DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 - Current Issue

Abstract The half-lit church ministers. The Hugenholtz brothers and the Free Congregation: a history of religious liberalism The walls of the famous and iconic ‘pop temple’ Paradiso — a free-spirited music venue in Amsterdam — tell the fascinating history of a bold liberal religious movement with international appeal. Brothers Petrus Hermanus and Philip Reinhard Hugenholtz, liberal ministers in the Dutch Reformed Church, pla Read More

Abstract The Handbook for Doctrine of Faith and Morals in the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands as a witness to Catholic theological development in the interwar period. This contribution considers the Handboek voor Geloofs- en Zedenleer in de Oud-Katholieke Kerk van Nederland (1932) as a witness to ecclesial and theological transformation in the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands in the interbellum. It shows Read More

Abstract Permanently ‘prof-in-spé’? The academic beginnings and career options of Old Testament scholar Th.C. Vriezen (1899-1981) Theodorus Christaan Vriezen (1899-1981) is, with Abraham Kuenen, the best-known Dutch Old Testament scholar in the Netherlands and abroad. Much has been published about Vriezen, but a gap is the academic position from which he built his reputation. This article analyses how, after vari Read More