prof. dr. Kees de Groot

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 direct the master's program in Christianity & Society,  teach at the department of practical theology and religious studies, and participate in the research program on the transformation of religion in liquid modernity.

Courses

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

Recent publications

1. Oligopoly dynamics in the Dutch penitentiary system

   de Groot, K., & Vellenga, S. (Accepted/In press). Oligopoly dynamics in the Dutch penitentiary system. In J. Martínez-Arino, & A-L. Zwilling (Eds.), Religion and Prison in Europe: A Contemporary Overview (1 ed., Vol. 7). (Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies). Springer International Publishing.

2. Die Liquidation der Kirche - Erfahrungen und Impulse aus den Niederla…

   de Groot, K. (2019). Die Liquidation der Kirche: Erfahrungen und Impulse aus den Niederlanden. In P. Bubmann, K. Fechtner, K. Merzyn, S. A. Nitsche, & B. Weyel (Eds.), Gemeinde auf Zeit: Gelebte Krichlichkeit wahrnemen (1 ed., pp. 118-126). (Praktische Theologie heute; No. 160). Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer.

3. [Review of the book Sociological noir. Irruptions and the darkness of…

   de Groot, K. (2019). [Review of the book Sociological noir. Irruptions and the darkness of modernity, K. Flanagan, 2017]. Religie & Samenleving, 14(1), 81-83.

4. Securitization, Islamic chaplaincy, and the issue of (de)radicalizati…

   de Groot, K., & Vellenga, S. (2019). Securitization, Islamic chaplaincy, and the issue of (de)radicalization of Muslim detainees in Dutch prisons. Social Compass, 66(2), 224-237.

5. The Challenge of a Church Going into Liquidation

   de Groot, K. (2019). The Challenge of a Church Going into Liquidation. Irish Theological Quarterly, 84(4), 409-423.