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TRN brings news from KU Leuven’s Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies to a worldwide audience. By sharing with you highlights of our present research (continuing a tradition going back to 1432!), TRN imparts to its readers our Faculty’s unique and distinguishing profile, with its multicultural and international character as well as its ambition for excellence in (inter)disciplinary research. We are proud of the research done by our researchers and eager to present it to you.

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Robin Vose on Ramon Llull’s ‘Disputatio Raimundi Christiani et Hamar Saraceni’

Jul 13 2021 51 mins  
The online conference ‘Dialogue in the Dungeon’ focused on the Disputatio Raimundi Christiani et Hamar Saraceni by Ramon Llull. It highlighted a key aspect of Ramon Llull’s writing: his view on Islam and on the dialogue and encounter with this religion, all in the broader framework of 13th century Christian-Muslim relations in general.

Salaske on How Less is More When Doing Climate Justice

Nov 20 2020 29 mins  
In a world in which many societies put in jeopardy both the lives of the most vulnerable people and all future generations as well, it seems inevitable that we must acknowledge, agree upon, and adhere to certain limits. Even so, the notion of “green growth”, unattended by arduous change, is often invoked as the preferable path to environmental sustainability. Talk of limitation

Gärtner on Climate Change, Corona, and Christianity: Current Opportunities for Religious Education

Nov 18 2020 14 mins  
Although young people are often committed to environmental protection, educational structures may not support their concerns, which are frequently intermingled with socio-economic concerns. During the recent Liberation Theology Workshop: Doing Climate Justice (October 22-24, 2020), Prof. Dr. Claudia Gärtner (TU Dortmund University) gave a brief but rich presentation on the opportu

Liturgy, Orthodoxy, and Byzantine Studies: A Conversation with Daniel Galadza

Jul 08 2019 37 mins  
In this interview Dr. Daniel Galadza, a byzantinist and liturgical theologian, discusses trends in Byzantine studies, talks about his recent book Liturgy and Byzantinization in Jerusalem (OUP, 2017), and reflects on the challenges and opportunities of being both an academic theologian and a deacon in the Eastern Catholic Church. He was in Louvain for a conference he and Prof. Dr. J

Luther Front and Back: Interview with Hans Wiersma

Jul 01 2019 31 mins  
Prof. Dr. Hans Wiersma, specialist in Lutheranism and Reformation history is spending the year at KU Leuven to write a book in which he argues that 1520, as opposed to 1517 (Wittenberg) or 1521 (Edict of Worms), can be considered the pivot point in the Reformation. In this interview Wiersma talks about the idea behind the book, highlights the central role that the Louvain theologia

Interview Paul van Geest

Jun 24 2019 29 mins  
While Prof. Dr. Paul van Geest writes his latest book on Augustine and fear, he is spending time as a Visiting Professor of History of Church and Theology at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven. In this lively interview, he discusses what brought about the idea to write this book, why he chose to do it in Louvain, what got him into theology in the first place,

Peter Nissen on Major Trends in History of Christianity

Jun 03 2019 46 mins  
During the academic year 2018-2019 the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies is celebrating 50 years of Theology Programmes in English. As part of the celebrations, a series of lectures covering the major developments over half a century in the different subdisciplines of theology has been planned. Prof. Dr. Peter Nissen from the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen was invi

Peter Gemeinhardt on Major Trends in Church History

May 27 2019 53 mins  
During the academic year 2018-2019 the KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies is celebrating 50 years of Theology Programmes in English. As part of the celebrations, a series of lectures covering the major developments over half a century in the different subdisciplines of theology has been planned. Prof. Dr. Peter Gemeinhardt from the Georg-August-Universität Göttin

Evil Mouths, Praising Mouths: Imagery of the Mouth in Ps 109 and the Future of Biblical Studies

May 15 2019 67 mins  
During the academic year 2018-2019 the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the KU Leuven is celebrating 50 years of Theology Programmes in English. As part of the celebrations, a series of lectures covering the major developments over half a century in the different subdisciplines of theology has been planned. In her lecture entitled, Evil Mouths, Praising Mouths: Imagery

Doing Theology with Cultural Studies: Rewriting History, Reimagining Salvation, Decolonizing Theology

May 01 2019 59 mins  
In her inaugural speech as Research Professor at KU Leuven, Prof. Dr. Judith Gruber (PhD, Salzburg) engaged with the apparent decline of Christian systematic theology in the face of cultural critiques. Noting that Christianity has been used not only in service of liberation but also for the purpose of oppression, she embarked upon a reimagination of how Christian theology can escap