Arie L Molendijk
Biographic Data
| ID | 267776 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arie L Molendijk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arie L |
| FAMILY NAME | Molendijk |
| SIGNATURE | MOLENDIJK A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8576-5624 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 38 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 8 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Heat of Change: The Study of Religion and Theology in the Netherlands (1989–2024)
This article discusses the transformation of theology and religious studies in the Netherlands between 1989 and 2024. Molendijk reflects on the significant changes within Dutch academia, particularly the increase in student numbers and the shift towards efficiency-driven education and research. He critiques the management style of universities (“New Public Management”), focusing on bureaucratic control and assessment procedures that prioritize me…
Wat is godsdienstwijsbegeerte
What is Philosophy of Religion? This article focuses on the question what philosophy of religion is about. There is a lot of confusion, and therefore I start with a discussion of the often forgotten origin of the discipline (1). Second, I discuss the view of Wim Drees (2), before giving my own view, which is much more oriented towards the phenomena of religion and religiosity in a particular historical context (3). Finally, I try to explain the d…
Ernst Troeltsch. Theologe im Welthorizont: Eine Biographie
Cilliers Breytenbach und Christoph Markschies (hrsg.), Adolf Deissmann: Ein (zu Unrecht) vergessener Theologe und Philologe
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Paul Silas Peterson, The Early Karl Barth. Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation, 1905-1935
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Reinold Schmücker und Johannes Müller-Salo (hrsg.), Pietät und Weltbezug: Universitätsphilosophie in Münster
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William Robertson Smith, Selected Letters
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Introduction: Science of Religion and No End
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Willem Banning and the Reform of Socialism in the Netherlands
In 1947 the liberal Protestant minister Willem Banning drafted a new programme for the Labour Party, in which the party dropped the Marxist view of history and class struggle. New Labour in the Netherlands was envisioned as a party that strove for a democratic and just society. Banning's role in reforming the Labour Party was part of his broader project of breaking down structures of socio-political segregation that had existed since the end of t…
Ernst Troeltsch and Mysticism
Although the ‘mystical’ character of Ernst Troeltsch’s theological programme is controversial, the fact that ‘mysticism’ played an eminent role in his analysis of modern Christianity can hardly be denied. This article first spells out the different aspects of Troeltsch’s concept of mysticism ( Mystik ) against the background of contemporary theological and religious developments. On the one hand, the highly critical discourse on mysticism of the …
 Religionâ in der Soziologie Max Webers by Hartmann Tyrell (review)
122 Max Weber Studies© Max Weber Studies 2016. On one area that Ghosh should have made more of, in the light of his goal of hooking up the 1890s lectures on economy with the final version of ‘Economy and Society’, is Weber’s economics. Ghosh, however, is not interested in the substantive sense of economics, or indeed of sociology, politics, and law; and the studies on Hinduism, Buddhism, and China degenerate, for him, into merely historicalempiri…
“A Squeezed Out Lemon Peel.” Abraham Kuyper on Modernism
It will come as no surprise that theological modernism and Abraham Kuyper do not get on. Famously, Kuyper spoke of modernism as “a fata morgana in the Christian domain.” Kuyper gave the Fata Morgana speech at various occasions, and made the term “modernism” ( modernisme ) current at the time. The text was published in 1871. This article discusses Kuyper’s view of theological modernism, especially the 1871 address, which is his most extensive trea…
“A Squeezed Out Lemon Peel.” Abraham Kuyper on Modernism
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Exploring the Postsecular: The Religious, the Political and the Urban
Contributors Include: Justin Beaumont, James A. Beckford, Luke Bretherton, Paul Cloke, Candice Dias, Wilhelm Grab, Maaike de Haardt, Jason Hackworth, Christoph Jedan, Kim Knott, Michiel Leezenberg, Bernice Martin, David Martin, Gregor McLennan, Arie L. Molendijk, Nihan Ozdemir Sonmez, Martijn Oosterbaan, Andy F. Sanders, Anke Schuster, Hetty Zock.
Les premiers congrès d’histoire des religions, ou comment faire de la religion un objet de science
L’article décrit la genèse des congrès scientifiques d’histoire des religions à la fin du xixe siècle. Les congrès de Paris en 1900 (Premier Congrès International d’Histoire des Religions) et de Leyde en 1912 sont discutés en détail. En comparant avec le congrès sur la religion le plus célèbre de l’histoire moderne, le World’s Parliament of Religions, qui faisait partie de la World’s Columbian Exposition de Chicago en 1893, nous montrons que les …
Neo-Calvinist Culture Protestantism: Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures
The article addresses Kuyper's re-interpretation of Calvinism, which allegedly combined the richness of its tradition with an endorsement of modern principles and ways of life (except for gambling, theater going, and some other minor activities). Yet the acceptance of the modern way of life did not mean secularism; on the contrary, according to Kuyper Calvinism in itself was a modern principle, which could – against the prevailing powers of a sec…
Holy ground: Reinventing Ritual Space in Modern Western Culture
Paradigms, Poetics and Politics of Conversion
In the terms of Durheimian sociology, conversion is a fait social. Although they are rarely treated as a cultural phenomenon, conversions can obviously be examined for the norms, values and presuppositions of the cultures in which they take place. Thus conversion can help us to shed light on a particular culture. At the same time, the term evokes a dramatic appeal that suggests a kind of suddenness, although in most cases conversion implies a mor…
Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology: Religion and Cultural Synthesis in Wilhelmine Germany by Mark D. Chapman (review)
Book Reviews 159 Politik der 'mittleren Linie'. Den liberalen Kulturprotestanten ist der Weg in die politische Klasse generell verstellt; im Hause Max Webers darf der Name des Kaisers nicht genannt werden. Harnack dagegen erhält privilegierten Zugang zu Kaiser und Kanzlern. Bei Beginn des Weltkriegs nimmt er eine Schlüsselrolle als 'public moralist' ein und repräsentiert auf dem Höhepunkt seiner gelehrtenpolitischen Macht den Zusammenhang von Gro…
The Emergence of the Science of Religion in the Netherlands
This book explores the emergence of the science of religion in the Netherlands in the second half of the nineteenth century. This development is examined in a broad academic context, covering various disciplines, and in terms of socio-historical processes. The life and work of scholars such as Cornelis Petrus Tiele and Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, as well as less known scholars are discussed in some detail. The emphasis is on processes…
Religion at the 1883 Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition in Amsterdam
Das Thema dieses Aufsatzes ist die Art und Weise, in der Religion auf der Weltausstellung 1883 in Amsterdam repräsentiert wurde. Zuerst wird die facettenreiche Komplexität der Weltausstellungen (“Wallfahrtsstätte zum Fetisch Ware”, Walter Benjamin) umrissen, um dann den Aufbau der Amsterdamer Kolonial- und Exportausstellung zu beschreiben. Solche Ausstellungen waren heterogene Mischungen aus Erbauung und Unterhaltung, aus nationalem Stolz und int…
That Most Important Science: The Study of Church History in the Netherlands in the Nineteenth Century
Religious Development: C. P. Tiele's Paradigm of Science of Religion
This essay explores C. P. Tiele's fundamental notion of religious development and, in a certain respect, it complements my earlier paper on his concept of religion, which he ultimately locates "in the innermost depths of our souls" (Numen 46 [1999]). The present article argues that the mere possibility of an interrelated, comparative study of religions (in the plural) is founded on the idea of a developmental history of religion (in the singular)…
Die Verflüchtigung des freisinnigen Protestantismus in den Niederlanden
Article Die Verflüchtigung des freisinnigen Protestantismus in den Niederlanden was published on January 1, 2001 in the journal Journal for the History of Modern Theology / Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte (volume 8, issue 1)
The Heritage of Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830-1902)1
The Emergence of the Science of Religion in the Netherlands
This book explores the emergence of the science of religion in the Netherlands in the second half of the nineteenth century. This development is examined in a broad academic context, covering various disciplines, and in terms of socio-historical processes. The life and work of scholars such as Cornelis Petrus Tiele and Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, as well as less known scholars are discussed in some detail. The emphasis is on processes…
Holy ground: Reinventing Ritual Space in Modern Western Culture
Carte Blanche for 'Witness
Le passé simple et l'imparfait: Une approche reichenbachienne
Faux Titre est une collection d'études en littérature française. Depuis cinquante ans déjà, elle offre une sélection d'essais de haute envergure, couvrant l'ensemble du domaine de la recherche littéraire, de la littérature médiévale jusqu'à l'extrême contemporain. La collection offre également une plate-forme pour de nouvelles pistes de recherche comme les études de traduction, les littératures minoritaires, les études du genre et queer, l'écolog…
Anaphore et imparfait: La référence globale à des situations présupposées ou impliquées
Zwischen Theologie und Soziologie. Ernst Troeltschs Typen der Christlichen Gemeinschaftsbildung: Kirche, Sekte, Mystik [Between Theology and Sociology. Ernst Troeltsch's Types of Christian Community: …
Preliminary Material
Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Emerging Disciplines: Boundary Disputes
Transforming Theology: The Institutionalization of the Science of Religion in the Netherlands
Institutionalization: National Settings
Religion in the Making: The Emergence of the Sciences of Religion
This volume explores the ways in which religion became the object of scientific research in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most obvious is the development of an increasingly autonomous science of religion (with founding fathers like Max Müller and C.P. Tiele). However, within anthropology (Tylor, Frazer), sociology (Durkheim, Max Weber), and psychology (William James), religion also came to be seen as a separate entity to be studie…
Tiele On Religion
This essay explores C.P. Tiele's concept of religion. After a sketch of his place in early Dutch science of religion (I), an outline is given of the main theme in Tiele's discussion of religion — the relationship between outside ("dogma and ritual") and inside ("inner conviction") (II). The most voluminous part of the essay (III) elaborates on this topic by giving a detailed analysis of Tiele's Gifford Lectures. The structure of this magnum opus …
The Heritage of Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830-1902)1
Die Verflüchtigung des freisinnigen Protestantismus in den Niederlanden
Article Die Verflüchtigung des freisinnigen Protestantismus in den Niederlanden was published on January 1, 2001 in the journal Journal for the History of Modern Theology / Zeitschrift für Neuere Theologiegeschichte (volume 8, issue 1)
Religion at the 1883 Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition in Amsterdam
Das Thema dieses Aufsatzes ist die Art und Weise, in der Religion auf der Weltausstellung 1883 in Amsterdam repräsentiert wurde. Zuerst wird die facettenreiche Komplexität der Weltausstellungen (“Wallfahrtsstätte zum Fetisch Ware”, Walter Benjamin) umrissen, um dann den Aufbau der Amsterdamer Kolonial- und Exportausstellung zu beschreiben. Solche Ausstellungen waren heterogene Mischungen aus Erbauung und Unterhaltung, aus nationalem Stolz und int…
That Most Important Science: The Study of Church History in the Netherlands in the Nineteenth Century
Religious Development: C. P. Tiele's Paradigm of Science of Religion
This essay explores C. P. Tiele's fundamental notion of religious development and, in a certain respect, it complements my earlier paper on his concept of religion, which he ultimately locates "in the innermost depths of our souls" (Numen 46 [1999]). The present article argues that the mere possibility of an interrelated, comparative study of religions (in the plural) is founded on the idea of a developmental history of religion (in the singular)…
Ernst Troeltsch and Liberal Theology: Religion and Cultural Synthesis in Wilhelmine Germany by Mark D. Chapman (review)
Book Reviews 159 Politik der 'mittleren Linie'. Den liberalen Kulturprotestanten ist der Weg in die politische Klasse generell verstellt; im Hause Max Webers darf der Name des Kaisers nicht genannt werden. Harnack dagegen erhält privilegierten Zugang zu Kaiser und Kanzlern. Bei Beginn des Weltkriegs nimmt er eine Schlüsselrolle als 'public moralist' ein und repräsentiert auf dem Höhepunkt seiner gelehrtenpolitischen Macht den Zusammenhang von Gro…
The Emergence of the Science of Religion in the Netherlands
This book explores the emergence of the science of religion in the Netherlands in the second half of the nineteenth century. This development is examined in a broad academic context, covering various disciplines, and in terms of socio-historical processes. The life and work of scholars such as Cornelis Petrus Tiele and Pierre Daniel Chantepie de la Saussaye, as well as less known scholars are discussed in some detail. The emphasis is on processes…
Paradigms, Poetics and Politics of Conversion
In the terms of Durheimian sociology, conversion is a fait social. Although they are rarely treated as a cultural phenomenon, conversions can obviously be examined for the norms, values and presuppositions of the cultures in which they take place. Thus conversion can help us to shed light on a particular culture. At the same time, the term evokes a dramatic appeal that suggests a kind of suddenness, although in most cases conversion implies a mor…
Holy ground: Reinventing Ritual Space in Modern Western Culture
Neo-Calvinist Culture Protestantism: Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures
The article addresses Kuyper's re-interpretation of Calvinism, which allegedly combined the richness of its tradition with an endorsement of modern principles and ways of life (except for gambling, theater going, and some other minor activities). Yet the acceptance of the modern way of life did not mean secularism; on the contrary, according to Kuyper Calvinism in itself was a modern principle, which could – against the prevailing powers of a sec…
Exploring the Postsecular: The Religious, the Political and the Urban
Contributors Include: Justin Beaumont, James A. Beckford, Luke Bretherton, Paul Cloke, Candice Dias, Wilhelm Grab, Maaike de Haardt, Jason Hackworth, Christoph Jedan, Kim Knott, Michiel Leezenberg, Bernice Martin, David Martin, Gregor McLennan, Arie L. Molendijk, Nihan Ozdemir Sonmez, Martijn Oosterbaan, Andy F. Sanders, Anke Schuster, Hetty Zock.
Les premiers congrès d’histoire des religions, ou comment faire de la religion un objet de science
L’article décrit la genèse des congrès scientifiques d’histoire des religions à la fin du xixe siècle. Les congrès de Paris en 1900 (Premier Congrès International d’Histoire des Religions) et de Leyde en 1912 sont discutés en détail. En comparant avec le congrès sur la religion le plus célèbre de l’histoire moderne, le World’s Parliament of Religions, qui faisait partie de la World’s Columbian Exposition de Chicago en 1893, nous montrons que les …
Philosophy (27 works) · Political science (22 works) · Law (19 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Epistemology (13 works) · History (13 works) · Religious studies (13 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (11 works) · Art (10 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (9 works)