811 search results for “religion” in the Public website
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Rethinking Javanese Islam: Towards New Descriptions of Javanese Traditions
Jochem van den Boogert defended his thesis on 18 November 2015
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The Founder of Bon, the Birth of a Myth
In this dissertation, the life account is constructed of of the founder of Bon Religion, Shenrab Miwo.
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Theme Issue on Markus Davidsen’s Vision for the Study of Religion
The latest issue of NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion debates dr. Markus Altena Davidsen’s vision for the future of religious studies in the Netherlands. Comparison, theory formation, and valorization are among the elements that Davidsen urges scholars of religion to prioritize in order…
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Coping With the Gods
Inspired by a critical reconsideration of current monolithic approaches to the study of Greek religion, this book argues that ancient Greeks displayed a disquieting capacity to validate two (or more) dissonant, if not contradictory, representations of the divine world in a complementary rather than…
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A Cultural History of Thunderstorms
How did the invention and implementation of the lightning rod change the perception of thunderstorms on a scientific, technical, religious and artistic level, in the Netherlands and beyond, during the period 1752-1830?
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Bart Labuschagne
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mirjam van Schaik
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Rijk van Dijk
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Ako Tsujita
Faculty of Humanities
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Eric Jorink
Faculty of Humanities
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Johannes Vüllers
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Beyond the Doors of the Synagogue: Self-Perceptions of Jewish Identity in a Modern Canadian Society
Noah Millman defended his thesis on 26 May 2015
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Sara Bolghiran
Faculty of Humanities
- Workshop Law and Religion
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W.E.A. van Beek
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Picturing Intimacy: Mediation and Self-representation in a Boston’s Religious Festivals
Taking as a point of departure the Italian American community in Boston and its process of collective remembrance surrounding Saint Anthony’s Feast, we address the limits and potential of montage.
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Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21
A new paperback edition of Brian Heffernan's book Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21 was published by Manchester University Press in September 2016.
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Framing Late Antique Religion: Religion & Ethnicity in the Quran
Lecture, Framing Late Antique Religion
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Disputing Identity and Religion
Lecture
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Japanese Confucianism
“Winner CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award 2016” A Cultural History
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Jasmijn Rana
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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John Boy
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arnold Ziegelaar
Faculty of Humanities
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Nadia Sonneveld
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Bart Barendregt
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Fang-I Chu
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elizabeth Cecil
Faculty of Humanities
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John-Harmen Valk
Faculty of Humanities
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Sharia in the West
This research projects wants to know what Muslims in the West do and mean by ‘Sharia’, and how the Western legal system responds to that. The focus is on Sharia as an informal practice by Muslims in the West, i.e. other than through state law or state courts.
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Conference on Law and Religion
Conference
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Southeast Asia = Digital Diversity
How has the digital helped to articulate everyday life concerns of common Southeast Asians in all its sheer diversity?
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Catholic Identity and the Revolt of the Netherlands, 1520-1635
Mining the unusually rich diaries, memoirs, and poems written by Netherlandish Catholics, Judith Pollmann explores how Catholic believers experienced religious and political turmoil in the generations between Erasmus and Rubens.
- Guiding Travelers Workshop: Visual Religion
- Guiding Travelers Workshop: Visual Religion
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Research
LUCSoR has chairs in Comparative Religion, Islam in the West, Christianity, and Judaism. Main areas of expertise include ancient Mesopotamian religions, the Enlightenment, Islam in the West, and new spiritual movements.
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The Legal Conception of Religion
PhD Defence
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Interreligious Encounter in a West African City: A Study of Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity Among the Yorùbá of Ogbómòsó, Nigeria
How has interreligious encounter in Ogbómòsó created multiple religious belongings and identities among individuals and groups?
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Nathal Dessing
Faculty of Humanities
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Kiri Paramore
Faculty of Humanities
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jan Boersema
Science
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Michael Kerschner
Faculteit Archeologie
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Peter Pels
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michiel van Elk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kim Beerden
Faculty of Humanities
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Adam Buben
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Renee van Riessen
Faculty of Humanities
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Living on the Other Side: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Migration and Family Law in Morocco
What are the rights of migrants in Morocco and how does this receiving state and migrants deal with them in practice?
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New visiting staff member: Beatriz Paneda Murcia
Beatriz Pañeda Murcia, from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, will be present at our Faculty as a guest PhD researcher over the coming months.
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Roderik Gerritsen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen