PANEL: DISCERNING DIVINE PRESENCE: IN HISTORY
10/07/2025 08:30 - 17:30
HALL: Lecture Hall 16

Proponent: Van Willigenburg T.

Chair: Forster D., Huijgen A., Van Den Belt H., Van Den Brink G., Van Willigenburg T.

Speaker: Boogaard A., De Jong O., Forster D., Gallepe A., Guerra Pratas M.H., Huijgen A., Kong E.S., Van Den Belt H., Van Den Brink G., Van Willigenburg T.

This panel brings together studies in theological history, church history, public theology, practical theology, ethics and systematic theology. Historical examples, cases studies and personal experiences are aligned with descriptive and normative analyses of transformation processes and claims concerning the presence and work of God.
World history: How is God present to the world in times of gross and often dangerous changes affecting life on the planet earth?
Social history: Can we find God's creative presence in historical processes of socio-cultural transformation?
Church history: How is God's presence conceptualized in times of drastic ecclesiastic change (reformation, church growth or decline)?
Personal history: How is God's presence experienced in processes of biographical transformation (conversion, crises, radicalization, post-traumatic growth)?

85.1
   
DISCERNING GOD'S PRESENCE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE

Van Den Brink G. *

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ~ Amsterdam ~ Netherlands
85.2
   
DISCERNING THE THEOLOGICAL VALUE OF SOIL

Huijgen A. *

Protestantse Theologische Universiteit ~ Utrecht ~ Netherlands
85.3
   
85.4
   
THE GUIDANCE OF THE SPIRIT AND DEPENDENCE ON DIVINE PROVIDENCE

Van Den Belt H. *

Theologische Universiteit Apeldoorn ~ Apeldoorn ~ Netherlands
85.5
   
85.6
   
THE FOUNDING FATHERS: RELIGION AT THE ROOTS OF THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION

Guerra Pratas M.H. *

SCUCP - Sociedade Científica da Universidade Católica Portuguesa / ISEC LISBOA ~ Coimbra ~ Portugal
85.10
   
DIVINE PRESENCE IN EVIL: A PROBLEM OR A COMFORT?

Boogaard A. *

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ~ Amsterdam ~ Netherlands
85.11
   
CREATION, BOTH IN COLLECTIVE AND PERSONAL HISTORY, AS DIVINE PRESENCE

Gallepe A. *

University of Geneva / University of Lyon ~ Geneva ~ Switzerland