Dit boek vertelt de geschiedenis van de ongeschoeide karmelietessen in Nederland sinds de negentiende eeuw: katholieke zusters die naar het voorbeeld van Teresa van Avila (1515-1582) in slotkloosters leefden. In de tijd dat Nederland een modern land werd, bloeide ook het contemplatieve kloosterleven. Vrouwen en mannen zonderden zich af van de wereld en richtten zich achter de kloostermuren op gebed en ascese. Hun uitstraling sprak erg tot de verbeelding en zij werden zelfs beeldbepalend voor ...

The Jewish Orphanage in Leiden was the last one of eight such care homes to open its doors in the Netherlands before the Second World War. After spending almost 39 years in an old and utterly inadequate building in Leiden's city centre, the inauguration in 1929 of a brand-new building, shown on the front cover, was the start of a remarkably productive and prosperous period.

The building still stands there, proudly but sadly, to this day: the relatively happy period lasted less than fourteen y...

This book on water and climate change goes beyond the usual and predictable analyses, by bringing religion and values into a discussion that is often dominated by technocratic solutions. The three case studies of Jakarta, Cape Town, and Amsterdam demonstrate the challenges of water management in urban areas and the role religion can play in addressing them. With representatives from science, politics, economics, and religion, as well as young voices, the book stimulates a values-driven dialog...