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
• Catholic Social Thought

Recent publications

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Vragen bij het leven - Een sociologie van de zielzorg

   de Groot, K. (2021). Vragen bij het leven: Een sociologie van de zielzorg. Tilburg University.

5. Zin in Corona

   de Groot, K. (2021). Zin in Corona. WKO bulletin, 2021(105), 7.