Titus Brandsma Institute

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Titus Brandsma Institute
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Titus Brandsma

• Born in 1881
• Carmelite
• Lecturer in philosophy and mysticism
• Rector of the Catholic University of Nijmegen
• Died in Dachau (1942)
• Beatification (1985)

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Titus Brandsma Institute

• Founded in 1968
• Two founding institutions
• the Dutch Carmelites
• the Catholic University of Nijmegen

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Organization
Representatives from - the University of
Nijmegen - the Carmelites - Religious and Secular
organizations
Governing Board
Representatives from various scientific areas

• Academic Director
• Manager

- Researchers - Administration
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Spirituality

• The breadth of spirituality
• Schools of spirituality
• Lay spirituality
• Counter-movements
• The power of spirituality
• Proliferation of courses
• Growth of publications
• Interdisciplinarity

• Those who have carefully followed developments
  within todays culture will be fully aware of
  the breadth and power of the spirituality
  phenomenon in almost every part of the world

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Core business
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Research

• Description
• Hermeneutics
• Systematic spirituality
• Mystagogics

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Service

• Religious life
• Ministry
• Social organizations

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Publications

• Studies in Spirituality
• Studies in Spirituality Supplement
• Fiery Arrow
• Flèche de Feu
• Speling
• Voetsporen
• Mystieke teksten themas

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Education

• Spiritual direction
• Graduate School
• Comparative Spirituality
• Pastoral Studies
• Spiritual Theology

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Communication

• Spirituality International
• Who is who
• Bibliography
• Network for Education
• Discussion forum
• Digital Encyclopedia
• Bulletin board

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Interconnections

• Research centered
• Practice theory
• Theory practice
• Interrelated practices

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Titus Brandsma Institute
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Colophon

• Information Titus Brandsma Institute
• Website http//www.kun.nl/tbi
• E-mail info_at_tbi.kun.nl
• Demo
• Design Jos Huls
• Content Jos Huls in collaboration with Kees
  Waaijman