prof. dr. Kees de Groot

Bio

Kees de Groot is Professor in Worldviews and Public Mental Health (KSGV Chair) at Tilburg University (Netherlands) and guest researcher at the University of Agder (Norway). He represents the Benelux at the council of the International Society for the Sociology of Religion. He has published on Zygmunt Bauman, Catholicism, chaplaincy, mental health care, rituals, theatre, and comics in Social Compass, Implicit Religion and various volumes in and on the empirical study of religion. His latest book in English is The Liquidation of the Church (Routledge, 2018).

Expertise

Since September 2019, the KSGV has appointed me as a professor for sociology of religion and public mental health. I study the institutional dynamics of spiritual care and mental health care, and the, often implicit, role of religion and worldviews in societal developments.

I  teach at the department of practical theology and religious studies, and participate in the research program on the transformation of Catholicism in late modernity.

Courses

• Catholic Social Thought in Contemporary Society
• Research and Hermeneutics
• Pastoral Care; Systemic Context
• Methods of Emperical Research

Recent publications

1. Dat wat mensen heilig is, wordt meer ontsluierd

   de Groot, K. (2022). Dat wat mensen heilig is, wordt meer ontsluierd. Brabants Dagblad, 10-11.

2. Is iedereen tegenwoordig profeet?

   de Groot, K. (Author). (2022). Is iedereen tegenwoordig profeet?. Web publication/site, Lazarus Magazine. https://lazarus.eo.nl/blogs/is-iedereen-tegenwoordig-profeet

3. Niet iedereen is een profeet

   de Groot, K. (Author). (2022). Niet iedereen is een profeet. Web publication/site, Ekklesia Tilburg. https://ekklesiatilburg.nl/2022/01/30/niet-iedereen-is-een-profeet/

4. Disaster theater - Play when things go awry

   de Groot, K. (2021). Disaster theater: Play when things go awry. In M. Hoondert, P. Post, M. Klomp, & M. Barnard (Eds.), Handbook of Disaster Ritual: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Cases and Themes (pp. 569-584). (Liturgia Condenda; Vol. 32). Peeters Publishers.

5. Gedeeld/ongedeeld - St. Maarten en het grootste gebod

   de Groot, K. (Author). (2021). Gedeeld/ongedeeld: St. Maarten en het grootste gebod. Web publication/site https://ekklesiatilburg.nl/2021/11/07/een-gedeelde-eerste-plaats/