Projects
Decolonizing European Theology: Processes of reception and entanglements between Irish und German-speaking theology in the horizon of power-knowledge-correlations KU Leuven
This doctoral project aims to contribute to the contextualisation of European Theology on the premises that Eurocentrism in theology can only be deconstructed by bringing into focus the internal heterogeneity of European theologies themselves. The project chooses a constructivist approach on the postcolonial premise that knowledge is always a product of discursive negotiation formed by power dynamics. Based on the assumption that theological ...
The Soft Power of the Russian Orthodox Church: Theology as Ideology Under the Spiritual Umbrella of ‘Russkiy Mir’. A Continuum from the Soviet to Post-Soviet Religious Propaganda KU Leuven
The research project provides a critical study of Russian politicized Orthodox theology shaped by the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in relation to the ideological concept of ‘Russkiy Mir.’ The main objective of the research is to investigate to what extent the recontextualized Russian Orthodoxy, under the spiritual umbrella of the ‘Russian World,’ underpins contemporary state propaganda and to what extent this hegemonic communication language ...
Theology of Religions as a Process of Discernment: A Critical Appraisal of the Dialectical Tension between Jacques Dupuis' Theology of Religions and the Theology of Dominus Iesus. KU Leuven
The current theological scholarship on Jacques Dupuis' paradigm and Dominus Iesus concentrate either on a positive appraisal of their positions on the one hand, or on a critical assessment of certain aspects in them on the other hand. While acknowledging the contributions made by the existing corpus, my project seeks to go beyond the appreciators, faultfinders and one-sided approaches to both Dupuis’ paradigm and the Declaration. The ...
Rheology of earth materials: closing the gap between timescales in the laboratory and in the mantle (TimeMan). University of Antwerp
Controlling the rheology of concrete for the combined use of plasticizers/retarders and accelerators Ghent University
Within modern concrete technology combinations of admixtures are widely used. These combinations will be studied more in detail in this project. The proposed research project has the following main objectives: The determination of the physico-chemical interaction: (a) in-between the admixtures and (b) between the admisxtures and the cement and the mineral additions. The quatification and modelling of the effect of the combined use of ...
Kenosis as Liberation: The Kenotic Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar as a Critical Foundation for African Liberation Theology KU Leuven
This dissertation makes a contribution to the contemporary theological conversations that search for a theological interpretative framework for the African continent. The urgency of the quest is given greater impetus by the existing paradox of prevalent social evils in a continent where Christianity is gaining significantly greater acceptance. Criticism and admonitions regarding aspects of liberation theology, notably from the Vatican’s ...
A future for the hermeneutical turn in theology? A historiacal- and systematic-theological investigation of the theology of Edward Schillebeeckx (1914-2009) and its contemporary reception. KU Leuven
A mechanistic understanding of the effects of yeast and yeast fermentation on the rheology of leavening cereal dough systems KU Leuven
Although bread-making has been practised for millennia, our fundamental scientific understanding of this process is still surprisingly limited. For the preparation of bread dough, only four ingredients are essential: wheat flour, water, salt and yeast. Wheat flour contains mostly starch and gluten proteins. During mixing, which involves substantial shear and extensional deformations, the gluten proteins tend to form a network, thereby ...