IRILIS news
- Out now: The Visuality of Texts in Calvinist Churches in the Dutch RepublicText panels, such as those depicting the Ten Commandments, are an equally characteristic as overlooked part of historic Dutch Protestant church interiors. This book shows how, after iconoclasm in Dutch Calvinist churches, text decoration evolved into an innovative form of visual culture, and was used to transform church spaces to accommodate Reformed worship.
- Upcoming: Volume 33 Liturgia CondendaIn the course of the new year, a new volume of our book series Liturgia Condenda will appear, authored by dr. Johan Bastubacka (University of Helsinki) and entitled: The Embodied Space of Worship. Liturgical Signs and Liturgical Bodies in Contemporary Finnish Orthodox Lay Worship. This book focusses on the active, bodily and nonverbal participation of lay people as a defining yet unexplored aspect of the Orthodox Divine Liturgy.
- 'All the Way from Java: Islamic Heritage and the Aftermath of Colonialism', Annual Lecture Centrer for Religion and Heritage Groningen, by Mirjam Shatanawi.On January 15th, the Center for Religion and Heritage (University of Groningen) will be hosting their Annual Lecture. Mirjam Shatanawi will be giving a lecture titled 'All the Way from Java: Islamic Heritage and the Aftermath of Colonialism'.
