The latest issue of Ecclesiastical Law Journal contains a review of a recent book by my colleague Sophie van Bijsterveld, who is Professor of Religion, Law, and Society at Radboud University in Nijmegen. The opening paragraph of the review reads as follows: 'State and Religion: re-assessing a mutual relationship is a spry and engaging contribution to… Continue reading ‘An Encouraging Trend in Dutch Scholarship’
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Paper presentation during XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions
Paper presentation during XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions, panel on 'Religion Renegotiated: Faith-Based Organizations and the State since the 1960s', Erfurt, Germany, August 23-29, 2015: http://www.iahr2015.org/iahr/3158.html. Panel description: 'Christian faith-based organizations have long been regarded as constitutive to the functioning of civil society and hence granted a special position… Continue reading Paper presentation during XXI World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions