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Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Dutch Politics, Law and Religion, Public Theology, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Interview over religie, overheid en politiek

Hans-Martien ten Napel

Vorige maand had ik een anderhalf uur durend gesprek over religie, overheid en politiek met de voorzitter van het Custodes Instituut, de heer Roan A. Asselman. Het interview is inmiddels in twee delen verschenen. Het eerste deel, dat een historisch en actueel overzicht geeft van de christelijke partijpolitiek in Nederland, is hier raadpleegbaar: https://custodes.be/2024/06/21/prof-hans-martien-ten-napel-leiden-over-religie-overheid-en-politiek-1-2/. Het… Continue reading Interview over religie, overheid en politiek

Democracy, Dutch Politics

Dutch democracy: A sinking ship?

Hans-Martien ten Napel

By request, I am now making the article below, which appeared on the Flemish news site Doorbraak on March 2, also available in English. By chance, I recently came across a blog post I wrote about the state of Dutch democracy after the 2017 Lower House elections. In these elections, Geert Wilders’ populist Party for… Continue reading Dutch democracy: A sinking ship?

Comparative Constitutional Law, Law and Religion, Public Theology, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Contribution to Symposium “Rethinking Human Rights” at Law & Liberty

Hans-Martien ten Napel

I was pleased to contribute to this excellent symposium. "The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified 75 years ago on December 10, 1948. How the world understands universal human rights has changed significantly in that time. In this symposium, several Law & Liberty contributors consider the nature of universal human rights, what is necessary to uphold… Continue reading Contribution to Symposium “Rethinking Human Rights” at Law & Liberty

Democracy, Dutch Politics, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics

Copromotor, ‘Besloten. Politieke onderhandelingen tussen de Nederlandse overheid en religieuze organisaties, 1946-1996’ (Leonard van ‘t Hul), UvA, 7 oktober 2020

Hans-Martien ten Napel

'De tweede helft van twintigste eeuw wordt beschouwd als een periode van religieuze neergang: kerken liepen leeg en confessionele partijen verloren hun Kamerzetels. In het parlement groeide de kritiek op de geprivilegieerde positie van de kerken. Leonard van ’t Hul laat in zijn onderzoek zien dat er ondanks maatschappelijke kritiek geen sprake is van een… Continue reading Copromotor, ‘Besloten. Politieke onderhandelingen tussen de Nederlandse overheid en religieuze organisaties, 1946-1996’ (Leonard van ‘t Hul), UvA, 7 oktober 2020

Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Dutch Politics, Law and Religion, Public Theology, Religion and Politics

‘An Encouraging Trend in Dutch Scholarship’

Hans-Martien ten Napel

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’

Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Upcoming Speaking Engagement: Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion, Bologna, March 4-7, 2019

Hans-Martien ten Napel

From 4-7 March, I will be chairing two panels on philosopher James K.A. Smith's trilogy during the Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion in Bologna. Read more about the panels here: 'This panel considers James K.A. Smith’s Cultural Liturgies (Desiring the King, Imagining the King, Awaiting the King) and discusses the potential for… Continue reading Upcoming Speaking Engagement: Annual Conference of the European Academy of Religion, Bologna, March 4-7, 2019

Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, University, Whither Europe?

Overwegende… Yvonne Zonderop en de wetenschappelijke kakafonie van opvattingen (I)

Hans-Martien ten Napel

Voor de binnenkort verschijnende, derde aflevering van het Tijdschrift voor Religie, Recht en Beleid van 2018 schreef ik een Overwegende onder bovenstaande titel. In drie achtereenvolgende blogposten valt de voorlaatste versie van dit redactioneel hier alvast te lezen. In haar boek Ongelofelijk beschrijft Yvonne Zonderop de teloorgang van het christelijk geloof in Nederland gedurende de afgelopen… Continue reading Overwegende… Yvonne Zonderop en de wetenschappelijke kakafonie van opvattingen (I)

Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracy, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

Call for Papers, Panel on Public Theology and its potential for Law and Religion scholarship

Hans-Martien ten Napel

UPDATE: see for the call: I am currently putting together a panel for the 2019 conference of the European Academy of Religion on the question of what, if anything, law and religion scholarship can learn from public theology works such as James K.A. Smith's Awaiting the King. Anyone interested in joining the panel, please let… Continue reading Call for Papers, Panel on Public Theology and its potential for Law and Religion scholarship

Democracy, Dutch Politics, Law and Religion, Religion and Politics, Whither Europe?

On Islam (Volume six of the Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology series)

Hans-Martien ten Napel

'At the beginning of the twentieth century, famed theologian Abraham Kuyper toured the Mediterranean world and encountered Islam for the first time. Part travelogue, part cultural critique, On Islam presents a European imperialist seeing firsthand the damage colonialism had caused and the value of a religion he had never truly understood. Here, Kuyper’s doctrine of common… Continue reading On Islam (Volume six of the Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology series)