Erik Borgman (author)
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Professor Erik Borgman (sometimes listed as Eric Borgman) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 professor of systematic theology at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands. At the Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen is a public university with a strong focus on research in Nijmegen, the Netherlands...

, the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, he was the Director of the Heyendaal Institute, an institute for interdisciplinary research. He is the biographer of the Flemish theologian Edward Schillebeeckx
Edward Schillebeeckx
Edward Cornelis Florentius Alfonsus Schillebeeckx was a Belgian Roman Catholic theologian born in Antwerp. He taught at the Catholic University in Nijmegen. He then continued writing. In his nineties, he still wanted to finish a major book about the Sacraments.He was a member of the Dominican Order...

. He was also the President of the International Society for Religion, Literature and Culture. He is a member of the Editorial Board and the Presidential Board of Concilium: International Journal for Theology and also an editor of the Dutch Tijdschrift voor Theologie.

He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Nijmegen. He wrote a dissertation on the different forms of Liberation Theology and their relation to academic Western theology (1990).

Partial list of books

  • Alexamenos aanbidt zijn God: Theologische essays voor sceptische lezers (Zoetermeer 1994)
  • Edward Schillebeeckx: A Theologian in His History, Vol. I: A Catholic Theology of Culture (London/New York 2003)
  • Literary Canons and Religious Identity
  • Dominican Spirituality: An Exploration (London/New York 2002)
  • Metamorfosen: Over religie en moderne cultuur
  • ...want de grond waarop je staat is heilige grond: God als onderzoeksprogramma

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