Open AccessStaatsvakken en kerkelijke vakken aan openbare universiteiten
Author(s) -
H.M. Vroom
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v18i1.1134
Subject(s) - protestantism , state (computer science) , dual (grammatical number) , political science , sociology , government (linguistics) , theology , law , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , algorithm
Theology at the state universities in the Netherlands since 1876: State disciplines and church disciplines In three contributions the organisation of (protestant) theology in the Netherlands since 1876 has been described. In this first part the Dutch law on higher education (1876) is dealt with, its background (especially separation of state and church and equal treatment of religious traditions). This law has established a dual system (“duplex ordo”): “state professors” and “church professors”, all paid by the government. Various evaluations of this arrangement are discussed and its recent modification and the motifs thereof are given. In practice, the theological faculties at the state universities have been mostly reformed faculties