Abstract:
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.
