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  • Our project
    • Our project
    • Theology and Religious Studies 2.0
    • Reintegrating theology
    • Completed project: Progress in Theology
  • Our Network
    • Our members
    • Partner organizations
    • Get involved as student
  • Events
  • Literature
    • Academic Articles
      • Theology and its Future
      • Religious Studies and its Future
      • Relationship Theology and Religious Studies
        • Dutch-Flemish Context
        • German Context
        • UK Context
        • Theology and Anthropology
        • Theology and Social Sciences
        • Church History and History of Religion
      • History of Theology and Religious Studies
      • Theological Encyclopedia
    • Public Articles
      • Dutch Articles
      • English Articles
      • German Articles
  • Blog
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  • Where the oldest and newest of academic disciplines meet: watch the TEDx of dr. Marius Dorubantu on Theology and AI

    In his recent talk at TEDxVUAmsterdam Marius Dorobantu shared an intriguing vision of how thinking about language in the space between theology and AI – the oldest and the newest of [...]

    Published On: October 27, 2025
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    Expert meeting and public lecture with prof. Thomas Albert Howard

    In September 2025, we had the pleasure to welcome prof. Thomas Albert Howard from Valparaiso University (USA, Indiana) at VU. Together with the Theological University Utrecht (TUU), we hosted [...]

    Published On: October 6, 2025
  • EuARe panel on the future of academic theology

    From left to right: Michiel Bouman, Matthias Teeuwen, Gijsbert van den Brink, Marieke van der Linden, Othniël de Jong, David Alinurdin, and Maarten Wisse. We're looking back at a wonderful [...]

    Published On: July 11, 2025
  • Frijhoff en de fusie

    Dit artikel is geaccepteerd voor publicatie door Soφie, een tijdschrift voor christelijke filosofie, en zal in het juni-nummer verschijnen. Voor de voortijdige publicatie van deze versie heeft de redactie haar [...]

    Published On: January 20, 2025
  • Call for papers for our open panel @EuARe2025! (deadline April 4, 2025)

    We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting an open panel at the 2025 annual conference of the European Academy of Religion in Vienna! The open panel will [...]

    Published On: January 16, 2025
  • Podcast Heilige Grond met Gijsbert van den Brink en Fred van Lieburg

    Vrijdag 10 januari ging prof. Gijsbert van den Brink (theologie en wetenschap, VU) in gesprek met prof. Fred van Lieburg (religiegeschiedenis, VU) over de vraag of theologie een academisch discipline [...]

    Published On: January 15, 2025
  • A divided society needs theologians to step up

    In an inspiring opening lecture of the FRT VU opening 2024-2025, Kathleen Ferrier, chair of the Dutch UNESCO Commission and Secretary General of the organization of migrant churches SKIN, urged [...]

    Published On: November 20, 2024
  • Launch of Futureofacademictheology.com!

    What is the future of academic theology and religious studies? A pressing question in times of the cancellation of education programs and funds for disciplines in the humanities, as recently [...]

    Published On: November 6, 2024
  • Do religion and theology still matter?

    Dr. Yaser Ellethy is rector-director of the Centre for Islamic Theology at the Faculty of Religion and Theology - VU Amsterdam, and president of the European [...]

    Published On: October 1, 2024
  • De Theologie als Gesprekspartner

    Theoloog des Vaderlands Kees van Ekris reflecteert op zijn programma van "Theologie voor het oprapen" en wat hij daarvan heeft geleerd over de theologie.  Het project dat ik als [...]

    Published On: September 18, 2024
  • “Religion without science is blind, science without religion is lame.”

    Professor Gijsbert van den Brink shed his light on the future of academic theology. “Now I am sure this is a topic about which many of you have their [...]

    Published On: September 2, 2024

Future of Academic Theology

The Future of Academic Theology project seeks to join forces to provide the academic field of theology and religious studies with a robust response to the challenges posed by a changing societal and academic context.

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Future of Academic Theology (FOAT)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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