway: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven.
(2014)
Muslim Society Trondheim: A Local History.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Introduction: Public Islam and the Nordic Welfare State: Changing Realities?.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Through the lens of modern hermeneutics: authorial intention in al-Ṭabarī’s and al-Ghazālī’s interpretations of Q 24:35.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid, al-Tabari.
Encyclopedia chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islam, kunnskap og stolthet.
Klassekampen
Commentary
2013
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2013)
Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway: Muslims 'Speak Back'.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2013)
Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic Doctrine, Integration Policy and Institutional Practices.
Academic chapter
2012
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Schei, Elisabeth;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2012)
Kvinnelig omskjæring i islam En diskursanalyse av boken NEI! Islam avviser omskjæring av kvinner.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2012)
Norwegian Haraki Salafism: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
2011
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
"It's the Economy, Stupid": Al-Tabaris Analysis of the Free Rider Problem in the 'Abbasid Caliphate.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
Introduction: 'Materialist' Approaches to Islamic History.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
The Quran, the Constitution, 'the Natural': Divisive Concepts within Scholarly Islam.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Introduction: Fundamentalism and communication: culture, media and the public sphere.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 1.
I.B. Tauris
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Introduction: Fundamentalism, Politics and History: The State, Globalisation and Political Ideologies.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 2.
I.B. Tauris
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism, politics and history : : the state, globalisation and political ideologies : introduction.
Academic chapter
-
Kristensen, Ann Kristin;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
In Quest for a Legitimate Islamic Republic.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
2010
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Swedish Public State Investigation SOU 2009:52: The State and the Imams: Religion, Integration, Autonomy.
DAVO
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Liberala förväntningar på islamutbildning.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography.
Journal of Islamic Studies
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari's and al-Ghazzali's Interpretations of Q. 24:35.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
2009
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Kjelling, Anne Grethe.
(2009)
"Å forhandle om identitet- unge muslimer om mediabildet av islam".
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
-
Skaset, Kristin Bach;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Empowering the people?.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari’s and al-Ghazali’s Interpretations of Q. 24:35.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
"The One" Over "The Many": A Historical Perspective on the Pan-Islamic Salafiyyah.
Studies in Contemporary Islam
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Andrew Rippin (ed.): Defining Islam: A Reader.
Temenos
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Tabari.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
2008
-
Brækken, Mari Kristine;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2008)
Violent Visions of Born Again Nations.
NTNU trykk
Master thesis
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2008)
The Persuasive Proof: Aristotle's Politics and Rhetoric in the Qur'ân and al-Tabarî's Commentary.
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
Academic article
2007
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2007)
The Power of Subject: Weber, Foucault and Islam.
Middle East Critique
Academic article
2006
-
Rolandsen, Birgitte Moe;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
Arab-Islamic Unity: The Concept of Democracy in the platform of the Islamic Action Front.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
-
Husby, Torkell;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
Politisk islam i dagens Tyrkia. En empirisk analyse av tolkning og tilpasning.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
"Bund und Land in muslimischer Rezeption. Biblische Kategorien in Tabaris Geschichtswerk".
JUDAICA - Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums
Academic article
2005
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2005)
"Discourse and Historical Analysis: The Case of al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings".
Journal of Islamic Studies
Academic article
2004
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2004)
Tabari, Al- (C. 224/839–310/923).
Encyclopedia chapter
Journal publications
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2026)
Al-Ṭabarī’s Madhhab Jarīrī and Ascetic Legacies at the ʿAbbāsid Court.
Al-Masāq
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Deliberating Religion, Science and Progress in the Global Public Sphere: Introduction.
Marburg Journal of Religion
Academic literature review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Swedish Public State Investigation SOU 2009:52: The State and the Imams: Religion, Integration, Autonomy.
DAVO
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
Pamela Irving Jackson and Peter Doerschler Benchmarking Muslim Well-being in Europe: Reducing disparities and polarizations.
Journal of Muslims in Europe
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2016)
Al-Tabari's Concept of the Qur'an: A Systemic Analysis.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
"It's the Economy, Stupid": Al-Tabaris Analysis of the Free Rider Problem in the 'Abbasid Caliphate.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
Introduction: 'Materialist' Approaches to Islamic History.
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Teorifokus i studiet av norska islamska organisationer: didaktiska och historiografiska reflektioner.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2024)
Utgångspunktens etik. Safet Bektovic, Moral og etikk i islam: En introduksjon.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Harakî Salafism in Norway: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven.
(2014)
Muslim Society Trondheim: A Local History.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Introduction: Public Islam and the Nordic Welfare State: Changing Realities?.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
The Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography.
Journal of Islamic Studies
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Eriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven.
(2018)
Accurate Knowledge: Implications of ‘Lived Islamic Theology’ for the Academic Study of Islamic Disciplines.
Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari's and al-Ghazzali's Interpretations of Q. 24:35.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2017)
Review of Martin Jacobs, Reorienting the East: Jewish Travelers to the Medieval Muslim World.Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Numen
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Prophetic Clarity: A Comparative Approach to al-Tabari's Theory of Qur'anic Language, Rhetoric, and Composition.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Through the Lens of Modern Hermeneutics: Authorial Intention in al-Tabari’s and al-Ghazali’s Interpretations of Q. 24:35.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Linguistic Theory in tafsīr between 100/400 and 700/1000: Implications for Qur’anic Studies.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
In Quests for Stronger Human Rights Protection: What Can We Learn from Islamic Social Contract Theory?.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2024)
Øystein Brekke. Religionshermeneutikk. Forståing i ei polarisert tid. Universitetsforlaget 2023.
Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2005)
"Discourse and Historical Analysis: The Case of al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings".
Journal of Islamic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
"Lagen": ett användbart fokus för religionsinkluderande exphil?.
Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2012)
Norwegian Haraki Salafism: 'The Saved Sect' Hugs the Infidels.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2019)
Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'anic Covenant.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islam, kunnskap og stolthet.
Klassekampen
Commentary
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2021)
Review Article: Tabari: Selections from The Comprehensive Exposition of the Interpretation of the Verses of the Qur'an. Volumes I and II. Translated by Scott C. Lukas.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
"Bund und Land in muslimischer Rezeption. Biblische Kategorien in Tabaris Geschichtswerk".
JUDAICA - Beiträge zum Verstehen des Judentums
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2007)
The Power of Subject: Weber, Foucault and Islam.
Middle East Critique
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
Hva med islamistene?.
Klassekampen
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
"The One" Over "The Many": A Historical Perspective on the Pan-Islamic Salafiyyah.
Studies in Contemporary Islam
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2013)
Hate Speech and Dialogue in Norway: Muslims 'Speak Back'.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2019)
Security, Water and Gardens: Constructing Socio-Legal and Theoretical Contexts for the Qur'an.
Comparative Islamic Studies
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2008)
The Persuasive Proof: Aristotle's Politics and Rhetoric in the Qur'ân and al-Tabarî's Commentary.
Jerusalem Studies in Arabic and Islam
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
Review: Aims, Methods and Contexts of Qur'anic Exegesis(2nd/8th-9th/15th C.), ed. Karen Bauer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies Qur'anic Studies Series, 9. Oxford University Press, 2013. 453 pp.
Journal of Qur'anic Studies
Book review
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2015)
"Islamic Order": Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood?.
Tidsskrift for Islamforskning (TIFO)
Academic article
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Andrew Rippin (ed.): Defining Islam: A Reader.
Temenos
Book review
Books
-
Weismann, Itzchak;
Sedgwick, Mark;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islamic Myths and Memories: Mediators of Globalization.
Ashgate
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 1.
I.B. Tauris
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism in the Modern World. Volume 2.
I.B. Tauris
Anthology
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Divine Covenant: Science and Concepts of Natural Law in the Qur'an and Islamic Disciplines.
Equinox Publishing
Academic monograph
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2022)
Al-Tabari's madhhab jariri: A Paradigm of Natural Law and Natural Rights for the Abbasid Caliphate.
Gorgias Press
Academic monograph
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
Tabari.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Satan and the Temptation of State Power: Medieval Islamic Myth in Global Society.
Academic chapter
-
Weismann, Itzchak;
Sedgwick, Mark;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Islamic Myths and Memories: Facing the Challenge of Globalization.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2010)
Liberala förväntningar på islamutbildning.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
The Quran, the Constitution, 'the Natural': Divisive Concepts within Scholarly Islam.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Introduction: Fundamentalism and communication: culture, media and the public sphere.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Introduction: Fundamentalism, Politics and History: The State, Globalisation and Political Ideologies.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2019)
En teoretisk tolkning och nyöversättning av Koranen.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Ibn Ishaq's and al-Tabari's Historical Contexts for the Quran: Implications for Contemporary Research.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Through the lens of modern hermeneutics: authorial intention in al-Ṭabarī’s and al-Ghazālī’s interpretations of Q 24:35.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2021)
Through the Lens of the Qur’anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarī’s Exegesis and History.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Revelation and Prophecy in the Qur'an.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2020)
Early Medieval tafsir (Third/Ninth to the Fifth/Eleventh Century).
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Bailey, Jennifer Leigh;
Ringrose, Priscilla;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2011)
Fundamentalism, politics and history : : the state, globalisation and political ideologies : introduction.
Academic chapter
-
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2014)
Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid, al-Tabari.
Encyclopedia chapter
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Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2018)
“Islamic Order”: Semeiotics and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood.
Academic chapter
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Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria.
(2025)
Muḥammad B. Jarīr Al-Ṭabarī (838–923).
Academic chapter
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Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2004)
Tabari, Al- (C. 224/839–310/923).
Encyclopedia chapter
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Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2013)
Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic Doctrine, Integration Policy and Institutional Practices.
Academic chapter
Student thesis or dissertation
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Rolandsen, Birgitte Moe;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
Arab-Islamic Unity: The Concept of Democracy in the platform of the Islamic Action Front.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
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Husby, Torkell;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2006)
Politisk islam i dagens Tyrkia. En empirisk analyse av tolkning og tilpasning.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
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Mårtensson, Ulrika;
Kjelling, Anne Grethe.
(2009)
"Å forhandle om identitet- unge muslimer om mediabildet av islam".
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
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Skaset, Kristin Bach;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2009)
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood - Empowering the people?.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
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Schei, Elisabeth;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2012)
Kvinnelig omskjæring i islam En diskursanalyse av boken NEI! Islam avviser omskjæring av kvinner.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
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Brækken, Mari Kristine;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2008)
Violent Visions of Born Again Nations.
NTNU trykk
Master thesis
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Kristensen, Ann Kristin;
Mårtensson, Ulrika.
(2011)
In Quest for a Legitimate Islamic Republic.
NTNU-trykk
Master thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2025
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2025) Islam, democracy and international society: Iran, Algeria, Gaza. Foredrag i samband med uken "The Art of Palestinian Resistance: Faith, Hope and Future"
2024
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InterviewHussein, Bassam; Mårtensson, Ulrika Maria; Løvlien, Eline Drury. (2024) NTNU vedtar boikott av israelske akademiske institusjoner.
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) Religion and national identity: cases from the Middle East. Foredrag for Studenter for Palestina i Trondheim
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2024) The Islamic umma as political community. Foredrag for Studenter for Palestina i Trondheim
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InterviewMårtensson, Ulrika Maria; Hussein, Bassam; Løvlien, Eline Drury. (2024) Finnes det alternativer til våpenindustrien som inntektskilde og samarbeidspartner?.
2023
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2023) "Correct Speech and Action": Pragmatics theory of language use applied to Qur'anic categories of people. Qur'anic Linguistics Group - Inaugural Conference
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika Maria. (2023) "The Messengers and the Kings": al-Tabai's madhhab jariri and Relations between Scholars and Monarchs. The Religious Cultures of Premodern Islamicate Courts in Transregional Perspective
2022
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2022) Divine Sustenance, Water and Gardens: An Attempt at Socio-legal and Theoretical Contextualisation of the Qur'an. Faith Saving Water Conference: Muslims, Christians and the Environment
2020
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Human Rights in Early and Medieval Islam: The Case of al-Tabari's madhhab jariri. Forskningsseminar
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2020) Significances of India: Interpreting Islamic Literary Genres as Forms of Ontology, Epistemology, and Natural Law Theory. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Research Methodology in Social Sciences
2019
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Feature articleMårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Det er ikke bare kvinners bidrag til filosofien som mangler fra pensum: Et globalt exphil.
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) "Troende menn og troende kvinner ...": Teori om det sosiale kjønn i islamske kilder og juss. Feiring av Profeten Muhammad
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Hvordan dele "folket"? Radikale høyres bruk av "islam". Dialog: Islamofobi eller integrering?
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2019) Theoretical senses of the Quran. Making Sense of the Qur'an in Translation
2018
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2018) Between mustaqīm and mukhliṣ: ‘Covenant’ as a linguistic and rhetorical analysis of the canon’s composition and key concepts. SOAS Qur'an Conference 2018
2017
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Maṣlaḥa and Natural Law Theory in al-Ṭabarī's madhhab jarīrī: Implications for the history of Islamic legal theory. Sharia and the concept of maslaha
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Oath and Contract as Rhetorical Topics and Signs: Implications for Qur’anic Genres and Conceptual Patterns, with reference to al-Ṭabarī’s tafsīr balāghī. "Theory of Arabic Rhetoric and Language: Implications for Qur’anic Topics, Concepts and Composition"
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Language, Rhetoric and Abrahamic Election: The Prophet’s Mission, according to al-Ṭabarī (and with a view towards Aristotle). Rhetoric and Linguistics in the Bibles and the Qur’an: Implications for Research and Teaching
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Scribes, Manuscripts and Variant Readings: Interpreting Doctrine on the Un(created) Qurʾān, Then and Now. Canon and Interpretation
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2017) Profeten Muhammads Verdier, i Historie og Samtid: Hva kan vi alle lære av Profeten (fvmh)?. Ahl'e Bait Trondheim: Profetens Bursdag
2016
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Salafism: Teologi, etik och politik i olika kontexter. FN Studentsambandet, Trondheim
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Continuity and Change: Islamic Naturalism, Constitution and Social Contract. BRAIS 2016
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Religiös mångfald i Syrien och Norge: förutsättningar för institutionell rättvisa. Temadag: "Flyktingkrisa"
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) Islam: samfunnsansvar, dialog, rettigheter. Youth and Islam: Social responsibility, identity, dialogue and religion
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) The Significance of Disciplines for Interpretations of the Qur'an. Contemporary Issues in Quranic Studies
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Feature article
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) ‘Disciplining’ al-Duri’s Hijazi-Iraqi Historiographical Model:Implications for Current Qur’an Research. SOAS Qur'an Conference 2016
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2016) ”Betydelsen av discipliner i översättning av Koranen”. Oversettelse av hellige tekster
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Feature article
2015
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Liberation from Foreign Tyranny: Islam and the Arab Nation. BRISMES Annual Conference 2015: Liberation?
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) The Significance of Rhetoric for tafsir: al-Tabari, Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad 'Abduh. Domains of Interpretation in Islam
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Al-Tabari’s Accounts of Islam and the Qur’an: Methodological Implications for Research on Manuscripts, Linguistics and the Qur’an. Early Islam: The Sectarian Milieu of Late Antiquity?
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Multiculturalism: Challenges for Society and Education. Philosophy, Jurisprudence and Society: Shiite Iraqi and Swedish Perspectives
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Islamsk stat: komplex analys & religionhistoriska perspektiv. Gjesteforelesning
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Stålsett utvalget: Religionsfrihet i praxis. Debatt: Religion og sekularisme i Houellebecqs Europa
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Feature article
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2015) Liberation from Foreign Tyranny: Islam and the (Sunni) Arab Nation. BRISMES Annual Conference 2015: Liberation?
2014
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Lecture
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) The Promised Land: Gender in al-Tabari's Political Account of the Rise of Islam. Centre for Islamic Studies Seminar series
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Academic Islamic Theology: Concluding discussion. The Future of Islamic Studies in Scandinavia
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) Islam and Social Contract: Egyptian and Norwegian Cases. Religion, lov og rett
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2014) The Significance of Umma in the Muslim Brotherhood's Policy: Problems and Prospects of Islamic Order as Foundation of Civil Rights. WOCMES 2014
2013
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Religious Pluralism and "Unity in Diversity": Public and Islamic Approaches. CARD: Critical Analysis of Religious Diversity Network: Theory and Methodology
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Does Islam change Norway towards Human Rights? Two cases. Impact of Religion: Challenges for Society, Law and Democracy
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Feature article
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Public Salafism in Norway: The Saved Sect Hugs the Infidels. Nordic Middle East Society Convention 2013
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Forskningsdagene/Forsker til lunsj
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Metodmodulerna i religionsutbildningen. Religionsbegrepet i forskning og undervisning: En PluRel-konferanse
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Forskningsdagene/Forsker til lunsj
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Offentlig Hijab: Tecken på Autonomi och Neutralitet?. NTNU Studentservice
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Contribution to radio or TV
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Betydelsen av "Rule of law" för utvecklingen i MENA. Dagsläget i Mellanöstern
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2013) Al-Tabari’s rhetorical concept of the Qur’an: implications for contemporary research. International Society of Biblical Literature Convention 2013
2012
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Lecture
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Lecture
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Interview
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Lecture
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How God's Power Becomes People's Power: Faith and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood. BRISMES Annual Conferense Revolution and Revolt: Understanding the Causes of Change
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How medieval Muslim historical writings can further contemporary research into the historical origins of the Qur'anHow medieval Muslim historical writings can further contemporary research into the historical origins of the Qur'an. ESF Exploratory Workshop: Historiography of Religion
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Islams roll för 'präststyret' i Iran. Isfit/Studentenes fredspris: föredrag på givet tema
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) Political Islam: Current Challenges for Civil Rights and Constitution Making. Challenges on the Road to Democracy in the Middle East
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2012) How can al-Tabari's History be used for a historical understanding of the origin of the Qur'an?. Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) 2012
2011
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Invitation to Destiny: Fundamentalism and Pragmatism in the Muslim Brotherhood. Political Religion and Totalitarianism
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Fundamentalism som begrepp och praxis: Muslimska Brödraskapet. Det Kongelige Norske Vitenskapers Selskaps Akademi
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Islam och Världsherravälde: Myt och Verklighet. Konspirationsteorier om islam
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Al-Tabari's Methodology: A Classical 'Historical-Critical' Approach to the Qur'an?. Knowledge and Education in Classical Islam: Historical Foundations & Contemporary Impact
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) The Qur'an as sign-enthymeme: legal-political implications. The Qur'an: Text, Society and Culture
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) What law, which Lawgiver? Law and Prophethood in al-Tabari’s History and Commentary. Quran and Islamic tradition in comparative perspective, sessions at ISBL 2011
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Dialectics between rational and irrational discourse: Inclusion and exclusion of Muslims in the Norwegian public sphere. The Regulation of Speech in Multicultural Societies
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Muslim Society Trondheim: The Dialectics of Islamic doctrine, integration policy and institutional practices. CRONEM/VISOR Annual Conference 2011
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2011) Muslimska Brödraskapet och medborgarrätt: Egypten och Europa. Religion og politikk: et samarbeide for fremtida?
2010
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Conference lectureEriksen, Eli-Anne Vongraven; Mårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Muslim Society Trondheim. Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State
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Interview
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State: Methodological Challenges. Public Islam and the Scandinavian Welfare State
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) De gamla grekernas betydelse för islam och demokrati: medeltida och nutida exempel; eller: "It's the economy, stupid!". Fagdag i historie: "Demokrati i fortid og nåtid"
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Universalism or Particularism: Approaches to Human Rights in Iran. Human Rights in Iran
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) ‘It’s the economy, stupid’: al-Tabari’s analysis of the free rider problem in the Abbasid caliphate. Middle East History and Theory 2010 (MEHAT 2010)
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2010) Islamic archéologies of faith and power: problems with Islamist-secularist dichotomies. Islamism and Secularism
2009
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Lecture
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Translating the Quran into Habermasian language: Universalist challenges for education in Islam. Fjärde Nordiska Utbildningskonferensen
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Salman Rushdie, the Myth of Satanic Signs, and Temptations of Power in Global Society. Islamic Resurgence in the Age of Globalization: Myth, Memory, Emotion
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Author and Authority: A Comparison of al-Tabarî’s, al-Ghazzâlî’s and Gadamer’s Hermeneutics. Texts and Genres of the Quran: Micro-Level Analyses
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2009) Aristotle, the Quran, and the Prophet’s Scribes: An Arab Christian connection?. SIXTH WOODBROOKE-MINGANA SYMPOSIUM
2008
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Islam och islamism: implikationer för integration. Årsmöte för Nettverk samfunnsfag vg. skole Nord-Trøndelag
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) När demokratin får kalla fötter: Algeriska FIS och palestinska Hamas. Debatt
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Metoder och perspektiv att analysera förhållanden mellan religion och politik. Årsmöte Arbeiderpartiets Ungdomsförbund, Søtrøndelag
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) "Natural religion": The Nationalist Foundation of Pan-islamic Salafi Fundamentalism. International Studies Association congress 2008
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Interview
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) "No compulsion in religion": Islam and liberal principles. Religion - a common peace builder or just a source of conflict?
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Interview
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2008) Rule of Law and Centralised Tax System: Al-Tabarî's Remedy for the Abbasid State. Middle East Studies Association, annual congress
2007
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Interview
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Esotericism and Pan-Islam from al-Afghani to Tariq Ramadan. Islamic Fundamentalism and Sufism: Continuities and Confrontations through Modernity and Globalization
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Lecture
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Irans president och den Dolde Imamen: Religiös retorik och makt. När Gud blir president
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) Drawing one Border, Crossing Another: Concepts of Conscience and Ethics in Tariq Ramadan’s Construction of a Trans-national Muslim Community. Religion on the Borders: New Challenges in the Academic Study of Religion
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2007) "The Promised Land": The Material and Analytical Significance of the Sawâd in al-Tabari's History of the Messengers and the Kings. Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference
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Interview
2006
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Feature article
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Gudsbegrepp och auktoritetsprinciper i kristendom och islam: Några nedslag i historien". Midtre-Gauldal Folkekommune/Islamaften
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Bild eller bildning: Epistemologiska reflektioner över Koranens ikonoklasm". Vitforum, NTNU
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Profetkarikatyrerna: Ett religionsvetenskapligt perspektiv". Fosen Folkehøgskole
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LectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Individuals and values: A contribution to the debate about ”integration” and “Muslims” in Norway. Diskussionsafton, Studentersamfunnet/NTNU
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Interview
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Interview
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InterviewMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) Recension av boken "Perceptions of Islam in the Christendoms: A Historical Survey".
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Interview
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Interview
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Interview
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Interview
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Interview
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2006) "Exegesis and Destiny: Three Cases of 'Fundamentalism'". Global Communication of Fundamentalist Knowledge
2005
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Conference lectureMårtensson, Ulrika. (2005) Culture: A Problematic Concept. Navigating Globalization: Stability, Fluidity and Friction