DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 - Volume 44, Issue 94, 2021

Abstract The focus of this article is on the actions of Reverend Frits Slomp, vicar of the Reformed Church in Heemse, during the economic depression of the 1930s, and his response to the rise of national socialism as a new political movement. During the depression many labourers in Heemse and Hardenberg lost their jobs. Reverend Slomp put a great deal of personal effort into helping these men and into trying to sol Read More

Abstract Arnold Albert van Ruler (1908-1970) was one of the leading theologians in the Dutch Reformed Church in the second half of the twentieth century. After having worked as a minister in Kubaard (1933-1940) and Hilversum (1940-1947) he was professor at the University of Utrecht (1947-1970). Van Ruler had a special place in the Dutch theological landscape. The development of his views took the opposite direction of the Read More

Abstract My God also weds gays The Remonstrantse Broederschap, a small liberal church, was the first church in the world that opened the wedding blessing for not-wedded couples. At the time they did so, in November 1986, that also meant: for homosexual and heterosexual couples. The process that led to this decision took a long time and was carefully structured and monitored. It went along two tracks: a discussion Read More

Abstract In this article a collection of more than 2.200 letters written in 1944 is presented from Dutch protestant archives. They shed light on different experiences of people in the dogmatic and juridical conflict in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands (Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland), which led to the schism of the Vrijmaking (Liberation) of 1944, under the circumstances of World War II. This collection will b Read More