

Bjørn Ola Tafjord
Professor
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. On the (un)doing of anthropology and secularity, and its relevance for religious studies. Religion 2021; Volum 51 (4). ISSN 0048-721X.s 614 - 622.s doi: 10.1080/0048721X.2021.1976710.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Modes of indigenizing: remarks on indigenous religion as a method. Equinox Publishing 2020 ISBN 9781781797921.s 139 - 163.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Modes of indigenizing: remarks on indigenous religion as a method. (fulltekst) International Journal for the Study of New Religions 2019. ISSN 2041-9511.s 303 - 327.s doi: 10.1558/ijsnr.37626.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Venting som metode. (fulltekst) DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2018 (2). ISSN 1501-9934.s 158 - 165.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola; Alles, Gregory D.. Introduction: performances and mediations of indigenous religion(s). Numen 2018; Volum 65 (5-6). ISSN 0029-5973.s 457 - 466.s doi: 10.1163/15685276-12341508.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Towards a typology of academic uses of 'Indigenous Religion(s9', or eight (or nine) language games that scholars play with this phrase. Brill Academic Publishers 2017 (15) ISBN 9789004346697. ISSN 1874-6691.s 25 - 51.s doi: 10.1163/9789004346710_003.
- Alles, Gregory D.; Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Mediating indigenous religions: by way of introduction. Religious Studies and Theology 2017; Volum 36 (1). ISSN 0829-2922.s 9 - 20.s doi: 10.1558/rsth.33481.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Norsk misjon i Latin-Amerika: frå sjømenn og pinsevener til utviklingsprosjekt og politikk. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2017 ISBN 9788202548483.s 221 - 249.s doi: 10.23865/noasp.27.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. How talking about indigenous religion may change things: An example from Talamanca. Numen 2016; Volum 63 (5-6). ISSN 0029-5973.s 548 - 575.s doi: 10.1163/15685276-12341438.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Scales, translations and siding effects: Uses of indígena and religión in Talamanca and beyond. In Religious Categories and the Construction of the Indigenous, ed. by C. Hartney & D. J. Tower. Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 2016; Volum 7. ISSN 2214-3270.s 138 - 177.s doi: 10.1163/9789004328983.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Kva kan ein lære om kategorien gud dersom ein freistar å gå baklengs til verks? Eit eksperiment med Rosendo Jackson sin Sibö, min sibö og Inge Lønning sin Gud. (fulltekst) DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2013 (1). ISSN 1501-9934.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Indigenous religion(s) as an analytical category. Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 2013; Volum 25 (3). ISSN 0943-3058.s 221 - 243.s doi: 10.1163/15700682-12341258.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Nya religionsbildningar. Dialogos Förlag 2012 ISBN 978-91-7504-246-6.s 303 - 327.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Religionar og urfolk på bibliotek: Om klassifikasjonar i eit religionsvitskapleg landskap. Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier 2011; Volum 1 (55). ISSN 0108-4453.s 71 - 90.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Religión og religiones i Talamanca: ei tileigningshistorie. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2008 (1-2). ISSN 1501-9934.s 75 - 96.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola; Stausberg, Michael; Thomassen, Einar; Cavallin, Clemens; Hopland, Karstein Olav; Fuglestad, Morten; Dahl, Gina; Gilhus, Ingvild S.. Anmeldelse Arne Bugge Amundsen (red.), Norges religionshistorie, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2005. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2008 (4). ISSN 1501-9934.s 60 - 78.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Om heimlege metodologiar. Lærdommar frå forsking med bribriar. DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur 2007 (1+2). ISSN 1501-9934.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Defining religion, defying tradition? : concord and conflict about the role of religion in a Costa Rican indigenous community. 2006 (19).s 374 - 392.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Religión en América Latina / Sociedad y cultura en América Latina (eds. Maria C. Álvarez-Solar y Elisabeth Fonseca). Vigmostad & Bjørke 2006 ISBN 82-450-0360-3.s 64 - 78.
- Tafjord, Bjørn Ola. Refleksjonar kring refleksivitet / Metode i religionsvitenskap (red. Siv Ellen Kraft og Richard J. Natvig). Pax Forlag 2006.s 243 - 259.
Research interests
Ethnographic and historiographic studies of indigeneities and religions; materiality; pedagogical, political, and analytical translations; religion and politics; missionising; indigenising, religionising, and secularising; indigenous traditions in Talamanca (Costa Rica/Panama) and Sápmi (Norway/Sweden/Finland); religion in international networks of indigenous peoples; Christianities in Latin America and the Nordic countries; Baha'i; other religious groups and movements in Latin America.
CV
Co-leader (with Professor Siv Ellen Kraft) of the research group Indigenous Religion(s): Local Grounds, Global Networks (INREL).
Leader of the collaborative research project The Governmateriality of Indigenous Religions (GOVMAT).
Director of the study programmes in religious studies and theology at UiT.