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2025
“De beelden die we van elkaar hebben. Over Monomania in het Rijksmuseum” in Tijd & Taak 2025 (3): 30-33.
‘H3H Biennale: A Deeper Shade of Soul’, review, in Art & Christianity, no.123/ Autumn 2025. 12-13.
‘Nooit onttoverd geweest‘, De Nederlandse Boekengids/ Dutch Review of Books. 2025, 10(4): 57.
‘Leren denken in misschiens. Over de voorzichtige acceptatie van religieuze kunst in Nederland‘, Metropolis M, 2025 (3) June-July. 51-54.
‘On Not Collecting Religion’, Collecting Religion, online resource, edited by James S.
Bielo and Matthew Hayes, June 2025.
‘Mary Magdalene as Patron of Feminist Politics and Theology‘, in The Oxford Handbook of Mary Magdalene, edited by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2025. (print to appear later in 2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197669907.013.17
‘Een Ernstig Streven in Nieuwe Vormen: De Oprichting van het Museum voor Nieuwe Religieuse Kunst’, in Tussen Hemel en Oorlog. Kunst en Religie in het Interbellum, edited by Rozanne de Bruijne en Lieke Wijnia. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders, Museum Catharijneconvent, 2025. 61-73.
‘Joodse Modernisten in het Nauw: Jacques Lipchitz en Moisej Kogan’, in Tussen Hemel en Oorlog. Kunst en Religie in het Interbellum, edited by Rozanne de Bruijne en Lieke Wijnia. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders, Museum Catharijneconvent, 2025. 153-157.
Review of ‘Planting Letters and Weaving Lines. Calligraphy, The Song of Songs, and The Saint John’s Bible, by Joanna Homrighausen (2022), Literature & Theology, 2025, XX. 1-2.
2024
Museums as Ritual Sites. Civilizing Rituals Reconsidered. Edited by Lieke Wijnia and James S. Bielo. London: Routledge/ T&F. 2024.
‘The Enduring Value of Museum Ritual: Volume Introduction’, in: L. Wijnia and J.S. Bielo (eds.). Museums as Ritual Sites. Civilizing Rituals Reconsidered. London: Routledge/ T&F. 2024. pp. 1-16.
‘The Many Faces of Mary Magdalene: Curatorially Compared, Ritually Construed’, in: L. Wijnia and J.S. Bielo (eds.). Museums as Ritual Sites. Civilizing Rituals Reconsidered. London: Routledge/ T&F. 2024. pp. 137-150.
De Schepping van de Wetenschap. L. Wijnia (ed.) Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024.
‘Mary Anning, paleontoloog extraordinaire‘, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. pp. 152, 154.
‘Een mens die de zondvloed meemaakte?’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. p. 150.
‘Op wankele grond‘, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. pp. 144-153.
‘Voortleven na de dood: Henrietta Lacks’ bijzondere bijdrage aan de moderne wetenschap’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. p. 72.
‘Volhardende voorlopers: De Edingburgh Seven’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. p. 70.
‘Diep van binnen’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) De Schepping van de Wetenschap. Zwolle/ Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers/ Museum Catharijneconvent. 2024. pp. 64-74.
‘De toekomst is nu. De herontdekking van Hilma af Klint.’ De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books). 2024, 9 (3): 25-26.
Exhibition review of: ‘Krien Clevis, Dutch Churches in Transition’. Art & Christianity, 2024: 120. pp.13-14.
2023
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe. Edited by Todd H. Weir & Lieke Wijnia. London: Bloomsbury, 2023. (Open Acces via link and Hardcopy book available).
‘Religious Heritage between Scholarship and Practice, ‘ with Todd H. Weir, in: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe. Edited by Todd H. Weir & Lieke Wijnia. London: Bloomsbury, 2023. pp. 3-14. (Open Acces via link and Hardcopy book available).
‘Translating religion: Contemporary art through a postsecular lens.’ In Ronald Bernier and Rachel Hostetter Smith (eds.), Religion and Contemporary Art. A Curious Accord. 2023. London: Routledge, 46-61.
‘Hoe Utrecht Paus Adrianus VI in Herinnering hield’, With C. Veldman. Jaarboek Oud Utrecht. 2023. 88-105.
‘Noli Me Tangere.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 21. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2023. 720-724
‘Hoe God zijn lichaam verloor.’ De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books) 2023: 1
2022
Resonating Sacralities. Dynamics between Religion and the Arts in Postsecular Netherlands. Series: Religion & Society 80. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022.
‘Heilige Zeggingskracht: Verbeeldingen van Maria Magdalena in Eigentijdse Kunst,’ in Kunstenaars in Gods Spoor. Peilingen naar het Religieuze en Spirituele van Kunst in een Seculiere Wereld. Edited by Wessel Stoker en Frank G. Bosman, 2022. Almere: Parthenon. 88-101.
‘Museums: Art Museums & Galleries.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 20. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2022. 198-202.
‘Piet Mondrian.’ In: James Crossley and Alastair Lockhart (eds.) Critical Dictionary of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements. 14 January 2022.
Religie en wetenschap eeuwige vijanden? Ontleding van een hardnekkig idee. De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books). October 2022.
Book review of David Morgan, The Thing About Religion: An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021). Religion and Society: Advances in Research (2022) 13: 263-265
Een militante verkondiger van Gods woord: Huldrych Zwingli. De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books). April 2022.
‘1 Thessalonians 5.‘ The Visual Commentary on Scripture, King’s College London: 2022.
2021
Mary Magdalene – Chief Witness, Sinner, Feminist. (ed.) Zwolle, Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers, Museum Catharijneconvent. 2021. Also available in Dutch: Maria Magdalena – Kroongetuige, Zondaar, Feminist. (red.) Zwolle, Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers, Museum Catharijneconvent. 2021.
‘Her Body as Battle Ground: Femininity in the Conceptualisation of Mary Magdalene’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) Mary Magdalene – Chief Witness, Sinner, Feminist. Zwolle, Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers, Museum Catharijneconvent. 2021. 90-99. (also in Dutch).
‘A Seated Powerhouse. Is this the Mary Magdalene of the 21st century?’, in: L. Wijnia (ed.) Mary Magdalene – Chief Witness, Sinner, Feminist. Zwolle, Utrecht: Waanders Uitgevers, Museum Catharijneconvent. 2021. 126-131. (also in Dutch).
The Lamentation of the Dying Mary Magdalene. Melchior de la Mars (ca.1580-1650) and the Power of Emotion in the Counter Reformation. Antwerp: The Phoebus Foundation. 2021. Also available in Dutch: De Stervende Maria Magdalena. Melchior de la Mars (ca. 1580-1650) en de Kracht van Emotie in de Contrareformatie. Antwerpen: The Phoebus Foundation. 2021.
The Bible and Global Tourism. Edited with J.S. Bielo. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021. Series: The Bible in Contemporary Culture.
‘Music, Scripture, and the Sacred: Negotiating the Postsecular at a Dutch Arts Festival.‘ In: J.S. Bielo, L. Wijnia (eds). The Bible and Global Tourism. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2021. Series: The Bible in Contemporary Culture. 221-241.
‘Millais, John Everett.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 19. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2021. 158-160.
‘Mimesis: Visual Arts.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 19. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2021. 199-201.
‘Modernism: Visual Arts.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 19. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2021. 629-633.
Book review of: Cyril Isnart, Natalie Cerezales (eds.), The Religious Heritage Complex. Legacy, Conservation, and Christianity. Journal of Contemporary Religion 36:2 (2021). 381-382.
Book review of: Alena Alexandrova, Breaking Resemblance. The Role of Religious Motifs in Contemporary Art. Website Reading Religion, American Academy of Religion. March 2021.
Van wensdenken naar waarheid, en weer terug: Het Gospel van Jezus’ vrouw. De Nederlandse Boekengids (The Dutch Review of Books). Feb-March 2021. 28.
Book review of: Hans Janssen, Michael White, Marek Wieczorek. Mondrian and De Stijl. Exhibition Catalogue, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. The Burlington Magazine, 163 (Feb) 2021. 173-175.
‘Wederopstanding van een gevallen vrouw. Maria Magdalena feministisch bezien.’ With Ann-Sophie Lehmann. Catharijne Magazine 39:2 (2021),18-20.
‘Maria Magdalena. De Tentoonstelling,’ Catharijne Magazine 39:2 (2021), 4-7.
‘Conservator in Coronatijd’, Catharijne Magazine, 39:1 (2021), 4-5.
2020
‘Maria Magdalena in Utrecht: Van de middeleeuwen tot nu’. With A. Dijkema. Jaarboek Oud Utrecht 2020. 234-251
‘De Waalse Kerk als kruiswegstatie’, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Kerkgeschiedenis 2020, 23 (3): 254-259.
‘Relocated Pilgrimage: An Artistic Via Dolorosa in the Heart of Amsterdam’. International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage 2020. 8(5):70-82 (article 7).
‘Piet Mondrian’s Abstraction as a Way of Seeing the Sacred.’ In: L. Child, A. Rosen (eds). Religion and Sight. Sheffield: Equinox, 2020. Series: Religion and the Senses. 143-159.
‘Medievalism: Visual Arts.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 18. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2020. 406-410.
Book review of: Wessel Stoker, Marcel Barnard (eds). ‘God in hedendaagse kunst.’ NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, 2020, 74 (1): 90-92.
Book review of: TJ Clark, Heaven on Earth: Painting and the Life to Come. Website Reading Religion, American Academy of Religion. July 28, 2020.
‘The Current Crisis in Dutch Study of Religion and the Role of the NGG: A Short Rejoinder.’ With W. Arfman, S. Loukili, B. Meyer, J. Wiering, and E. Venbrux. NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion 2020, 74 (4): 315-318.
Religious Art, LSE Forum for Philosophy, online event. 09 December 2020: co-panelists Ben Quash and Mehreen Chida-Razvi. Also available as podcast.
‘Ik zat 28 uur in een kluis. Het was weldadig.‘ Nederlands Dagblad, Gulliver. 24 July 2020: 3. Also published on the website of Via Jacobi.
‘Proverbs 4.’ The Visual Commentary on Scripture, King’s College London: 2020.
‘De kunst van het wonder.’ With R. van der Houwen-Jelles. Catharijne Magazine. February 2020. 12-13.
2019
‘Manet, Édouard.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 17. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. 729-730.
‘Maria Lactans: Visual Arts.’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 17. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. 899-901.
‘Mary – Nativity of: Visual Arts’ In: Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception 17. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019. 1134-1135.
Book review of: Petra Carlsson Redell, ‘Foucault, Art, and Radical Theology. The Mystery of Things.’ Website Reading Religion, American Academy of Religion. 20 November 2019.
Book review of: Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, ‘Religion and the Arts: History and Method.’ Website Reading Religion, American Academy of Religion. 21 January 2019.
‘Zonder dialoog geen toekomst voor religieus erfgoed.’ With T.H. Weir. Friesch Dagblad. 17 August 2019.
‘Art Stations of the Cross: Reflections on Artistic and Curatorial Interpretations of Suffering in Biblical and Contemporary Times’, Blog Religious Matters in an Entangled World, Utrecht University. 12 May 2019.
2018
Beyond the Return of Religion: Art and the Postsecular’. Brill Research Perspectives in Religion and the Arts 2018, 2 (3).
‘Bringing Mondrian’s Lozenge Composition with Yellow Lines to The Netherlands.’ The Burlington Magazine 2018, 160 (February): 118-125.
‘Framing Encounters, Performing Difference.’ In: A. Rosen (ed). Encounters. The Art of Interfaith Dialogue. Turnhout: Brepols, 2018. Series: Arts and the Sacred. 92-103.
‘Victimhood in Reverse: Art in the Age of Apology.’ In: M.J.M. Hoondert, W. Arfman, P. Mutsaers (eds). Cultural Practices of Victimhood. London: Routledge, 2018. Series: Victims, Culture, Society. 104-119.
Book review of: Jacqueline van Paaschen, ‘Mondriaan en Steiner, Wegen naar Nieuwe Beelding.’ Material Religion. 2018, 14 (3): 560-561.
Book review of: Helena Wulff (ed.) 2016. ‘The Anthropologist as Writer: Genres and Contexts in the Twenty-first Century.’ Anthropological Journal of European Cultures 2018, 27(2): 144-146.
Book review of: Frank Burch Brown (ed). ‘The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts.’ Website Reading Religion, American Academy of Religion. 5 July 2018.
2017
Piet Mondriaan. De man die alles veranderde. With B. Tempel, H. Janssen. Zwolle & The Hague: Waanders, Gemeentemuseum, 2017.
‘Chronologie Piet Mondriaan, 1912-1919.’ In: Piet Mondriaan en Bart van der Leck: De Ontdekking van een Nieuwe Kunst. Exhibition Cat. Gemeentemuseum The Hague. Zwolle: WBooks, 2017. 11-53.B.
2016
Making Sense through Music. Perceptions of the Sacred at Festival Musica Sacra Maastricht. PhD Dissertation, Tilburg University, 2016.
‘Wij hebben behoefte aan een nieuwe tijd: De oorlogsjaren van Anton en Helene Kröller-Müller.’ In: E. Koops, J. van Raan (eds). Gelderland en de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Soesterberg: Uitgeverij Aspekt/ Stichting Studiecentrum Eerste Wereldoorlog, 2016. 505-521.
2015
‘’Doing it for the Right Reasons’: The Ritual Dimensions of Festival Musica Sacra Maastricht.’ In: P. Post, L. Sparks (eds). The Study of Culture through the Lens of Ritual. Groningen, Amsterdam, 2015. Series: Netherlands Studies in Ritual and Liturgy 15. 131-146.
‘Everything You Own in a Box to the Left: Reclaiming the Potential of the Sacred in Music.’ Marginalia Review of Books. 9 June 2015. Christopher Partridge. 2013. ‘The Lyre of Orpheus. Popular Museum, The Sacred, and the Profane’.
Book review of: Petra van Langen, ‘Muziek en religie. Katholieke musici en de confessionalisering van het Nederlandse muziekleven, 1850-1948.’ Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 2015, 128 (2): 337-339.
2014
‘Tarenskeen’s LUTHER: Allowing for new Forms of Sacrality.’ With M. Klomp. Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies 2014, 30: 243-259
‘The Last Supper. Marlene Dumas, Mary Beth Edelson and Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin.’ N.Paradoxa. International Feminist Art Journal 2014, 33: 48-56.
2013
‘Religious Rituals as Festival Performances at Musica Sacra Maastricht.’ Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies 2013, 29: 99-111.
2011
‘Vanuit Nederland: De moderniteit en Parijs in drie stappen.’ In: Parijs 1900-1960: Hoofdstad van de Moderne Kunst. Exhibition Cat., Gemeentemuseum The Hague. Antwerp: Ludion, 2011. 14-23.