Scientific and Societal Impact
Visitors to the "Scientific and Societal Impact" section of the website will find presentations, interviews, and articles highlighting the intersection of religious language and perspectives with the climate change discourse.
Perspectives on the Earth as Sacred (Space)
Book Presentation by Deborah de Koning 9 November 2024
On 9 November 2024 Deborah de Koning (Tilburg University) presented her book Kiss the Earth with your Feet: Walking as Climate Meaningmaking during the annual symposium organized by Stichting Thijmgenootschap and the Thomas More Institute. The symposium focused on the question ‘What is sacred in times of climate change?’
Religion and Climate Change Project Team’s Contribution to Climate and Energy Day - October 3, 2024
On October 3, 2024, team members Caroline Vander Stichele and Deborah de Koning from the Religion and Climate Change Project actively participated in Tilburg University's Climate and Energy Day.
Researchers Explore Religious Vocabularies in Climate Change Discourse at SBL 2024 in Amsterdam
Climate pessimists increasingly turn to Biblical symbolism (In Dutch) by Caroline Vander Stichele.
Apocalyptische beelden beheersen meer en meer het debat over klimaatverandering. Wat doet dat met ons? Tilburgse religiewetenschappers onderzoeken de impact van eindtijdsymboliek.
How Hopeful is the End of Times? - with Caroline Vander Stichele
Caroline Vander Stichele researches the use of religious language in the climate debate, including the frequent references to the Apocalypse. Does this lead to more fear or hope for the future? (in Dutch)
‘People are searching for meaning’
Caroline Vander Stichele en Frank Bosman vertellen over hun onderzoek naar religieuze taal in het klimaatdebat on Nederlandse Dagblad
Climate Movement Interwoven with Religion
Trouw interviewed our project researchers, Caroline Vander Stichele, Ömer F. Gürlesin, and Deborah de Koning.
Insights from the 2024 Potsdam Conference
The seventh international conference "Myth, Ritual and Practice for the Age of Ecological Catastrophe," held from May 17 to May 19, 2024, at Universität Potsdam, Germany, aimed to explore the role of myth, ritual, and practice in addressing the environmental crisis. Ömer F. Gürlesin attended in person, while Frank Bosman and Deborah de Koning presented their work online.
Frank Bosman and Deborah de Koning at 'Klimaskepsis Interseksional' conference at TU Dortmund
Frank Bosman en Deborah de Koning hebben een bijdrage geleverd aan de conferentie 'Klimaskepsis intersektional? Säkulare
und religiöse Narrationen gegen die sozial-ökologische Transformation in
Deutschland'. Deze conferentie vond plaats op 19 en 20 maart 2024 aan de Technische Universität Dortmund.
Interview with Caroline Vander Stichele
Interview “Klimaatdebat tapt uit religieus vaatje” in Tertio (18 oktober 2023), 10-11
The End is Nearer
On November 20, 2023, Caroline Vander Stichele presented a paper on “The End is Nearer: Apocalypse and Climate Change” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biblical Literature (SBL) in San Antonio, TX, USA.
Vereniging voor Theologie
On October 5, 2023, Caroline Vander Stichele presented our research project during a Webinar of the Vereniging voor Theologie.
Caroline Vander Stichele at NOSTER
On Friday September 29, 2023, CVS presented our research project during a panel presentation at NOSTER’s Annual Kick-Off Event on “Religion and Climate Change” at the Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen. The other panelist were Mirella Klomp (PThU) and Samira Ibrahim (Dutch Climate Ambassador).
Netherlands School for Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion
Ömer F. Gürlesin and Deborah de Koning represented at the BASR Annual Conference 2023
From 11th September 2023 until 13th September 2023 the BASR (British Association for the Study of Religions) Annual Conference 2023 was held in collaboration with CenSAMM (Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements) at Clare’s College in Cambridge. The theme of the conference was “Environmental Endings and Religious Futures”. The two post-doctoral researchers of the NWO project ‘Religion and Climate Change’ – Ömer F. Gürlesin and Deborah de Koning – attended the conference.
Apocalypse and climate change: a terrifying or hopeful discourse?
On August 23, at the KU Leuven's Didachè-Studiedagen Bijbel 2023 event themed "De Bijbel als bron van hoop en vertrouwen in donkere tijden," Caroline Vander Stichele gave an academic presentation titled “Apocalyps en klimaatverandering: een angstaanjagend of hoopvol discours?” which translates to "Apocalypse and climate change: a terrifying or hopeful discourse?"
The Icon of the Cold War
On July 13, Frank Bosman delivered an academic presentation titled "The Icon of the Cold War" at the conference "Apocalyptic Nostalgia? Cold War Imagery in Popular Culture," hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University and the Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements.
Religious language seeps through the climate discussion
On June 16, in the publication "Visie," Frank Bosman discussed how "Religious language seeps through the climate discussion" in his article titled "Religieuze taal sijpelt door in de klimaatdiscussie."
Interview with Deborah de Koning
On June 13, Deborah de Koning was interviewed by Groot Nieuws Radio.
Tilburg researcher shows how religions become meaningful in the climate crisis.
On June 9, in the publication "Volzin," Remco van Mulligen interviewed Deborah de Koning about her research from Tilburg on how religions gain significance in the climate crisis, in an article titled "Tilburg researcher shows how religions become meaningful in the climate crisis."
Deborah de Koning delivered an online presentation
On June 5, Deborah de Koning delivered an online presentation for the Network Group Creation and Sustainability, organized by the Council of Churches.
