Indecent Calvinists and Vanilla Secularism

Redefining Decency in The Netherlands

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ID14949013
AuthorsJanneke Stegeman (corresponding author), Mariecke Van Den Berg (0000-0001-9734-7497), Matthea Westerduin
Year2018
Volume26
Issue3
Pages308-320
Publication date2018-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0966-7350 • E-ISSN: 1745-5189
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0966735018759454
OpenAlexW2799456803
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited17

Using Althaus-Reid’s Indecent Theology as a methodology, this article contributes to reflections on the contextuality and physical dimension of Dutch theology: its relation to the Protestant white (mostly male) bodies of its practitioners and its support of and contributions to colonial power and colonial racializing discourse. We do this in a context of a ‘return to decency’ in political discourse in which ‘our’ Calvinist roots are evoked to construct a ‘shared’ past. Using two case studies, we analyse how the in/decent is constructed in the Netherlands. As secularism is more ‘vanilla’ and Calvinism more indecent than is usually assumed, engagement with indecent texts and untidy roots of Calvinism is needed to re-member both the violent character of Calvinist hermeneutics, as well as its potential for indecent readings

Calvinism · Colonialism · Hermeneutics · Islam · Political science · Politics · Protestantism · Secularism · Sociology · Theology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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