Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
The parish and the academy symbolize the core of my theological method, the interaction between ecclesial practices and theological theory. Faith is grounded in human lives, social practices, religious communities, and cultural contexts.
Since my Ph.D. in practical theology in empirical homiletics, published as Religious Involvement in Hearing Sermons (2010, open access), I have applied (parts of) Grounded Theory methodology to various projects in the fields of homiletics, military chaplaincy, and pastoral care.
In my current research I focus on two main projects:
- Digital Homiletics. The application of computational methods in the study of preaching; digital methods enrich existing strategies to analyse sermons. Further, the empirical study of online preaching, both streaming worship and new digital forms of preaching contributes to the theory of preaching (collaborative international project with the working title "Homiletics for a Digital Age").
- Soul Care. A reframing of pastoral care theory based upon the theological-anthropological idea of the 'soul'. Special attention will be paid to two religious practices: end-of-life care (death and dying), and spiritual formation.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Religious Involvement In Hearing Sermons
Award Date: 6 Jul 2010
Keywords
- BT Doctrinal Theology
- Practical Theology
- Homiletics
- Preaching
- Pastoral care
- Empirical theology
- Grounded Theory
- Military Chaplaincy
Network
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Spiritual Formation in Local Faith Communities: A Whole-Person, Prompt-Card Approach
Pembroke, N., Kelly, E., Pleizier, T. T. J., Schmidt, W. S. & Van den Berg, J-A., Mar 2022, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. 240 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Professional
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Who Cares? Exploring Pastoral Care in Dutch Protestant Parishes Using the Church Life Survey (CLS)
Pleizier, T. T. J., Zwijze-Koning, K. & van der Meulen, M., 13 Nov 2021, In: Pastoral Psychology. Published onlineResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Christen zijn in een boeiende cultuur zonder God: Bijbelstudie over Daniël 1
Pleizier, T. T. J., Mar 2022, In: Generator : HGJB-vakblad voor goed jeugdwerk in de kerk van nu. 39, p. 21-23 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
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De Bijbel in het pastoraat: de bijdrage van Vanhoozer aan een praktisch-theologische vraagstelling
Pleizier, T. T. J., 2022, Improviseren in Gods drama: de theologie van Kevin Vanhoozer voor de kerk in Nederland. Pleizier, T., Hartog, B. & van den Toren, B. (eds.). Utrecht: KokBoekencentrum, p. 163-177 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Professional
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De draaglijke, bevrijdende lichtheid van provocatief pastoraat: reactie op een theologisch drieluik over provocatief pastoraat
Pleizier, T. T. J., 15 Jul 2022Translated title of the contribution :Provocative pastoral care: bearable, light and liberating: Response to a triptych on provocative pastoral care Research output: Online publication or non-textual form › Online publication or website › Professional
Prizes
Activities
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Member of PhD assessment committee: A Basis Theory for a Homiletical Movement by Hein Delport
T.T.J. (Theo) Pleizier (Member)
16 Feb 2022Activity: Examination › Chair or member of PhD assessment committee
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Pastoral Care as Spiritual Formation
T.T.J. Pleizier (Speaker)
22 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk (lezing)
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Onderzoek Internationale kerken tijdens Corona
P.E.M. Meijers (Consultant) & T.T.J. Pleizier (Consultant)
Apr 2022 → Dec 2022Activity: Consultancy
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Pastoraat met het oog op het levenseinde
T.T.J. (Theo) Pleizier (Speaker)
10 Feb 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk (lezing op uitnodiging)
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Societas Homiletica (External organisation)
T.T.J. Pleizier (Chair)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Membership of board
Press / Media
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Voorgangers positief over internetviering
T.T.J. (Theo) Pleizier & H.P. (Henk) de Roest
23/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media