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NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 64, Issue 2, 2010
Volume 64, Issue 2, 2010
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[Religie als bron van zingeving en sociale binding. Godsdienstpsychologische reflecties bij Gijs Dingemans’ In vredesnaam, Religion as a source of Meaning-Making and Social Cohesion. Psychological Reflections on Gijs Dingemans's in Vredesnaam]
By Hetty ZockThe author argues that individual usage and appropriation of religious traditions has become increasingly important. Therefore, church leaders and pastors should pay more attention to the psychological functions of religion. On the one hand religion serves as a source of existential meaning-making and on the other hand as a powerful glue of group identities. By discussing the psychological theories of Erik H. Erikson, Hubert Hermans and James W. Jones, the Janus face of religion is highlighted. Religion may lead to intolerance and stereotyped behaviour (when it is only used to reduce identity anxiety and narcissistic problems), but it may also stimulate empathy and dialogical capacities.
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[The Role of the Churches in the Public Sphere, De rol van de kerken in het publieke domein]
Authors: Gerrit de Kruijf & Henk de RoestThis article offers a bird’s-eye view of the position of the church towards the state, ending in a description of the church’s relationship to democracy. In addition, the authors sketch Dingemans’s view of the role of the church in society and describe possibilities for relevant speaking and acting of the church in the public domain, both at the national level and at the local level of villages and housing estates. Special attention is paid to the role of churchgoers who are active as volunteers both within their own religious communities and outside (e.g. community and public service). Empirical research demonstrates that church attendance predicts volunteering or, in the words of Robert Putnam, that ‘church people are unusually active social capitalists’.
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[The Sacred Domain. Toward a new Relationship between the Private, the Public, and the Sacred, Het sacrale domein. Aanzetten tot een nieuwe verhouding tussen het private, het publieke en het sacrale]
More LessCurrent discussions about religion and the pre-political foundations of liberal democracies tend to distinguish only between the private and the public realm. In order to do more justice to the meaning of religion, a plea is held to discern and explore a dimension beyond the private and the public: the domain of the sacred. Inspired by the work of Rudolf Otto and Eric Voegelin, the relevance of the sacred for both the private and the public spheres is analyzed. Only by distinguishing between these three domains can totalitarianism (sacralization of the public) and sectarianism (sacralization of the private) be avoided.
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[Religious Ethics and Secular Political Reason, Religiöse Ethik und säkulare politische Vernunft]
More LessThe argument of this article falls into three parts. In the first part, three models are outlined that describe the relationship between religious ethics and secular reason: (i) a ‘proprium model’ stating that religious ethics has a specific content that cannot be supplied by secular reason, (ii) a ‘harmony model’ stressing the overlap of religious values and secular reason, and (iii) a ‘separation model’ emphasizing the disjunction between the religious and the secular political spheres. In the second part, the analysis of the three models is illustrated with a discussion of In vredesnaam [‘For the Sake of Peace’], the most recent work of Dutch practical theologian Gijs Dingemans, who favours model (i). The third part criticizes the scepticism with regard to reason undergirding model (i) and argues that models (ii) and (iii) are preferable. It suggests that Dingemans’s other theological convictions are best supported by model (ii).
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[Radical Pluralism and Inter-Traditional Conversation, Radicaal pluralisme en inter-traditionele conversatie]
More LessThe author questions Gijs Dingemans’s account of a pluralist morality for the world by arguing that he disregards the crucial relation between basic moral rules and secondary rules and therefore overlooks the problem of the radical pluralism that follows from local interpretations of those basic rules. Showing in what ways pluralism differs from monism or dogmatism as well as from radical relativism, the author proceeds to develop some characteristics of what he calls the inter-traditional conversation between participants in differing life-view traditions.
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[Religie en zingeving in een democratische samenleving. Van dominantie naar dialoog, Religion and the search for Meaning in a Democratic Society. From Dominance to Dialogue]
More LessIn this response to the contributions in this special issue dedicated to his latest book In vredesnaam, Gijs Dingemans first indicates several major recent changes in the world views of western societies. Next, he indicates how the role of churches and religions has changed over the last 25 years, from ‘dominance’ to ‘dialogue’. Finally, he analyzes how a theological position that puts the concept of the covenant central stage can embark on a fruitful dialogue with our present-day society whose intellectual under-pinnings must be seen in theories of a contractual agreement of free individuals rather than in outdated theories of a natural law.
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Volume 78 (2024)
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Volume 77 (2023)
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Volume 76 (2022)
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Volume 75 (2021)
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Volume 74 (2020)
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Volume 73 (2019)
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Volume 72 (2018)
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Volume 71 (2017)
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Volume 70 (2016)
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Volume 69 (2015)
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Volume 68 (2014)
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Volume 67 (2013)
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Volume 66 (2012)
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Volume 65 (2011)
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Volume 64 (2010)
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Volume 63 (2009)
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Volume 62 (2008)
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Volume 61 (2007)
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Volume 60 (2006)
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Volume 59 (2005)
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Volume 58 (2004)
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Volume 57 (2003)
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Volume 56 (2002)
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Volume 55 (2001)
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Volume 54 (2000)
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Volume 53 (1999)
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Volume 52 (1998)
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Volume 51 (1997)
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Volume 50 (1996)
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Volume 49 (1995)
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Volume 48 (1994)
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Volume 47 (1993)
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Volume 46 (1992)
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Volume 45 (1991)
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Volume 44 (1990)
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Volume 43 (1989)
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Volume 42 (1988)
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Volume 41 (1987)
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Volume 40 (1986)
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Volume 39 (1985)
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Volume 38 (1984)
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Volume 37 (1983)
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Volume 36 (1982)
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Volume 35 (1981)
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Volume 34 (1980)
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