PThU Events
- International conference: Preaching That ResonatesSocietas Homiletica warmly welcomes all scholars of preaching to join us in Groningen in June 2024 to reflect on the topic: "Preaching That Resonates: Tracing Mystery, Materiality and Mutuality in Religious Speech".
- Lecture: The Judensau. Ancient Roots of an Antisemitic ConceptThe so-called Judensau is the best-known and most common anti-Jewish motif in German-speaking countries in the 13th to 16th centuries. On 13 June, Prof Dr Lieve Teugels will give a lecture on the subject in Salzburg, Germany. The (English-language) lecture can be attended online.
- Spinoza on Free SpeechIn this workshop, Spinoza-experts from the Netherlands and abroad will turn to one of the classic defenders of the freedom of speech, Baruch Spinoza.
- Symposium: Theological discourses on colonialityThe constructed global dis/order, inherited from past colonial empires, effects the lives of people worldwide. Many of the current violent conflicts as well as conditions of (exploitative) order, emerged from colonial domination and disruption, or were intensified by colonial interventions. With the influence of colonialism yet to be exhausted, for decades ecumenical theology has already been exploring ways forward. Reflections on colonial pasts and decolonial futures generally take place among senior theologians with strong international connections, but what about the younger generation and their experiences and knowledge of coloniality and its implications for Christianity worldwide?
- IRTI Conference 2024: Peace among the NationsHow are (geo)political violent conflicts, including their religious dimensions, to be understood theologically? This and other questions will be addressed at the forthcoming 15th international conference of the International Reformed Theological Institute (IRTI), at Duta Wacana Christian University in Yogyakarta.
- Farewell to Groningen locationOn 5 July, PThU will bid farewell to the building at Oude Ebbingestraat 25, when the Groningen branch will have been located there for exactly 12 years. Fortunately, the PThU will continue to provide a track in the bachelor of theology of the RUG's Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society.
- Lecture: Higher Bible Criticism - Higher Antisemitism?In an important speech in 1902, the famous Jewish scholar Solomon Schechter expressed his conviction that Higher Bible Criticism was not merely a scholarly endeavor, but also a tool that could fuel antisemitism. Lieve Teugels will give her second Marko Feingold lecture on this topic at PLUS University in Salzburg. The lecture can be attended online.
- Unencrypting Racism from an Asian Perspective: Dom Hélder Câmara Lecture 2024How can churches and theology address anti-Asian racism? What can we learn from the perspectives of theologians with an Asian background? These important questions are at the heart of the Dom Hélder Câmara Lecture 2024.
- Mini symposium: Colonial Slavery, Trauma, Reparation, and the Role of the ChurchThe research group Church and Slavery is organizing a mini-symposium on the themes of colonial slavery, trauma, reparation, and the role of the church. The keynote lecture will be given by dr. Dawid P. Mouton, a practical theologian from Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and a visiting scholar from the Protestant Theological University.
