Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East
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Heleen Murre-van den Berg writes about Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East – with and referring to in, of, from or about, and globalization referring to entangled histories and fluid boundaries between Christianity, the Middle East and the rest of the world.
Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East
3y ago
Mor Ephrem Monastery in the Netherlands, with the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God and the statue of the previous archbishop, Mor Julius Jesu Cicek.
This article was first published in Dutch in Handelingen. Tijdschrift voor praktische theologie en religiewetenschap, 46 (2019), nr. 1. Many thanks to SyriacPress who arranged for this article to be translated into English, and to the publishers of Handelingen to allow for this translation and re-publication.
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In various places in the Netherlands, Turkish and Moroccan migrants are commemorating their 50th anniversary ..read more
Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East
6y ago
Vorige week werd bekend dat de European Research Council mijn voorstel voor een groot onderzoeksproject over de oriëntaals orthodoxe christenen in Europa heeft goedgekeurd en gaat financieren via een ERC Advanced Grant (#ERCAdG). Het project gaat uitgevoerd worden aan de Radbouduniversiteit in Nijmegen, bij de Faculteit der Filosofie, Theology en Religiewetenschappen, in samenwerking met het Instituut voor Oosters Christendom.
Het project ‘Rewriting Global Orthodoxy: Oriental Christianity in Europe between 1970 and 2020’ gaat op zoek naar de vragen en spanningen die de veelal gedwongen migrat ..read more
Globalization, Christianity and the Middle East
6y ago
Last week, my project Rewriting Global Orthodoxy: Oriental Christianity in Europe between 1970 and 2020, has been granted funding by the European Research Council. This ERC-Advanced project (#ERCAdG) is scheduled to start in October 2019, at Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies in cooperation with the Institute of Eastern Christian Studies. The project team will consist of three phd’s and two postdocs who will work with the PI. It may take a bit of time before officialy hiring procedures will start, but for those interested in the project, here’s ..read more