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

Recent publications

1. 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.

2. Christelijke perspectieven op landbouw - Evaluatie van intensieve en …

   Folkersma, R., Jochemsen, H., & de Groot, K. (2019). Christelijke perspectieven op landbouw: Evaluatie van intensieve en eco-landbouw op basis van de reformatorische wijsbegeerte en de rooms-katholieke encycliek Laudato Si'. Radix, 45(2), 84-98.

3. 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.

4. [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.

5. 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.