Mikkel Gabriel Christoffersen

CV

• 2017: PhD in systematic theology on the dissertation Living with Risk and Danger: Studies in Interdisicplinary Systematic Theology. The dissertation has been accepted for publication at the German publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. 
• 2013: Graduation from the Pastoral Seminary of the Danish Folk Church.
  MA in Theology (Cand. theol.), Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen.
  Gold Medal for Academic Excellence Ingenio et Studio, Master’s Thesis, 2013
• 2011-12: Two semesters Master studies at Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT, USA.
• 2010: Two semesters Bachelor studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany.  

Current research

A theology of shame. Investigating an interdisciplinary source material on shame (psychology, sociology, philosophy, and theology), the project develops a theology of shame which takes into account the ambiguities of this phenomenon. The main research question is: how do live with shame between shamefulness and shamelessness? The Carlsberg foundation supports this project in two years from April 1 2019.

Primary fields of research

• Interdisciplinary theology with regards to risk and danger. This project has investigated theological models for understanding and living with risk and danger in a Christian context. The results are being fine-tuned towards publication with Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
• Theology of forgiveness and reconciliation. This project develops a cricial model for the relationship between forgiveness and reconciliation. I draw special attention to the emotions that belong to a process of reconciliation.
• Protestant systematic theology after WWI