Honorary doctorate prof. José Casanova
The honorary doctorate proposed by the Faculty of Theology & Religious Studies will be awarded to José Casanova (1951), Georgetown University (Washington, DC), Department of Sociology, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs.
José Casanova is one of the world's most prominent scholars in the sociology of religion, with a special interest in the contemporary period and the relation between religion, secularism, and processes of globalization.
The profile of the Groningen Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies centres on the intertwining of religion and culture. Professor Casanova’s work is an important point of reference across the faculty. A particularly close match of research interests exists with two of the faculty’s departments:
The joint work of the department centres on the theme ‘Religion on the Ground: Practices and Discourses in Social Transformation’ with a focus on the concrete, lived, and socially embedded aspects of religion. It investigates how religion is co-constitutive to creating individual and collective identities and practices.
The thrust of the department’s work can be summed up by the slogan Christian Tradition and the (Post)Secular—analysing the impact of the Christian intellectual tradition in the past and aiming at new ‘postsecular’ historiographies geared to theorizing the presence and continuing formative power of Christianity in Western/European society.| Last modified: | 25 July 2023 12.56 p.m. |
More news
-
10 June 2025
University of Groningen and Rijksmuseum sign cooperation agreement
On Friday 6 June, the University of Groningen (UG) and the Rijksmuseum signed a cooperation agreement. With this agreement, both parties confirm their cooperation on various themes, including the transfer of heritage from generation to generation.
-
10 June 2025
Sense of purpose in people affected by low literacy and poverty
Anyone who takes to the streets at the crack of dawn may have already spotted it: the Salvation Army’s ontbijtfiets (breakfast bike) in Groningen. Sujin Rosie, PhD student at the Faculty of Religion, Culture and Society at the University of...
-
04 June 2025
Dead Sea Scrolls older than previously thought
Many Dead Sea Scrolls are older than previously thought. Not only that, but two fragments of the biblical scrolls also appear to date from the time of their presumed authors. These are the findings of an international team of researchers led by...