prof. dr. Kees de Groot
Full professor
TST: Tilburg School of Catholic Theology
TST: Department of Practical Theology and Religious Studies
C.N.deGroot@tilburguniversity.edu
Room
T 706
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
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Disaster theater - Play when things go awry
de Groot, K. (Accepted/In press). Disaster theater: Play when things go awry. In M. Hoondert, P. Post, & M. Klomp (Eds.), Handbook of Disaster Ritual: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Cases and Themes (Liturgia Condenda; Vol. 32). Peeters Publishers. -
Geestelijke verzorgers: van zielzorgers naar zingevers? - Een socioge…
de Groot, K. (2021). Geestelijke verzorgers: van zielzorgers naar zingevers? Een sociogenetische verkenning en een kritische kanttekening. Psyche en Geloof: Tijdschrift van de Christelijke Vereniging voor Psychiaters, Psychologen en Psychotherapeuten, 32(3), 162-171. -
Questions of Life - A sociology of the care of souls
de Groot, K. (2021). Questions of Life: A sociology of the care of souls. Tilburg University. -
Socioloog en kritisch katholiek - In memoriam Leonardus (Bert) Layend…
de Groot, K., & Noordegraaf, H. (2021). Socioloog en kritisch katholiek: In memoriam Leonardus (Bert) Layendecker (1930-1920). Religie & Samenleving, 16(1), 54-65. -
Vragen bij het leven - Een sociologie van de zielzorg
de Groot, K. (2021). Vragen bij het leven: Een sociologie van de zielzorg. Tilburg University.