Job VU University Amsterdam (VU) - Professor Mennonite Theology and Ethics with a Focus on Peace and Justice Studies f/m
Professor Mennonite Theology and Ethics with a Focus on Peace and Justice Studies f/m
- Specifications - (explanation)
Location De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam Scientific fields Behaviour and Society, Language and Culture, Theology Function types Professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers Education Doctorate Hours 32.0 hours per week End procedure 8 March 2010 Job number 1.2010.00045 Translations en
Job description
- Executive direction and expanding of the Peace and Justice Studies Centre, by means of establishing international contacts with academic institutions of similar nature;
- conducting research in the field of Peace and Justice Studies in the Mennonite tradition, resulting in academic publications;
- participation in international multi-disciplinary research projects in the field of Peace and Justice studies;
- supervision of research of the chair’s PhD students;
- development of new areas of research, and active contribution to necessary fund raising thereto;
- and teaching in the field of theology and ethics in BA and MA programs, including MDiv. students and students in Intercultural MA programs.
Requirements
- PhD degree in Christian Ethics or Philosophical Ethics;
- additional academic publications, books and articles in reviewed periodicals;
- profound interest in issues of politics and society, in particular in the area of peace and justice;
- executive qualities;
- and membership of a Mennonite community or kindred denomination.
Conditions of employment
The Professor will be a member of the Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam. The appointment will be for 0,8 fte, depending on the candidate’s competences and availability, for an initial period of 5 years. The starting date is September 2010. You can find information about our excellent fringe benefits of employment at www.workingatvu.nl. The interviews will take place in the middle of March.
The salary will be according to Dutch CAO standards for academic professionals.
Contract type
Temporary
5 years
Additional information
The Mennonite Seminary, Doopsgezind Seminarium Amsterdam, has established a part-time chair in Mennonite Theology and Ethics. This chair is closely connected to the recently founded Amsterdam Centre for Peace and Justice Studies at the Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam Centre for Peace and Justice Studies, an academic institute rooted in one of the oldest peace church traditions of the Western World, is constituted in 2009 to initiate and promote scholarly education and research on Peace and Justice Programs from a theological point of view. In cooperation with allied institutions and individuals, the Institute aims to strengthen the realization of peaceful, righteous and tolerant communities and societies by means of research and education programs. We believe that an unbiased study of the Bible from the perspectives of its historical contexts, its effects through the ages and its relevance for contemporary conflicts, will contribute to offer creative contributions to the worldwide peace and justice movement. The Centre’s programs are focused on the role and function of religion in conflict, trauma and prevention thereof. The academic research and training will be rooted in the unique tradition of the multi-religious and multi-cultural context of the Faculty of Theology of VU University Amsterdam.
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