I teach Christian Spirituality at Tilburg University, School of Catholic Theology, Franciscan Study Center. I hold a Ph.D. (2007) in Medieval History from Radboud University Nijmegen and a Ph.D. and S.T.D. (2019) in Medieval Theology from KU Leuven. I published three books, four volumes, and multiple translations in Dutch. My English publications include Franciscan Virtue: Spiritual Growth and the Virtues in Franciscan Literature and Instruction of the Thirteenth Century (Leiden/Boston: 2012) and the edited volumes The Carthusians in the Low Countries: Studies in Monastic History and Heritage (Louvain: 2014), (w. A. Plunkett-Latimer) Shaping Stability: The Normation and Formation of Religious Life in the Middle Ages (Turnhout: 2016), and A Companion to Medieval Rules and Customaries (Leiden/Boston: 2020). I am Chairman of IGTM - International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology (www.medievaltheology.org) and Chief Editor of Franciscan Connections (www.franciscanconnections.com).
- Franciscan Intellectual Tradition
- Medieval Morality and Spirituality
- Religious Orders and Religious Life
- Virtue Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
My current research project is Transitus: A Theology of Discontinuity, Death, and Completion
- Franciscan Spirituality
- Introduction Spirituality
- European History: Middle Ages
Current PhD-Students:
- Arthur Prakken, The Abbreviatores of the Accademia Romana
- Quirinus Greiwe, Die Geschichte des Quirinusklosters zu Neuss am Rhein im Frühmittelalter
* Franciscan Connections, International Blog - www.franciscanconnections.com (Chief Editor)
* Franciscaans.nu, Franciscan Forum and Blog (www.franciscaans.nu) (Project Leader)
* Franciscan Institute, Saint Bonaventure University, Research Advisory Council - https://www.sbu.edu/about-sbu/sbu-campus-maps-directions/franciscan-ins… (Member)
* IGTM - International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology - www.medievaltheology.org (Chairman)
* KU Leuven, Research Unit History of Church and Theology - https://theo.kuleuven.be/en/research/research_units/ru_church (Research Associate)
* Thomas Instituut, Utrecht - http://www.thomasinstituut.org (Member)
* Medieval Monastic Texts / Middeleeuwse Monastieke Teksten, Translation Series - https://www.damon.nl/serie/middeleeuwse-monastieke-teksten (Chief Editor)
* Titus Brandsma Instituut - https://www.ru.nl/titusbrandsmainstituut (Staff Member)