Brenda E Bartelink
Biographic Data
| ID | 910607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brenda E Bartelink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brenda E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bartelink |
| SIGNATURE | BARTELINK B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6037-2602 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond resistance and compliance: Muslim intellectuals and Islamic education in 1970s Indonesia
The 1970s Indonesia, marked by Suharto’s autocratic New Order Regime, entailed a critical moment in the reimagination of Islamic education by a generation of Neo-modernist Muslim intellectuals. The aim of this article is to examine how these individuals, working in a repressive political context and in a traditionalist religious milieu, applied notions of democracy, pluralism, and critical thinking in their educational thinking. We argue that pol…
Unsettled grounds: Religion, gender and sexual nationalism in a Dutch city
This contribution explores how the polarisation between religion, gender and sexuality in relation to nationalism manifests in the Dutch city of The Hague. Conceptual debates on secularism and sexual nationalism, as well as the materialist study of religion, are brought into conversation with ethnographic data on African Christian placemaking in the city. The contribution demonstrates how materialisations of Dutch secular nationalism become visib…
Moral Dilemmas in Foster Care Due to Religious Differences Between Birth Parents, Foster Parents, and Foster Children
Many ethnoreligious-minority foster children in several western countries, including the Netherlands, are placed and permanently live with ethnically and religiously non-matched foster families (i.e., in trans-religious foster care ). We examine whether and which moral dilemmas exist around the issue of how religion should be weighted in trans-religious foster care to provide ethnoreligious-minority foster children with healthy identity developme…
Weaving webs of well-being: The ethics of navigating religious differences in Christian foster families with foster children of various backgrounds
This article analyzes ethical issues arising in transreligious foster care placements in relation to foster children's needs regarding religious socialization and identification. Applying Urban Walker's expressive-collaborative framework to 30 qualitative interviews with foster parents, foster children, parents, and professionals, we elaborate and apply a three-level reflection on Christian foster parents' ethics of care in everyday practice of f…
The ambivalence of the immanent
Within broad and comprehensive understanding of human security as promoted by UN, this chapter argues that religion is as relevant as any other element of human security/insecurity. It takes up this particular task through lens of HIV and AIDS pandemic. As the author argues, pandemic has influenced changes in landscape of human security, as international actors have called for broadening of human security to include health and other domains of li…
The Personal is Political: Pentecostal Approaches to Governance and Security
In this essay, I explore Pentecostal approaches to governance and security, taking an anthropological approach. I focus on Pentecostalism as a distinctive way of looking at and being in the world, one that understands the family as central in its approach governance and security. I highlight the paradox between Pentecostalism’s strong orientation towards individual and family moral conduct and practices of female leadership in Pentecostal context…
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, hardback, 240 pages
The challenges of incorporating Muslim women's views into development policy: Analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen
This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we argue that the project did not meet expectations or project goals because it failed to go …
Weaving webs of well-being: The ethics of navigating religious differences in Christian foster families with foster children of various backgrounds
This article analyzes ethical issues arising in transreligious foster care placements in relation to foster children's needs regarding religious socialization and identification. Applying Urban Walker's expressive-collaborative framework to 30 qualitative interviews with foster parents, foster children, parents, and professionals, we elaborate and apply a three-level reflection on Christian foster parents' ethics of care in everyday practice of f…
The challenges of incorporating Muslim women's views into development policy: Analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen
This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we argue that the project did not meet expectations or project goals because it failed to go …
The Personal is Political: Pentecostal Approaches to Governance and Security
In this essay, I explore Pentecostal approaches to governance and security, taking an anthropological approach. I focus on Pentecostalism as a distinctive way of looking at and being in the world, one that understands the family as central in its approach governance and security. I highlight the paradox between Pentecostalism’s strong orientation towards individual and family moral conduct and practices of female leadership in Pentecostal context…
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, hardback, 240 pages
The challenges of incorporating Muslim women's views into development policy: Analysis of a Dutch action research project in Yemen
This article discusses the Muslim Women and Development Action Research Project (MWDAR), an attempt by the Dutch government to introduce new discourses on Islam and the empowerment of women into their development policy. Based on a discussion of the project in Yemen, an analysis of its evaluation reports, and follow-up research with project participants, we argue that the project did not meet expectations or project goals because it failed to go …
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism
Around Joan Wallach Scott's Sex and Secularism Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, hardback, 240 pages
The ambivalence of the immanent
Within broad and comprehensive understanding of human security as promoted by UN, this chapter argues that religion is as relevant as any other element of human security/insecurity. It takes up this particular task through lens of HIV and AIDS pandemic. As the author argues, pandemic has influenced changes in landscape of human security, as international actors have called for broadening of human security to include health and other domains of li…
The Personal is Political: Pentecostal Approaches to Governance and Security
In this essay, I explore Pentecostal approaches to governance and security, taking an anthropological approach. I focus on Pentecostalism as a distinctive way of looking at and being in the world, one that understands the family as central in its approach governance and security. I highlight the paradox between Pentecostalism’s strong orientation towards individual and family moral conduct and practices of female leadership in Pentecostal context…
Moral Dilemmas in Foster Care Due to Religious Differences Between Birth Parents, Foster Parents, and Foster Children
Many ethnoreligious-minority foster children in several western countries, including the Netherlands, are placed and permanently live with ethnically and religiously non-matched foster families (i.e., in trans-religious foster care ). We examine whether and which moral dilemmas exist around the issue of how religion should be weighted in trans-religious foster care to provide ethnoreligious-minority foster children with healthy identity developme…
Weaving webs of well-being: The ethics of navigating religious differences in Christian foster families with foster children of various backgrounds
This article analyzes ethical issues arising in transreligious foster care placements in relation to foster children's needs regarding religious socialization and identification. Applying Urban Walker's expressive-collaborative framework to 30 qualitative interviews with foster parents, foster children, parents, and professionals, we elaborate and apply a three-level reflection on Christian foster parents' ethics of care in everyday practice of f…
Unsettled grounds: Religion, gender and sexual nationalism in a Dutch city
This contribution explores how the polarisation between religion, gender and sexuality in relation to nationalism manifests in the Dutch city of The Hague. Conceptual debates on secularism and sexual nationalism, as well as the materialist study of religion, are brought into conversation with ethnographic data on African Christian placemaking in the city. The contribution demonstrates how materialisations of Dutch secular nationalism become visib…
Beyond resistance and compliance: Muslim intellectuals and Islamic education in 1970s Indonesia
The 1970s Indonesia, marked by Suharto’s autocratic New Order Regime, entailed a critical moment in the reimagination of Islamic education by a generation of Neo-modernist Muslim intellectuals. The aim of this article is to examine how these individuals, working in a repressive political context and in a traditionalist religious milieu, applied notions of democracy, pluralism, and critical thinking in their educational thinking. We argue that pol…
Sociology (7 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Foster care (2 works) · Foster parents (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)