prof. dr. J.A. van Belzen
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Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Religiestudies
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Oude Turfmarkt
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1012 GC Amsterdam
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J.A.vanBelzen@uva.nl
T: 0205252008
T: 0205252010
Prof. J.A. (Jacob) v. Belzen enjoyed his academic studies. He enrolled in different programmes and obtained doctorates in
- social sciences (U of Utrecht, Netherlands)
- history (Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- philosophy (U. of Leuven, Belgium)
- sciences of religion ( Åbo Akademi, Turku , Finland ).
In 1993 he accepted an invitation from the University of Amsterdam to take the position of a full professor for the psychology of religion, with a special request for research and international work. He has a long-standing interest in cultural psychology, an interdisciplinary field within which he is especially interested in the historical nature of the human being. Next to work in theoretical psychology, a major part of his many publications have been founded on extensive empirical research in psychohistorical, esp. psychobiographical studies and in the history of psychology. He has been active in many national and international organizations and in publication media in the history of the human sciences and in the psychology of religion. Besides being a member of the board of a number of professional organizations, he acted for some decades as Secretary-General of the European Association for the Psychology of Religion; he reorganized and is past president of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion. He is Editor-in-chief of the International Series in the Psychology of Religion (published by Springer, New York), and is serving on the editorial board of a number of psychology journals.
Prof. Belzen organized about 25 international conferences. Besides publishing well over 200 articles, mostly in peer-reviewed, impact factor assessed media, he authored and edited some 45 books and special issues of journals. He received several international awards and distinctions. In 2001, prof. Belzen was elected Fellow with the American Psychological Association; in 2003 he received its prestigious tri-annual William James-Award "for exceptional and sustained contributions to the psychology of religion". He lectured in a variety of countries and addressed numerous conferences. At a number of international universities, he acted as visiting (research) professor or as visiting Fellow.
Since 2010 he is seriously hindered by medical problems.
2013
- J.A. van Belzen (2013). Musik und christlicher Glaube. Religionspsychologische Randbemerkungen zu einer empirischen Beobachtung. In J.A. van Belzen (Ed.), Musik und Religion: psychologische Zugänge (pp. 7-37). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
- R.W. Hood & J.A. Belzen (2013). Research methods in the psychology of religion and spirituality. In R.F. Paloutzian & C.L. Park (Eds.), Handbook of the psychology of religion and spirituality. - 2nd ed (pp. 75-93). New York: Guilford Press.
- J.A. Belzen (2013). A inclusão dos excluídos? Um paradoxo na historiografia da psicologia da religião. (MultiTextos CTCH, 2.1). Rio de Janeiro: PUC Rio.
- J.A. Belzen (2013). Music and religion: psychological perspectives and their limits. Archiv für Religionspsychologie = Archive for the psychology of religion, 35 (1), 1-29. doi: 10.1163/15736121-12341256
- J.A. Belzen (2013). Psychohistory. In A.L.C. Runehov & L. Oviedo (Eds.), Encyclopedia of sciences and religions (pp. 1884-1887). Dordrecht: Springer Reference.
- J.A. Belzen (2013). Psychobiography. In A.L.C. Runehov & L. Oviedo (Eds.), Encyclopedia of sciences and religions (pp. 1883-1884). Dordrecht: Springer Reference.
- J.A. Belzen (2013). Ein Ende, das zum Anfang wurde: die Zeitschrift für Religionspsychologie, 1907-1913: zur (Vor)Geschichte der IAPR (1/4) - The end that turned into a new beginning: the journal for the psychology of religion, 1907-1913: on the (pre)history of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion. Archiv für Religionspsychologie = Archive for the psychology of religion, 35 (3), 385-319. doi: 10.1163/15736121-12341271
- J.A. van Belzen (2013). Bij het heengaan van een gigant. Antoon Vergote, 1921-2013. Psyche en Geloof, 24, 288-292.
- J. Belzen (2013). Constituição histórica da Psicologia Científica da Religião. In J. Décio Passos & F. Usarski (Eds.), Compêndio de Ciência da Religião (pp. 319-332). San Paulo: Paulinas.
2012
- J.A. van Belzen (2012). Markt van min en meer: recente publicaties op het terrein van de godsdienstpsychologie. Psyche en Geloof, 23 (1), 41-61.
- J. van Belzen (2012). Der erste Würzburger in der Religionspsychologie: Wilhelm Stählin und die Gründung des Archiv für Religionspsychologie. In A. Stock, H.-P. Brauns & U. Wolfradt (Eds.), Historische Analysen theoretischer und empirischer Psychologie (Beiträge zur Geschichte der Psychologie, 25) (pp. 117-131). Frankfurt am Main [etc.]: Lang.
- J.A. Belzen (2012). Religião e ciências psicológicas: considerações críticas. REVER. Revista de Estudos da Religiao, 12 (1), 197-218.[go to publisher's site]
- J.A. Belzen (2012). Psicopatologia e religião: uma análise psicobiográfica. (MultiTextos CTCH, 1.1). Rio de Janeiro: PUC Rio.
- J.A. Belzen (2012). Psicologia Cultural: uma abordagem hermenêutica ao estudo da Religião. (MultiTextos CTCH, 1.2). Rio de Janeiro: PUC Rio.
2011
- J. Belzen (2011). La psychologie de la religion au regard de la psychologie culturelle. Bulletin de Psychologie, 2011 (2), 103-116. doi: 10.3917/bupsy.512.0103
- J.A. van Belzen (2011). Religie, maatschappelijke structuur en individu: factoren in de Nederlandse godsdienstpsychologie. Religie & Samenleving, 6 (3), 277-305.
- J.A. Belzen (2011). A political end to a pioneering career: Marianne Beht and the psychology of religion. Religions, 2 (3), 247-263. doi: 10.3390/rel2030247
2010
- J.A. van Belzen (2010). Religionspsychologie im Spiegelbild der Halleschen Kantgesellschaft: Marianne Beth und die Psychologie des Unglaubens. In U. Wolfradt, M. Kaiser-El-Safti & H.-P. Brauns (Eds.), Hallesche Perspektiven auf die Geschichte der Psychologie: Hermann Ebbinghaus und Carl Stumpf (pp. 139-155). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Beyond Freud in psychoanalytic psychology of religion? On the discussion of religion as projection. Journal of Religion in Europe, 3 (1), 1-33. doi: 10.1163/187489210X12597396698708
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Pionierin der Religionspsychologie: Marianne Beth (1890-1984). Archiv für Religionspsychologie = Archive for the psychology of religion, 32 (2), 125-145. doi: 10.1163/157361210X500874
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Mourning religion? Celebrating transformation! From loss to gain, from depression to melancholia. Pastoral Psychology, 59 (3), 347-353. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0266-y
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Psychology of religion: perspectives from cultural psychology. Mental Health Religion & Culture, 13 (4), 329-347. doi: 10.1080/13674670903415212
- J.A. Belzen (2010). To read and to be read: the problematic nature of communication: comment on comments. Mental Health Religion & Culture, 13 (4), 417-436. doi: 10.1080/13674670903415386
- J.A. van Belzen (2010). The oldest organization for psychology in the Netherlands: a shared first place. In J. Bos & M. Sinatra (Eds.), The history of the human sciences: an open atmosphere: proceedings of the 27th annual conference of the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences, Bari, Italy, 2 - 5 July 2008 (pp. 31-42). Pensa Multimedia: Lecce.
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Towards cultural psychology of religion: principles, approaches, applications. Dordrecht: Springer.
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Religion and self: notions from a cultural psychological perspective. Pastoral Psychology, 59 (4), 399-409. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0204-z[go to publisher's site]
2009
- J.A. Belzen (2009). Studying the specificity of spirituality: lessons from the psychology of religion. Mental Health Religion & Culture, 12 (3), 205-222.
- J.A. Belzen (2009). Některé podmínky, možnosti a hranice psychologických studií spirituality. Československá Psychologie, 53 (4), 396-407.
- J.A. Belzen (2009). Ideology, politics and personality: shaping forces in Dutch psychology of religion, 1907-1957. History of Psychology, 12 (3), 157-182.
- J.A. Belzen & R. Kugelmann (2009). Historical intersections of psychology, religion, and politics in national contexts. History of Psychology, 12 (3), 125-131.
- J.A. van Belzen (2009). Taboo Religion? A contextual analysis of the marginalization of German psychology of religion. Zeitschrift für Psychologie mit Zeitschrift für angewandte Psychologie, 217 (2), 85-94.
- J.A. Belzen (2009). The dynamics of becoming a psychologist of religion: the case of Heije Faber. Archiv für Religionspsychologie = Archive for the psychology of religion, 31 (1), 35-52.
- J.A. Belzen (2009). Cultural psychology of religion: profile of an interdisciplinary approach. Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 20, 103-129.
2008
- J.A. Belzen (2008). Modern means, classic goals: by way of introduction. In J.A. Belzen & A. Geels (Eds.), Autobiography and the psychological study of religious lives (International series in the psychology of religion, 15) (pp. 7-16). Amsterdam [etc.]: Rodopi.
- J.A. van Belzen (2008). Verder dan Freud? Na een eeuw psychoanalytische godsdienstkritiek. Tijdschrift voor Theologie, 48 (1), 66-90.
- J.A. Belzen (2008). Autobiography, psychic functioning and mental health: the role of religion in personal life. In J.A. Belzen & A. Geels (Eds.), Autobiography and the psychological study of religious lives (International series in the psychology of religion, 15) (pp. 117-157). Amsterdam [etc.]: Rodopi.
- J.A. van Belzen (2008). The development of early psychology of religion: a Dutch falsification of the received view. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 44 (3), 258-272.
- J.A. van Belzen & A.J.R. Uleyn (2008). De samenhang van persoon, oeuvre en tijdsgewricht: psychobiografische notities bij de godsdienstpsychologie van Heije Faber. Psyche en Geloof, 19 (1), 38-53.
- J. Belzen, C. Dege & M. Dege (2008). Editorial. Journal für Psychologie, 16 (3).[go to publisher's site]
- J.A. van Belzen (2008). Über Religionspsychologie: Konditionen und Gründe ihrer Existenz. Journal für Psychologie, 16 (3).[go to publisher's site]
2007
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'The varieties of functions of religious experience. James' Varieties reconsidered'. Archives de Psychologie, 72, 2006, 49-65.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'Een puntenwolk. Over recente productie in de godsdienstpsychologie'. Psyche en Geloof, 17, 2006, 134-158.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'De introductie der godsdienstpsychologie in Nederland. Ontwikkelingen onder vrijzinnigen'. Psyche en Geloof, 18, 58-85.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'De oudste organisatie voor de psychologie in Nederland: een gedeelde eerste plaats. De Godsdienstpsychologische Studievereeniging'. Gewina, 30, 265-281.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'Een pionier met betrekking tot religie en geestelijke gezondheid(szorg): Johan van der Spek'. Psyche en Geloof, 18.
2006
- J.A. van Belzen (2006). 'Methodological concerns in the psychology of religion: continuities, losses and transforming perspectives'. Religion, 35, 137-165.
- J.A. van Belzen (2006). 'Methodological Issues in the Psychology of Religion: Towards another Paradigm?'. Journal of Psychology, 140, 5-28.
- J.A. van Belzen (2006). 'Culture and the 'dialogical self': Toward a secular cultural psychology of religion'. In J. Straub, D. Weidemann, C. Kolbl & B. Zielke (Eds.), Pursuit of Meaning: Advances in Cultural and Cross-Cultural Psychology (pp. 129-152). Bielefeld: Transcript.
- J.A. van Belzen (2006). 'Cultural psychology of religion: perspectives, challenges, possibilities'. In M. Aletti, D. Fagnani & G. Rossi (Eds.), Religione: Cultura, mente e cervello. Nuove prospettive in psicologia della religione (pp. 22-57). Turino: Centro Scientifico Editore.
2012
- J.A. Belzen (2012). The comeback of the psychology of religion: the aims of the present volume. In J.A. Belzen (Ed.), Psychology of religion: autobiographical accounts (PATH in psychology) (pp. 1-18). New York [etc.]: Springer.
2010
- J.A. Belzen (2010). A "leading European woman", a victim of national socialism: Marianne Beth. In H. Gundlach, R. Roe, M. Sinatra & G. Tanucci (Eds.), European pioneer women in psychology (Psicologia, 340) (pp. 39-58). Milano: Angeli.
- J.A. Belzen (2010). Para uma psicologia cultural da religião: princípios, enfoques, aplicação. São Paulo: Idéias e Letras.
- J.A. van Belzen (2010). Research on religion and spirituality: the psychological approach. In H. Ginting & R.O. Rajagukguk (Eds.), Introduction to psychology of religion: a new frontier approach in Indonesia: a proceeding of the international conference on spirituality (pp. 111-137). Bandung: Maranatha Christian University Press.
- J.A. van Belzen (2010). Desiderata and possibilities for the psychological study of religion: how to enlarge the place of Freudian thought in religious studies. In G. Kaplan & W.B. Parsons (Eds.), Disciplining Freud on religion: perspectives from the humanities and social sciences (pp. 3-58). Lanham: Lexington Books.
2009
- J.A. Belzen (2009). Past Freud - beyond Freud? On progress in the psychoanalytic psychology of religion. In J.A. Belzen (Ed.), Changing the scientific study of religion: beyond Freud? Theoretical, empirical and clinical studies from psychoanalytic perspectives (pp. 3-34). Dordrecht [etc.]: Springer.
- J.A. van Belzen (2009). Facing the challenge of the dialogue of cultures and partnership of civilizations: a contribution from hermeneutic social science. In A.P. Zapesotsky & S.R. Abramov (Eds.), Dialogue of cultures and partnership of civilizations (pp. 211-216). St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- J.A. van Belzen (2009). Progress in psychology of religion? On the discussion of religion as projection. In H. Gasiul & E. Wrocławska-Warchala (Eds.), Osobowość i religia = Personality and religion (pp. 17-44). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego.
- J. van Belzen (2009). Psychologische behoefte aan religieuze zingeving? Kanttekeningen bij een veel te populaire opvatting. In M. van Uden & J. Pieper (Eds.), Zichtbare en onzichtbare religie: over de varianten van religieuze zin (UTP-katern, 27) (pp. 25-37). Nijmegen: Valkhof Pers.
2008
- J.A. van Belzen (2008). Religion, culture and mental health. Cultural psychological reflections on the religious ‘self. In S.Y. Kwon (Ed.), Multicultural counseling in Asian-Pacific context (pp. 36-56). Seoul (Korea): Yontsei University..
2007
- J.A. van Belzen & C. Henning (2007). 'Zum Geleit'. In J.A. van Belzen & Ch. Henning (Eds.), Verrückt nach Gott. Zum Umgang mt außeralltäglichen religiösen Phänomenen in Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Theologie (pp. 7-13). Paderborn: Schoningh.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). Zum psychologischen umgang mit außeralltäglichen religiösen Phänomenen: Konditionen der Interpretationen. In Ch. Henning & J.A. Belzen (Eds.), Verrückt nach Gott. Zum Umgang mt außeralltäglichen religiösen Phänomenen in Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Theologie (pp. 57-78). Paderborn: Schöningh.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'Biografie: voer voor de psychologie? Pleidooi voor interdisciplinariteit'. In J. Dane & H. Renders (Eds.), Biografie en psychologie (pp. 85-105). Amsterdam: Boom.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). 'Kan gestoord normaal zijn? Grondvragen en krachtlijnen op het kruispunt van religie en geestesstoornis'. In J.P. Verhagen (Ed.), Religieuze psychopathologie (pp. 12-34). Tilburg: KSGV.
- J.A. van Belzen & C. Henning (2007). Berauscht von Gott: Zum Umgang mit außergewöhnlichen religiösen Phänomenen in Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Theologie. Paderborn: Schoningh.
- J.A. van Belzen (2007). Psychologie en het raadsel van de religie. Beschouwingen bij een eeuw godsdienstpsychologie in Nederland. Amsterdam: Boom.
2012
- J. van Belzen (2012). Het partiële licht van de psychologie [Review of the book De gelovige geest: op zoek naar de biologische en psychologische wortels van religie]. De Psycholoog, 47(12), 43-45.
- J.A. Belzen (2012). A real psychology of a real religion: Antoine Vergote turning 90 years of age. Psicologia della Religione - News, 16 e 17 (3 e 1), 6-8.
2009
- J.A. van Belzen (2009). [Review of the book Verward van geest en ander ongerief: psychiatrie en geestelijke gezondheidszorg in Nederland (1870-2005)]. Studium, 2(3), 185-187.
2008
- J. Belzen (2008). Religie. In H.P.J. Stroeken (Ed.), Psychoanalytisch woordenboek: begrippen, termen, personen, literatuur. - 3e, herz. en verm. ed (pp. 164-165). Amsterdam: Boom.
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