Varieties of Religious Engagement with Climate Change
Next week, the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain, together with Studium Generale Groningen, will host Professor Mike Hulme Continue reading
The Religion Factor
Inquisitive. Relevant. Thought-Provoking. A Blog for reflection on Religion as an element of Public Life, coordinated by the Centre for Religion, Conflict and the Public Domain, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen.
The scandal of women’s bodies in secular Europe
On Tuesday this week, images of a woman on a beach in Nice being forced by armed police to remove Continue reading
The secular dead body: feeling awkward about organ donorship
Organ donorship is a sensitive and at times controversial topic in numerous political contexts. In today’s post, Ton Groeneweg picks Continue reading
Religious identity and the Refugee Crisis
Today, 20 June, is World Refugee Day. The UNHCR released its annual Global Trends Report. For the first time in Continue reading
The Problem is Religion – but not in the way we think
The terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday have once again raised questions about the relationship between religion and violence. In Continue reading
West, East, and Bureaucratic Torture
Next Tuesday 23.2.2016, at 11:00-13:00 Prof. Smadar Lavie will give a lecture in Groningen as part of a tour promoting Continue reading
Inviting our future: liberal de-culturalization and the Paris attacks – Part two
“Perhaps we should ask ourselves if these people have not rather come here to save us.” (Erik Borgman) Continue reading
Inviting our future: liberal de-culturalization and the Paris attacks – Part One
After a brief hiatus, today we continue our series of reflections on the broader meaning and consequences of events such Continue reading
