NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Current Issue

Abstract 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 assessm Read More

Abstract Arie Molendijk’s work brings together various themes that are important for liberal theology. Among these are the volatilisation of liberal Protestantism, the scientific study of religion, and the current situation of religious studies and theology in the Netherlands. In the current situation, after the duplex ordo, liberal academic theology struggles to find its place. In this article, I discuss and question the ideal Molendijk envisi Read More

Abstract The present paper provides a first survey of the traces that religious music left in the writings of Heinrich Scholz. It is shown that Scholz used to allude to European classical music, in particular church music, throughout his life as a means of communication, and that a small early monograph by Scholz on church music deserves to be taken seriously as a text on the aesthetics of music, in which Scholz tries to combi Read More

Abstract The article uses the case study of funerary provisions for migrants and minorities in mid-sized towns in Northern Europe to argue for a stronger social-ethical agenda in theorizing the postsecular, supplementing the dominant emphasis on descriptive sociological analysis. The article highlights the vulnerability of migrant and minority groups in the exercise of their freedom of funerary ritual expression and representati Read More