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- Professor Mirella Klomp: “God loves matter”On Friday 31 October, Prof Dr Mirella Klomp delivered her inaugural lecture, formally accepting the chair of Practical Theology: Worship and Formation. Over the past year, in her role as Theologian of the Netherlands, she has travelled across the country speaking with people in search of the collective story about land. Building on these conversations, she explored how we relate to “the material”: what do we actually believe about the material reality—in the church and in society at large? And what does this mean for the task of practical theology in teaching and research?
- Louise Nelstrop: Christian Mysticism Cannot Be Separated from the BibleChristian mysticism cannot be separated from the Bible. This was the central argument of Prof Dr Louise Nelstrop in her inaugural lecture on the occasion of her acceptance of the Chair of Church History. “The Bible had a crucial influence on the thought of mystics. Their exegesis challenges us to rethink our understanding of essential Christian ideas, such as what it means to love God.”
- First Willibrord lecture: Church and Gospel after the fall of secularismOn 1 September 2025, the Protestant Theological University marked the opening of the 2025–2026 academic year with a special first: our inaugural Willibrord Lecture. This new annual lecture series was opened by Prof George van Kooten, Professor of New Testament at Cambridge and former chair of the review committee that advised the university to launch this initiative.
