Arie L. Molendijk is professor emeritus of the History of Christianity and the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Groningen. He studied theology, philosophy, and drama at Leiden University.
He obtained his Ph.D. from Leiden University with a dissertation entitled Aus dem Dunklen ins Helle. Wissenschaft und Theologie im Denken von Heinrich Scholz (1991).
He has published extensively on the history of ideas, particularly on nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology, religious studies, and philosophy.
Molendijk participated in a research programme (funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) on new sacred places and emerging rituals. He is also engaged in research on public religion.
His latest book is Protestant Theology and Modernity in the Nineteenth-Century Netherlands, published by Oxford University Press in 2022.
Latest book
Arie L. Molendijk
- Analyses how nineteenth-century Dutch Protestant theologians met the challenges of modernization
- Explains how Abraham Kuyper impacted the modernization of Dutch society, by laying the foundations of ‘pillarization’ (the segmented social structures based on differences in religion and worldview)
- Considers the significant Dutch contribution to the historical-critical study of the Bible and the emergence of the modern comparative study of religion.