Pål Ketil Botvar

• Fusager, Sille; Ketola, Kimmo; Botvar, Pål Ketil & Klingenberg, Maria (2025). Religion in Nordic Societies: Legal Structures and Demographic Trends, Changing Religiosities in the Nordic Countries. A Complexity Perspective. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004736801. p. 36–68. doi: 10.1163/9789004736818_003. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter provides a general overview of the place of religion in the Nordic countries that helps to situate the more specific discussions elsewhere in this volume. It summarizes the basic legal structures that regulate religious life in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland. It also presents key statistics that reveal the most important trends in Nordic religious life. The Lutheran majority churches have had an important and long-standing role in all Nordic countries. Historically, these churches have been deeply intertwined with their state’s administrative structures. Compared to many European countries, Nordic countries have relatively small populations. They also have aging populations with declining fertility rates, but have experienced rising immigration rates since the 1980s.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2025). Between God and Caesar: Young People’s Views on the Public Role of Religion, Changing Religiosities in the Nordic Countries. A Complexity Perspective. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004736801. p. 144–166. doi: 10.1163/9789004736818_008. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter discusses young people’s views on what constitutes a legitimate public role of religion in Scandinavian countries, based on data from international surveys of young adults from 2007 and 2014. During this period, popular support for a religion’s critical public role decreased while support for a conformist role increased, especially among mainline Protestants and the non-religious. Norway and Sweden follow the general West European trend regarding views on the public role of religion. Most young people here believe religious institutions should downplay their public role. These findings go against theories predicting a post-secular society. Based on MCA analyses of data from Norway and Sweden, we conclude that a combination of pluralization and secularization processes has led to an increased politicization of religion. To a greater extent than institutional change in the state–church relationship, these processes explain changes in attitudes towards religious expressions and symbols in the public sphere.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Sarti, Claudia; Zielińska, Katarzyna & Zwierżdżyński, Marcin K. (2023). Religion und Einstellungen zu Abtreibung und Euthanasie unter jungen Menschen in Polen und Norwegen. In Ziebertz, Hans-Georg & Zaccaria, Francesco (Ed.), Sterbehilfe, Abtreibung, Todesstrafe und Religion - Das Recht auf Leben und seine Grenzen. Springer. ISSN 9783031292804. p. 243–270. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Breskaya, Olga; Sjöborg, Anders & Rogobete, Silviu (2023). Religion, Vertrauen in Institutionen und Einstellungen zum Schwangerschaftsabbruch: ein Vergleich zwischen lutherischen und orthodoxen Ländern. In Ziebertz, Hans-Georg & Zaccaria, Francesco (Ed.), Sterbehilfe, Abtreibung, Todesstrafe und Religion - Das Recht auf Leben und seine Grenzen. Springer. ISSN 9783031292804. p. 271–299. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Civil Religion or Nationalism? The National Day Celebrations in Norway. Religions. 12(3), p. 1–15. doi: 10.3390/rel12030206. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Religious Humour in a Welfare State Context. In Unser, Alexander (Eds.), Religion, Citizenship and Democracy. Springer. ISSN 9783030832766. p. 155–173. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-83277-3_9. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). New Atheism as a Predictor of Human Rights Attitudes Among Youth in Norway. In Ziebertz, Hans-Georg (Eds.), The Ambivalent Impact of Religion on Human Rights. Springer. ISSN 9783030704032. p. 81–95. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-70404-9_4. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Mosdøl, Hallvard Olavson (2020). Gudstjenestereform og endringsorientering. Tidsskrift for Praktisk Teologi (TPT). ISSN 1893-4773. doi: 10.48626/TPT.V31I2.5161. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Artikkelen drøfter i hvilken grad faktorer knyttet til geografi, kultur og ressurser bidrar til å forklareliturgiske endringer i forbindelse med gudstjenestereformen. Utgangspunktet er innsendte lokalegrunnordninger i fire bispedømmer. På bakgrunn av materialet fra ca 400 menigheter har vi kon-struert et samlemål for endringsorientering. Tradisjonelle religionssosiologiske menighetstypolo-gier kan i begrenset grad kaste lys over utfallet av prosessen menighetene har vært i gjennom.Forhold knyttet til størrelse på menigheten og ressurssituasjon peker seg derimot ut som interes-sante forklaringsfaktorer bak endringene

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2020). Religion and the Scandinavian Welfare State : Public Support for Socio-economic Rights in Times of Migration. In Ziebertz, Hans-Georg (Eds.), International Empirical Studies on Religion and Socioeconomic Human Rights. Springer. ISSN 9783030309343. p. 261–275. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30934-3_10. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The theme of this article is the legitimisation of social and economic rights within the context of the Scandinavian welfare state. This problem has become more prominent in the light of the recent influx of immigrants from countries in the Middle East and Africa dominated by other religious and cultural traditions than Lutheran Protestantism. Two questions are discussed in the article. First, what role has religion played vis-à-vis the development of the welfare states in Scandinavia? Second, in what ways have recent immigration trends influenced popular support for welfare provision and social rights?

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2019). Religion and humour – will the two sides ever meet? How religious people view humour about religion in the public sphere. In Riegel, Ulrich; Heil, Stefan; Kalbheim, Boris & Unser, Alexander (Ed.), Understanding Religion. Empirical Perspectives in Practical Theology. Essays in Honour of Hans-Georg Ziebertz. Waxmann Verlag. ISSN 9783830940548. p. 139–153. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Gresaker, Ann Kristin & Hovdelien, Olav (2019). Humor og religion - et umake par? In Botvar, Pål Ketil; Gresaker, Ann Kristin & Hovdelien, Olav (Ed.), Ingen spøk. En studie av religion og humor. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202646172. p. 9–30. doi: 10.23865/noasp.69.ch1. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Hva mener nordmenn om religionshumor? Hvilke vurderinger gjør komikere i forbindelse med humor om religion? På hvilken måte fremstilles religionshumor i dagens mediehverdag? Hvordan forholder ulike religiøse miljøer seg til humor om deres egen trosretning? Det er liten tvil om at koblingen mellom religion og humor noen ganger kan være betent. Religion er ikke alltid til å spøke med. Samtidig finnes det mange eksempler på at religion og humor ikke trenger å stå i et motsetningsforhold, men at det foregår forhandlinger om hvordan humor og religion kan tilpasse seg til hverandre. Det er også mye humor i religiøse miljøer. Denne boken tar for seg møtet mellom humor og religion i ulike sammenhenger. Boken inneholder et knippe bidrag skrevet av personer fra ulike fagfelt med kompetanse på religion, medier og humor. Praktikere på humorfeltet er representert gjennom intervjuer med standupkomikere. Boken retter seg mot alle som er opptatt av religionens rolle i humorsammenhenger, mot praktikere på mediefeltet og religionsfeltet, politikere og andre beslutningstakere, og mot studenter i samfunnsfag, religionsfag og medievitenskap.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2019). Å le eller ikke le: Holdninger til religionshumor i den norske befolkning. In Botvar, Pål Ketil; Gresaker, Ann Kristin & Hovdelien, Olav (Ed.), Ingen spøk. En studie av religion og humor. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202646172. p. 31–53. doi: 10.23865/noasp.69. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Hva mener nordmenn om religionshumor? Hvilke vurderinger gjør komikere i forbindelse med humor om religion? På hvilken måte fremstilles religionshumor i dagens mediehverdag? Hvordan forholder ulike religiøse miljøer seg til humor om deres egen trosretning? Det er liten tvil om at koblingen mellom religion og humor noen ganger kan være betent. Religion er ikke alltid til å spøke med. Samtidig finnes det mange eksempler på at religion og humor ikke trenger å stå i et motsetningsforhold, men at det foregår forhandlinger om hvordan humor og religion kan tilpasse seg til hverandre. Det er også mye humor i religiøse miljøer. Denne boken tar for seg møtet mellom humor og religion i ulike sammenhenger. Boken inneholder et knippe bidrag skrevet av personer fra ulike fagfelt med kompetanse på religion, medier og humor. Praktikere på humorfeltet er representert gjennom intervjuer med standupkomikere. Boken retter seg mot alle som er opptatt av religionens rolle i humorsammenhenger, mot praktikere på mediefeltet og religionsfeltet, politikere og andre beslutningstakere, og mot studenter i samfunnsfag, religionsfag og medievitenskap.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2019). When the Wind is the Answer. The Use of Bob Dylan Songs in Worship Services in Protestant Churches. In Kvalvaag, Robert Williams & Winje, Geir (Ed.), A God of Time and Space: New Perspectives on Bob Dylan and Religion.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202616540. p. 119–141. doi: 10.23865/noasp.74. Full text in Research Archive
• Breskaya, Olga & Botvar, Pål Ketil (2019). Views on religious freedom among young people in Belarus and Norway: Similarities and contrasts. Religions. 10(6). doi: 10.3390/rel10060361. Full text in Research Archive
• Lövheim, Mia; Lindberg, Jonas; Botvar, Pål Ketil; Christensen, Henrik Reintoft; Niemelä, Kati & Bäckström, Anders (2017). Religion on the Political Agenda. In Furseth, Inger (Eds.), Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere. Comparing Nordic Countries. Palgrave Macmillan. ISSN 9783319556772. p. 137–191. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55678-9_4. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This chapter asks whether the growing religious diversity has implied a shift in the role of religion in Nordic political opinions and debates. The analysis shows continued links between individual religiosity and political party preferences, although people in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden have become more tolerant toward religious minorities. In political party platforms, Christianity and the majority churches are still used as references to national identity. There is a growing invocation of religion in parliamentary debates. Especially issues that are related to Islam and human rights have increased. Religion has become more diversified and contested in Nordic politics since the 1980s. The findings suggest a politicization of religion in a process of renegotiating social and cultural identities and values.

• Trysnes, Irene & Botvar, Pål Ketil (2017). "Jeg kaller det Stine-tro." Unge mennesker, individualisering og nyreligiøsitet. In Høeg, Ida Marie (Eds.), Religion og ungdom. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215029375. p. 136–156. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2016). religion, sosial kapital og integrering. en sammenlikning av surveydata fra Norge, Polen og Baltikum, Kristne migranter i Norden. Portal forlag. ISSN 9788283140934. p. 223–242. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  (Bidragsyter og redaktør sammen med Anders Aschim og Helje Kringlebotn Sødal)

• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Holberg, Sunniva E. (2015). Religion i politikken - gammelt tema, nye konflikter. In Furseth, Inger (Eds.), Religionens tilbakekomst i offentligheten? Religion, politikk, medier, stat og sivilsamfunn i Norge siden 1980-tallet. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215024431. p. 38–68. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Mosdøl, Hallvard Olavson (2014). Gudstjenestereform og endringsorientering : en kvantitativ analyse av liturgiske endringer i Den norske kirke. Tidsskrift for Praktisk Teologi (TPT). ISSN 1893-4773. 31(2), p. 48–60. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Sjöborg, Anders (2014). a comparative study of the relation between religion and human rights among young people. In Breemer, Rosemarie van den; Wyller, Trygve E & Casanova, Jose (Ed.), Secular and Sacred? The Scandinavian Case of Religion in Human Rights, Law and Public Space. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISSN 9783525604496. p. 236–260. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The crisis of modern Western secularity has prompted an analysis of the category of the secular. The presumption that modernity would lead to religious decline and the increasing privatization of religion, and that this European pattern could serve as a universal template for modernization, has given way to an investigation into the variety of secularities, secularizations, and secularisms. Consequently, the focus has shifted to multiple secularities in a variety of national and cultural contexts, both in Europe and elsewhere. Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden are notably underresearched in this respect. In global comparisons, they are often grouped under Europe, but in European debates, they are often omitted or placed in the category of countries with established churches (such as England or Greece). Their distinctively Lutheran brand of Protestantism poses a challenge to our theories of secularization and our conceptions of secularity. These Nordic countries are characterized by a highly secular public (in terms of belief and practice), yet a strong religious presence in their legal systems and public institutions. From the perspective of Protestant theology, this ambiguity has been characterized as ‘a hidden sacrality’ in the secular. More interdisciplinary research is, however, needed. From a social-scientific perspective, this ambiguity has not been addressed beyond noting a lack of secularity or secularization. This book examines Scandinavian secularity and explores a range of explanations and interpretations of this ambiguous reality. Drawing on contributions from the social sciences (law, sociology, and political science) and theology and religious studies, the book's contributors explore ways to come to terms with this ambiguity within their respective disciplines.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2012). Utmelding av nordiske folkekirker. In Breistein, Ingunn & Høeg, Ida Marie (Ed.), Religionsstatistikk og medlemsforståelse. Akademisk Forlag. ISSN 9788251929400. p. 213–232. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Sjöborg, Anders (2012). VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG CHRISTIAN, MUSLIM AND NON-RELIGIOUS YOUTH IN NORWAY AND SWEDEN. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. ISSN 0809-7291. 25(1), p. 67–81. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  This study explores the relation between religion and attitudes towards human rights among young people aged 17 to 19. The data material consists of 1660 questionnaires filled out in the classrooms by upper secondary school pupils living in the capital city of Oslo and in the Stockholm/Uppsala area. We want first to find out if there are closer relations between religion and attitudes towards human rights concerning the private sphere than for attitudes towards human rights concerning the public sphere. By rights related to the private sphere we mean views on abortion and family values and by rights related to the public sphere we mean the right to work, views on social equality, freedom of speech, political interest and environmental protection. The study also looks at differences in this regard between Christians, Muslims and a group of nonreligious. The main result is that while a closer relation can be seen between religion and attitudes concerning the private sphere than attitudes concerning the public sphere, there is no support for the assumption that this relationship is stronger amongst the Muslim sub-group

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2010). Per M. Aadnanes: Gud for kvarmann. Kyrkja og den nye religiøsiteten. Sosiologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0804-0486. 18(1), p. 109–111. doi: 10.18261/issn1504-2928-2010-01-09. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Henriksen, Jan-Olav (2010). Mot en alternativreligiøs revolusjon? In Botvar, Pål Ketil & Schmidt, Ulla (Ed.), Religion i dagens Norge. Mellom sekularisering og sakralisering. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215017501. p. 60–80. Full text in Research Archive
• Repstad, Pål; Botvar, Pål Ketil & Aagedal, Olaf (2010). Regionaliseringen av norsk religiøsitet. In Botvar, Pål Ketil & Schmidt, Ulla (Ed.), Religion i dagens Norge. Mellom sekularisering og sakralisering. Universitetsforlaget. ISSN 9788215017501. p. 44–59. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  En studie av om regionale forskjeller i norsk religiøst liv holder seg over tid.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Henriksen, Jan-Olav (2010). Hva skjer med den alternative religiøsiteten? Kirke og kultur. ISSN 0023-186X. 115(4), p. 307–319. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2009). Alternative Religion – A New Political Cleavage?: An Analysis of Norwegian Survey Data on New Forms of Spirituality. Politics and Religion. ISSN 1755-0483. 2(3), p. 378–394. doi: 10.1017/s1755048309990228. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The article addresses the relationship between religion and politics, and combines theories on religious change with theories on political cleavages. Empirical evidence is presented from a Norwegian survey of new forms of religiosity and political attitudes. Woodhead and Heelas (2004) have posited the hypothesis that a silent revolution is taking place where (traditional) religion is giving way to what they call “spirituality of life.” This article questioned the assumption that the individualistic and consumer-oriented New Age movement of the 1980s and 1990s has developed into a new religious movement that is concerned with life quality and social questions. According to the literature on political cleavages, certain demands have to be fulfilled before a social divide or a conflict develops into a full political cleavage. With respect to alternative religion, the empirical analysis reveals that the main obstacle is related to the lack of a collective ideological platform.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2009). Scandinavian folk churches, chauvinism and xenophobia, Holy Nations and Global Identities. Civil Religion, Nationalism and Globalisation, ed. by Annika Hvithamar, Margit Warburg and Brian Arly Jacobsen. De Gruyter Brill. ISSN 9789004178281. p. 183–198. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  An overview of how civil religion in the Nordic counties may be weakened by increased ethnic world-view pluralism, increased globalization and increased struggle for autonomy in the faith communities, but also how civil religion still can be traced.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2005). The Moral Thinking of Three Generations in Scandinavia: What Role Does Religion Play? Social Compass. ISSN 0037-7686. 52(2), p. 185–195. doi: 10.1177/0037768605052601. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  The author compares religious and moral values of three generations in Scandinavia, starting from the question: is it true that young people lack moral principles and have low moral standards compared with older generations? The assumed moral decay in society is often blamed on the young generation. The empirical evidence of the RAMP survey (Religious and Moral Pluralism) does not support this hypothesis. Young people are, however, to a large extent guided by other moral principles than the older generations. While young people often stress the consequences of their moral actions, the older generations emphasize the existence of general rules about right and wrong. This indicates that the young and the older generations approach moral issues in quite different ways. Our material is taken from the RAMP survey conducted in the four Scandinavian countries from 1998 to 1999. RAMP has made it possible for researchers to study the relationships between religiosity and morality in new ways compared to the European Values Studies.

• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2004). The civic role of individualised religion. Tidsskrift for kirke, religion og samfunn. ISSN 0802-0167. 17(2), p. 121–136. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Repstad, Pål Steinar (1997). Fundamentalisme i Norge - et sosiologisk streiftog. Norsk Teologisk Tidsskrift. ISSN 0029-2176. 97(2-3), p. 103–120. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (1996). "En ny himmel og en ny jord". Religion, politikk og holdninger til miljøvern. Norsk statsvitenskapelig tidsskrift. ISSN 0801-1745. 12(2), p. 141–162. Full text in Research Archive

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• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Sjöborg, Anders (2018). Social Conflicts, Religion and Human Rights Support: A Study of Young Christians and Muslims in Scandinavia. Springer. ISBN 9783319773520. 20 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2018). Social Capital and Religion in the Public Sphere: Attitudes to Visible Forms of Religion Among Norwegian High-School Students. Springer. ISBN 9783319592848. 16 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Breskaya, Olga; Sjöborg, Anders & Rogobete, Silviu (2018). Religion, Trust in Institutions and Attitudes Towards Abortion: A Comparison of Lutheran and Orthodox Countries. Springer. ISBN 9783319987729. 30 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Sarti, Claudia; Zielinska, Katarzyna & Zwierzdzynski, Marcin (2018). Religion and Attitudes Towards Abortion and Euthanasia Among Young People in Poland and Norway. Springer. ISBN 9783319987729. 28 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Aagedal, Olaf; Botvar, Pål Ketil & Brottveit, Ånund (2017). Kunsten å jubilere. Grunnlovsfeiring og minnepolitikk. Pax Forlag. ISBN 9788253039121. 269 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Aagedal, Olaf; Botvar, Pål Ketil & Høeg, Ida Marie (2013). Den offentlige sorgen : markeringer, ritualer og religion etter 22. juli. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215020815. 227 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Aasgaard, Reidar & Kvalvaag, Robert (2011). Bob Dylan. Mannen, myten og musikken. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788282650199. 247 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Schmidt, Ulla (2010). Religion i dagens Norge. Mellom sekularisering og sakralisering. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215017501. 223 p. Full text in Research Archive
• Henriksen, Jan-Olav & Botvar, Pål Ketil (2006). Tro : 13 essays om tro. Kom forl.. ISBN 9788292496398. 219 p. Full text in Research Archive

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• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2025). ”Hellig makt: Studier i politisk teologi [Holy Power: Studies in Political Theology]”. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society. ISSN 0809-7291. 38(2), p. 125–126. doi: 10.18261/njrs.38.2.5. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2025). Stadig flere kirkegjengere tror på en fortapelse. [Journal]. Dagen. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2025). Hedret: - En bauta (om PålRepstads hederspris). [Journal]. Avisen Kristiansand. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2024). Human rights - a bridge between RE and Citizenship Education? Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2024). Nordmenn blir stadig mer sekulære, men vi har blitt mye mer opptatt av bibelen. [Internet]. Forskning.no. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2024). 17. mai ropets spesielle historie. [Journal]. Nettavisen. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2024). Religion and Citizenship Education in Norwegian Public Schools. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2024). 17. mai er ikke barnas dag. [Journal]. Stavanger Aftenblad. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2023). Det livssynsåpne samfunn - sett med sosiologiske briller. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2023). Unges forhold til religion og samfunn. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2023). Kan verdifull arv gå dukken? [Radio]. NRK radio P2 Kompass. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2022). Selv religiøse synes det er lov å spøke med religion. p. 14–14. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Religionsfiendtlig ateisme på frammarsj. [Journal]. Vårt Land. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Mange unge vil ha et samfunn uten religion. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Mild reli­giøs nasjo­nalisme preger 17. mai-feiringen. [Journal]. Fædrelandsvennen. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2021). Svekket støtte til livssynsåpent samfunn. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN 0802-8214. 33(3), p. 35–38. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (2017). New Age in Norway, edited by Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Siv Ellen Kraft, & James R. Lewis. Journal of Religion in Europe. ISSN 1874-8910. 10(4), p. 493–495. doi: 10.1163/18748929-01004009. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Mosdøl, Hallvard Olavson (2014). Tegn til reformtretthet. p. 32–33. Full text in Research Archive
• Aasgaard, Reidar; Kvalvaag, Robert & Botvar, Pål Ketil (2011). Intro. In Botvar, Pål Ketil; Aasgaard, Reidar & Kvalvaag, Robert (Ed.), Bob Dylan. Mannen, myten og musikken. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 9788282650199. p. 11–13. Full text in Research Archive
• Jordheim, Trygve W.; Romarheim, Arild & Botvar, Pål Ketil (2007). To av fem har Jesus som frelser. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Brottveit, Ånund; Hoel, Nina Birgette Petersen; Haakedal, Elisabet & Schmidt, Ulla (2015). Avsluttet reform eller fortsatt læring og utvikling? Trosopplæring som samarbeidsform i menighetene. KIFO, Institutt for kirke-, religions- og livssynsforskning. ISSN 9788292972380. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Mosdøl, Hallvard Olavson (2014). Noe falt i god jord : den norske kirkes gudstjenestereform sett fra menighetsnivå. KIFO i samarbeid med Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole og Det teologiske Menighetsfakultet. ISSN 9788292972373. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil; Haakedal, Elisabet & Kinserdal, Frode (2013). Når porten gjøres vid. Evaluering av trosopplæringens breddetiltak. KIFO Stiftelsen Kirkeforskning. ISSN 9788292972328. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil & Lunestad, Jorunn (2001). Survey om nasjonale symboler i Skandinavia : en dokumentasjonsrapport : rapport fra prosjektet: "Nasjonale symboler og ritualer i Norge, Sverige og Danmark". Diakonhjemmets høgskolesenter, Forskningsavdelingen. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (1995). Når øst møter vest. En undersøkelse blant adopterte fra Korea, India og Thailand. Diakonhjemmets høgskolesenter. ISSN 9788290586275. Full text in Research Archive
• Botvar, Pål Ketil (1993). Religion uten kirke. Ikke-institusjonell religiøsitet i Norge, Storbritannia og Tyskland. Diakonhjemmets høgskolesenter. ISSN 9788290586152. Full text in Research Archive

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