Op frequente basis plaatsen wij opiniërende blogs op deze website. Deze blogs worden geschreven door een heel diverse groep auteurs vanuit christelijke of islamitische achtergrond. De thema’s zijn gerelateerd aan de kerk in de context van de islam, of aan ons huidige onderzoeksproject rondom in- en exclusie. De inhoud van de blogs vertolkt niet noodzakelijkerwijs de visie van de Leerstoel.
Volledige oratie Bernhard Reitsma
By Erika van Nes
/ 29 januari 2025
Tijdens de 18e dies natalis van de PThU, op 27 januari jl., sprak dr. Bernhard Reitsma zijn inaugurele rede uit:...
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Oratie prof. dr. Bernhard Reitsma
By Erika van Nes
/ 13 januari 2025
Op 27 januari 2025 gedenkt de PThU haar dies natalis in de Janskerk in Utrecht. Tijdens de plechtigheid zal dr....
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Conversation Guide #18: Theological Reflections – by Bernhard Reitsma and Erika van Nes
By Erika van Nes
/ 18 september 2024
The main question in the enquiry presented in the volume Religious Exclusivism and Social Inclusion: A Religious Approach is how...
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Conversation Guide #17: Missiological Reflections – by Dorottya Nagy
By Erika van Nes
/ 10 september 2024
Initiating conversations about religious exclusivism and social inclusion at the level of faith-communities implies conversations about belonging. Conversations on belonging...
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Conversation Guide #16: Gender Related Inclusionary and Exclusionary Practices – by Laura Dijkhuizen and Jack Barentsen
By Erika van Nes
/ 24 juli 2024
Inclusive and exclusive practices are part of innovation and changes in religious organisations like churches. This research offers unique insights...
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Conversation Guide #15: The Pela as a Model for Inclusive Peacebuilding – by the late Simon Ririhena
By Erika van Nes
/ 17 juli 2024
In his book The Clash of Civilizations, Samuel P. Huntington posited the thesis that cultural and religious identity (Christian West...
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Conversation Guide #14: Canaan and the New World – by Eleonora Hof
By Erika van Nes
/ 10 juli 2024
This article argues that we have much to learn from Native American theologians when finding constructive ways to deal with...
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Conversation Guide #13: Exclusionary Texts in ‘A Common Word’ – by Gé Speelman
By Erika van Nes
/ 3 juli 2024
In Muslim-Christian encounter, exclusionary texts both from the Qur’an and the Bible play a role. Often, Christian authors have tried...
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Conversation Guide #12: Apostasy in Islam – by Razi H. Quadir
By Erika van Nes
/ 26 juni 2024
Apostasy in Islam is a sensitive and topical subject. In certain Muslim majority countries, apostasy is a punishable offence, including...
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Conversation Guide #11: Al-walā’ w’ al-barā’ (Loyalty and Disavowal) – by Yaser Ellethy
By Erika van Nes
/ 19 juni 2024
The notion of al-walā’ w’ al-barā’ is entrenched in some classical and modern Muslim discourses as one of the tenets...
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Conversation Guide #10: ‘Idolatry’ in Rabbinic Discussion – by the late Leo Mock
By Erika van Nes
/ 12 juni 2024
This article focuses on the concept of idolatry in online discourses of contemporary rabbis belonging to Israel’s Religious Zionist movement....
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Conversation Guide #9: Hebrews, Deuteronomy, and Exclusion in the Early Church – by Bert Jan Lietaert Peerbolte
By Erika van Nes
/ 5 juni 2024
In the Epistle to the Hebrews, the author of which is unknown, several warnings are found that aim at keeping...
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Conversation Guide #8: The Dynamics of Exclusion and Inclusion in 1 Peter – by Kobus Kok
By Erika van Nes
/ 29 mei 2024
This paper examines the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in earliest Christianity by focusing on 1 Peter. Peter was one...
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Conversation Guide #7: Discerning the Body in 1 Corinthians 10 – by Peter Ben Smit
By Erika van Nes
/ 22 mei 2024
1 Corinthians 10 is a text clearly concerned with inclusion and exclusion. The key site of inclusion and exclusion in...
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Conversation Guide #6: Otherness and Exile – by Henk Bakker
By Erika van Nes
/ 15 mei 2024
According to leading Jewish scholars, Jesus should basically be understood within the conservative Palestinian settings in which he was raised....
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Conversation Guide #5: Deuteronomy 17 – by Joep Dubbink & Klaas Spronk
By Erika van Nes
/ 8 mei 2024
In Deuteronomy 17 it seems that apostasy or ‘leaving your religion’ is punished by death, a shocking outcome for the...
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Conversation Guide #4: Apostasy, A Social Identity Perspective – by Jack Barentsen
By Erika van Nes
/ 1 mei 2024
Apostasy is a counter-cultural concept for many western Christians. Freedom of speech and thorough-going individualism underpin a climate of pluralism...
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Conversation Guide #3: Apostasy in Terms of Moral Deviance – by Robert Ermers
By Erika van Nes
/ 24 april 2024
In this article I argue that apostates – people who renounce their family’s and their community’s religious beliefs – often...
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Conversation Guide #2: A Humble Exclusivism? – by Dirk-Martin Grube
By Erika van Nes
/ 17 april 2024
In this article, I develop a humble exclusivism. The guiding motif is to conceptualize an exclusivism that avoids (what I...
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Conversation Guide #1: Exclusion versus Inclusion – by Bernhard Reitsma
By Erika van Nes
/ 10 april 2024
‘I killed God and buried Him.’ That is what Jason Walters said after he was deradicalized. Walters is an ex-Jihadist...
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