Albertinus van der Heide (1872-1953). Rode dominee tussen pastoraat en parlement

PhD ceremony: Ms. M.A.G. de Harder, 14.45 uur, Aula Academiegebouw, Broerstraat 5, Groningen

Dissertation: Albertinus van der Heide (1872-1953). Rode dominee tussen pastoraat en parlement

Promotor(s): prof. M.G.J. Duijvendak and prof. H. Noordegraaf

Faculty: Arts

This biography focuses on to the clergyman and politician Van der Heide, who joined the Social Democratic Labour Party in 1896, at a time when the gap between Christianity and socialism was unbridgeable. This tension between religion and ideology led to the story of a man who chose for justice from an evangelical point to view and chose for the dispossessed, and who opted for socialism as a strategy for action.