Marie Steine von der Lippe
Position
Professor, Study of Religion, Research Coordinator
Affiliation
- marie.lippe@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55582445
- 95796645
- Visitor address
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Øysteinsgate 3
5007 Bergen - Room: 407
- Postal address
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P.O. Box 7805NO-5020 BergenNorway
Marie Steine von der Lippe
Position
Professor, Study of Religion, Research Coordinator
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
Bio
My research interests include religion, youth and education. I have specialized in religious education and religious didactics, and I am interested in controversial issues, citizenship, diversity, prejudice, racism, and politics.
I completed a PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Stavanger (2010), as part of a larger international project, "Religion in Education - a Contribution to Dialogue or a Factor of Conflict in Transforming Societies in European Countries" (REDCo), funded by the EU 6th Framework Program. From 2012-2017 I was part of the European project "Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies" (ReDi), working on how Norwegian schools dealt with the terrorist attack that hit Norway on July 22, 2011.
In 2018-2021, I led the research project "School as Opportunity", funded by the Research Council of Norway, focusing on how religious and ethnic prejudices are perceived and used among young people in diverse societies, and on the role of education in preventing hate speech and discrimination. I currently lead the research group “Researching and teaching controversial topics”at UiB.
Since 2019, I have been chair of the board of the international research school Religion, Values, Society (RVS), funded by the Research Council of Norway, and academic advisor to the Holberg Prize School Program (2019-2023).
For more than twenty years, I have worked with religious studies and teacher education, and have developed and taught at all levels of higher education. I have also supervised several master's and doctoral projects.
My publications include articles, chapters and edited books and journals. From 2018-2021 I was one of three editors of the journal DIN - tidsskrift for religion og kultur.
Selected publications
Lippe, Marie von der (ed.). 2021. Fordommer i skolen: demokratiforståelse og forebyggende tiltak. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. https://www.idunn.no/doi/book/10.18261/9788215037417-2021
Ipgrave, Julia, Knauth, Thorsten, Körs, Anna, Vieregge, Dörthe & Marie von der Lippe (eds.). 2018. Religion and Dialogue in the City. Case Studies on Interreligious Encounter in Urban Community and Education. Münster: Waxmann Verlag.
Lippe, Marie von der & Sissel Undheim (eds.) 2017. Religion i skolen. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.
Lippe, Marie von der Lippe. 2019. Teaching Controversial Issues in RE: The Case of Ritual Circumcision. British Journal of Religious Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2019.1638227
Anker, Trine & Marie von der Lippe. 2019. Religion and conflicts: formatting religion in school. In Mjaaland, Marius (ed.). Formatting religion: Politics, Media, Education and Law. London: Routledge.
Kittelmann, Karin Flensner & Marie von der Lippe. 2019. Being safe from what and safe for whom? A critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of safe space. Intercultural Education, 2019:1, https://doi.org/10.1080/14675986.2019.1540102.
Lippe, Marie von der. 2018. The right to be exempted: A discussion of the relationship between religion, law and education in Norwegian public schools. In Rydving, Håkan & Stefan Olsson (eds.). Religion, law and justice: Seven essays, p. 145–172. Oslo: Novus Forlag og Institutt for sammenlignende kulturstudier.
Anker, Trine & Marie von der Lippe. 2015. Når terror ties ihjel. En diskusjon om 22. juli og demokratisk medborgerskap i skolen. Norsk pedagogisk tidsskrift 2015 (2), 85–96.
Publications
Conference poster
Media feature article
- Marie von der Lippe (2001). Pinsen i politisk perspektiv. (external link)
- Claudia Lenz; Karsten Korbøl; Trine Anker et al. (2018). Overstyring av 22. juli-senterets formidlingsvirksomhet. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2000). Den norske selvgodheten. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2005). Religionens to sider. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Trine Anker (2016). Snakk med ungdom om 22. juli!. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Islam online.com. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2013). Baklengs inn i fremtiden. (external link)
Academic article
- Marie von der Lippe (1999). En ny folkebevegelse i Latin-Amerika?. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2016). Tid for terror: Læreres håndtering av kontroversielle spørsmål i skolens religions- og livssynsundervisning. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2015). Når terror ties i hjel : en diskusjon om 22. juli og demokratisk medborgerskap i skolen. (external link)
- Karin K Flensner; Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Being safe from what and safe for whom? A critical discussion of the conceptual metaphor of ‘safe space’. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Teaching controversial issues in RE: the case of ritual circumcision. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2011). Young people's talk about religion and diversity: a qualitative study of Norwegian students aged 13-15. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2013). Hvordan snakker ungdom om religion – og hvorfor snakker de sånn? En kvalitativ studie av ungdom i aldermen 13-15 år. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2011). Reality Can Bite: Perspectives of Young People on the Role of Religion in Their World. (external link)
- Christian Lomsdalen; Marie Lippe, von der (2025). The right to opt out: a comparative analysis of exemption schemes in Scandinavian public schools and the impact of cultural bias. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2019). ”It ́s complicated”. Et historisk blikk på forholdet mellom religionsvitenskap og religions- og livssynsfagene i norsk skole. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Geir Skeie; Dan-Paul Jozsa (2015). Youth as pilots of the future – A comparative Study of Norwegian students’ Views and Experiences with Religion in Education. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). "Fremragende undervisning" og kunsten å veilede.. (external link)
Media interview
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Religiøst internett. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2025). Samarbeid gjør oss alle bedre: https://www.uib.no/hf/176182/samarbeid-gjør-oss-alle-bedre. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2017). KRLE-podden til Knut Aukland. Episode 3 "Verdensreligionsmodellen". (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Skal forebygge fordommer. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der; Knut Aukland (2017). Verdensreligionsmodellen. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Internett kan skape en religiøs revolusjon. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2016). Jeg er en lagforsker. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Lomsdalen; Mari Lund Eide et al. (2022). Ny forskergruppe diskuterte kontroversielle temaer med VGS-elever. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2017). KRLE-podden av Knut Aukland, episode 1: "Å lære i/om/av religion". (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). "Absurd å tenke at det finnes noe mer der oppe". (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). Unge bryr seg ikke om religion. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2018). KRLE-podden til Knut Aukland, episode 4: "Populærkultur og spenning". (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Solveig Moldrheim (2020). Råd til lærere som underviser i kontroversielle tema: La elevene utforske egne meninger. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim; Knut Aukland (2018). Fritak. (external link)
- Knut Aukland; Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2018). Populærkultur og spenning. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der; Vigdis Hølen et al. (2018). Hva skal vi med etikken?. (external link)
- Knut Aukland; Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Å lære i/om/av religion. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Religionsfagene i skolen – politikk, kontrovers, og fremtiden. (external link)
Lecture
- Marie Lippe, von der; Solveig Moldrheim (2021). "En lærers bekjennelser". (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Hvordan underviser man om kontroversielle spørsmål?. (external link)
- Christian Lomsdalen; Marie Lippe, von der; Ida Vikøren Andersen et al. (2023). Hvordan kan vi undervise om kontroversielle tema i ulike skolefag? Refleksjoner fra forskningsprosjekt. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Ingvild Aarbakke; Markus Lilleskare et al. (2024). Undervisning om konspirasjonsteorier - en utforskende tilnærming. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Religion and public school. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Lomsdalen (2024). Undervisning om kontroversielle spørsmål. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2018). Religiøs, ateist, – eller noe midt i mellom?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Pål Steiner; Ingvild Aarbakke et al. (2025). Hvordan undervise om konspirasjonsteorier? Kunnskap, kritisk og analytisk tenkning.. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Kristoffer Chelsom Vogt; Bodil Elise Ravneberg (2021). Bokbad på Litteraturhuset i Bergen: Kristoffer Vogt i samtale med redaktørene Marie von der Lippe og Bodil Ravneberg Fordommer i skolen: gruppekonstruksjoner, utenforskap og inkludering (2021). von der Lippe, M. (red.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. Hvordan forstå fordommer? Om kontekstens betydning – i barnehage, skole og samfunn (2021). Bodil Ravneberg et.al. (red.). Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Undervisning om kontroversielle spørsmål. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Kyrre Kverndokk; Anne Lene Andersen et al. (2021). Verdien av å minnes 22. juli. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Undervisning om kontroversielle tema - et etter- og videreutdanningskurs for lærere. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Forskningsmetoder i praksis. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Mari Lund Eide (2024). Undervisning om kontroversielle tema. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). OMG! Ungdom og religion. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Undervisning i kontroversielle spørsmål. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2014). 22. juli i klasserommet. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Hva er fordommer?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Solveig Moldrheim (2019). Undervisning om kontroversielle spørsmål. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim; Christian Lomsdalen (2017). Hva skal vi med religion og livssyn i skolen?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Religion og ungdom(skultur). (external link)
Conference lecture
- Marie von der Lippe (2006). Hva har dette med oss å gjøre?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Karin K Flensner (2025). Hvordan arbeide med kontroversielle spørsmål i religionsundervisning?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2015). Religion and terrorism in religion education. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Transmitting and Transforming Religious Practice: Varieties of Rituals and Ritualizations in Public and Private Schools. (external link)
- Mari Lund Eide; Christian Lomsdalen; Marie Lippe, von der et al. (2023). “Like, I wouldn’t go to jail for it” - Student discourses on the use of civil disobedience as a protest tool in climate activism . (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Hvordan kan vi forstå hverandre bedre? : kultur og identitet. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Revidert læreplan i KRL : problemer, utfordringer og muligheter i faget. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Karin Kittelmann Flesner (2018). Issues in establishing the classroom as a ‘safer space’ for teaching and learning about religions and other worldviews in an intercultural context. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2014). Religion and dialogue in times of societal crisis. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2014). Dialogue in times of crisis. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Symposia: Educational rituals? Ritualizations and varieties of religious practice in public and private schools.. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2016). Dealing with terrorism in religion education: An empirical study among teachers in upper secondary schools. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2015). Dialogue in times of crisis: A study of how Norwegian upper secondary education deals with 22 July and the case of Anders Behring Breivik. (external link)
- Christian Lomsdalen; Ida Vikøren Andersen; Marie Steine von der Lippe et al. (2024). “Jeg ville ikke gått i fengsel for det, liksom”: Elevers utforskning av egne grenser og aktørskap i medborgerskap-undervisning om sivil ulydighet. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Hvordan kan vi forstå annerledeshet?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2024). Christianity, Religion, Philosophy of Life and Ethics. Perspectives from Norway.. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2024). Researching and Teaching Controversial Issues. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Lomsdalen (2023). Fritak på religiøst grunnlag i svenske, danske, og norske skoler. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Critics or caretakers? On the challenges of doing research on controversial topics. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2015). Response to keynote lecture by Marju Kõivupuu, University of Tallinn “Spatio- Temporal Orientation in the Religious Landscape". (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Schools as arenas for religious change: Identifying and analyzing religious practice in contemporary society. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Re-Examining the Outcomes of Religious Education Panel respons. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2019). What are controversial issues?. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2002). Kunnskap om islam. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). The right to opt-out or not: the legal right of withdrawal from religious education in Norway’. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2014). dialogue in times of crisis. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Ritualizations and demarcations of religion and non-religion in schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Fighting the Dragon: Celebrating “The Festival of Strong Will” in the Steiner Schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Fighting the Dragon. Celebrating “the festival of strong will” in the Steiner schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Trine Anker (2018). Dialogue in the aftermath of terror attacks: The role of school and religious education. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Trine Anker (2015). Teaching Terrorism: A Discussion of 22 July and Religion Education in Norway. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2004). Pentecostal Movements in Latin America: A discussion of three different models of explanation. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). School as opportunity: democratic understanding and prevention of group-based prejudices. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2016). Conflict, terrorism and religious education. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Lomsdalen (2023). The right to opt-out. A comparative analysis of the right of withdrawal from religious education and religious activities in Scandinavian state schools . (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). "Fremragende undervisning" og kunsten å veilede.. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2016). The right to be exempted – A discussion of the relationship between religion, law and education in Norwegian public schools. (external link)
Academic book chapter
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2018). Ungdom og religion : tradisjon, nyskaping og individuelle valg. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Sæle (2025). Introduksjon. Kontroversielle tema i utdanning - hva står på spill?. (external link)
- Julia Ipgrave; Marie Lippe, von der (2018). Interreligious Dialogue and Engagement in the City. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (2003). Tre forklaringsmodeller. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Salient or silenced. How religion and terrorism are formatted in school. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). Scenes from a classroom : video analysis of classroom interaction in religious education in Norway. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). The French situation from a Norwegian point of vi. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2017). Fritak for hvem og fra hva?. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Hva skal vi med et felles religionsfag i skolen?. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2025). «Da kjente jeg at jeg begynte å svette litt selv». Læreres møte med kontroversielle tema i skolen. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe; Tore Omdahl; Lina Snoek (2003). Innledning. (external link)
- Julia Ipgrave; Thorsten Knauth; Anna Kors et al. (2018). Introduction. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2018). Controversial issues in Religious Education: How Teachers Deal with Terrorism in their Teaching. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Camilla Stabel Jørgensen (2025). Playing with the dragon: Michaelmas celebrations in Steiner schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2018). The Right to be Exempted: A Discussion of the Relationship between Religion, Law and Education in Norwegian Public Schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2008). To believe or not to believe : young people's perceptions and experiences of religion and religious education in Norway. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der (2018). Coming to Terms with Terrorism? A Case Study on how Schools are Dealing with the Terror Attacks of 22 July in Oslo and at Utøya. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Hva skal vi med et felles religionsfag i skolen?. (external link)
- Ida Vikøren Andersen; Mari Lund Eide; Hild Elisabeth Hoff et al. (2025). «Jeg ville ikke gått i fengsel for det, liksom»: Utforskende undervisning om sivil ulydighet som kontroversielt tema. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Fordommer i skolen. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). Hermeneutic video analysis in ethnographic research. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2012). Young people's talk about religion and diversity : a qualitative study of Norwegian students aged 13-15. (external link)
Editorial/Leader article
- Sissel Undheim; Marie Lippe, von der (2017). OMG! Religion og ungdomskultur. (external link)
- Sissel Undheim; Marie von der Lippe (2019). Religionsvitenskap, ritualer og ritualisering i skolen. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2020). Special Issue "Teaching Controversial Issues and Religion" (Guest editor). (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Trine Anker; Merethe Roos (2014). Religion i skolen. (external link)
Book anthology
- Marie Lippe, von der (2021). Fordommer i skolen : Gruppekonstruksjoner utenforskap og inkludering. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Sissel Undheim (2017). Religion i skolen : didaktiske perspektiver på religions- og livssynsfaget. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der; Julia Ipgrave; Thorsten Knauth et al. (2018). Religion and dialogue in the city: case studies on interreligious encounter in urban community and education. (external link)
- Trine Anker; Marie Lippe, von der; Christian Sæle (2025). Kontroversielle tema i utdanning - hva står på spill?. (external link)
Non-fiction book chapter
Research report
Master’s thesis
- Christian Lomsdalen; Marie Lippe, von der (2019). Den besværlige fritaksretten. Om klagesaker og henvendelser gjort til fylkesmannsembetene knyttet til Opplæringsloven §2-3a.. (external link)
- Marie von der Lippe (1998). Pentekostale bevegelser i Latin-Amerika: En diskusjon av tre forklaringsmodeller. (external link)
Professional article
Non-fiction monograph
Introduction
Journal review
- Marie Lippe, von der (2009). Religious diversity and intercultural education: a reference book for schools. (external link)
- Marie Lippe, von der (2015). Trenger vi flere lærebøker i religionsdidaktikk? Bokanmeldelse av Praktisk fagdidaktikk for religionsfagene Kari Repstad og Inger Margrethe Tallaksen Cappelen Damm 2014. (external link)