NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion - Volume 69, Issue 1, 2015

The aim of this contribution is to give a coherent account of the World Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893. The meeting was organised in the context of the Columbian World Exhibition, which celebrated 400 years of America. The Parliament convened in the main hall of the Chicago Art Institute and attracted 150,000 people, according to one of the lengthy reports. Various aspects are addressed: the objectives of the Read More

This article provides a critical analysis and evaluation of Gijsbert van den Brink and Kees van der Kooi’s Christian Dogmatics, a lucid and welcome presentation of the core ideas that can be found in the Christian faith. First, the book is characterized, both from a more general perspective and from a specifically theological point of view. Next, it is argued that there is a discrepancy between the way the authors characterize syst Read More

Kan poëzie theologisch geduid worden? En zo ja, onder welke voorwaarden? Is daar een specifieke vorm van lezen voor nodig? Het antwoord van beide auteurs op deze vraag is bevestigend. Dat illustreren zij aan de wijze waarop God ter sprake komt in het werk van Gerrit Achterberg. Ook al benaderingen zij die poëzie vanuit verschillende invalshoeken – de een meer op herkenning gericht, de ander meer op vervreemding –, t Read More

The new Dutch Passover Haggadah (2011) is broad in a double sense: its Hebrew text and Dutch translations include variations that suit the different forms of variegated Dutch Judaism. In a literal sense, it is designed in a ‘landscape’ format and includes many visual features that make it an easy and attractive tool. Besides introducing this new Haggadah, this article offers an introduction to the Passover seder and its Biblic Read More

This article reviews Synthetische Körperauffassung im Hebräischen und der Sprachen der Nachbarkulturen & (red.), (Alter Orient und Altes Testament, 416), , , , + pp. € 93,00.