Robbert van Veen
I am a student in 'Religion in the Public Domain', a master degree at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. I look forward to my role as mentor for this course on religion and conflict.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Harry Cather
Hi Harry, thanks for raising this issue. I have taken a look at the questions and the answers are indeed fairly similar. We feel though that getting the definitions exactly right is important in analysing religion and conflict. I hope the feedback with each question was helpful for you understanding. Good luck and thanks again for asking!
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Robbert van Veen made a comment
The Padlet is now accessible. Sorry for the inconvenience!.
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Robbert van Veen replied to phyllis Ocran
Hi Gary, on the contrary! We value it tremendously and are curious towards your opinions.
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Robbert van Veen made a comment
Hello everyone, I am Robbert, one of your mentors for this course. I am studying 'Religion in the Public Domain' at the University of Groningen, and am especially interested in legal conflicts arising between secularism and religion. I hope you'll enjoy the course!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Hans Hoolmans
Hi Hans, welcome to the course! Your job sounds interesting and challenging. Hope you'll learn some useful insights here as well.
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Hi Jasmina! Welcome to the course. I hope you'll find the part in Week 5 on peacebuilding in Bosnia intestering.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Leen Gijbels
Hi Leen,
Unfortunately we can't due to copyright license agreements. Sorry about that! -
Robbert van Veen made a comment
The model looks great. Can we share the actual model on padlet as a file as well?
BTW I'm not a mentor on this couse, apologies. -
Robbert van Veen replied to Michael McManus
Hi Michael, indeed! We have a discussion on absolute truth claims in other sacred forms in Week 2. Looking forward to your contributions!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Michael Baker
Hi Michael, that's interesting. Does this reflect on your own society as well?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Maria Greene
'Drinking' or 'thinking'?
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Hi Viktoriya, we'll definitely search for video's of the Orthodox Church next time. Thanks for the suggestion. By the way, what do you mean with the 'danger of diversity'?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Zara Qureshi
Welcome Zara, sound like a good reason the join. Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to RENATO JOSÉ BICUDO
Hello Renato, great to have you on the course. Good luck learning!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Sam Hepworth
Hi Sam, nice to see young people being interested in this course. Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Marten Knevel
Hi Marten, welcome to the course. Good luck learning!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Mary Trippler
Hi Mary, great to see you are taking an interest in learning, and in this course! Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to GREGORY MWANZA
Hello Gregory, welcome to the course. Dr. Erin Wilson will explain about secularisation theory by the end of this week, but also in week 3. Good luck learning!
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Hi David, welcome to the course! I see the theme of this course relates very much to you on a personal level. I hope you will learn a lot! Good luck.
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Welcome Sanjar! I think you may like Week 3's topics on politics. And the case study on Hobby Lobby in the US in Week 4. And of course peacebuilding in Week 5. Actually, I think you might like the entire course.
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Hello Melinda, and welcome to the course. It sound like a challenging job. Are you saying there is (religious) conflict among your students?
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Robbert van Veen replied to George Khalil
Hello George, dentists are also most welcome. Great to have you on the course!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Kay Thi
Hello Kay, that seems like an interesting job. Great to have you on this course!
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Dear Sneyder, please use English only. Would you be so kind to translate this?
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Robbert van Veen replied to John Whitfield
Hello John, welcome! That's an interesting life story! Looking forward to your contributions.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Angela Restrepo
Hello Angela! Please use English only, for communicating on this platform. Would you be so kind to translate?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Peter Moore
Welcome Peter! Good to have you on this course!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Alla Bagley
Welcome Alla! Sound like you're motivated to learn. Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Alison Ajayi
Welcome Alison! Looking forward to your contributions!
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Also very quick Abdirizag! See you next week!
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Wow, that was quick Rogerio! No worries for language. See you next week!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Val Rawlings
Interesting Jessica and Val. Would you say 'spirituality' is also an aspect of religion? If so, how does this connect to the notion of community you mentioned?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Val Rawlings
Hi Val, interesting. And what about 'Buddhism'?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Marcus Gilligan
Interesting Marcus. I'm not familiar with the 'Jedi religion'. Can you tell me something about it?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Khira Matthews
Hi Kira, welcome! Sound like a great way to stay educated!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Jessica Pols
Hi Jessica, stumbling is a great way to learn. Welcome to the course!
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Hi Petya, welcome! Great to have you on the course.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Harry Rice
Welcome Harry! Looking forward to your analyses!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Demi-Leigh Mason
Welcome Demi-Leigh! And good luck learning!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Mariam Tadros
Hi Mariam, great to hear! I hope you can learn a lot from this course. Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Nikki Haze
Welcome Nikki! Great to have you on this course.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Ann Stiebing
Take all the time you need! You may also consider joining the next run of this course, which starts in three weeks, so youll be actually miles ahead of everyone.
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Dear Avril and Ab, please respect our policy regarding comments and language. This course has not been closed, by the way. You are all welcome to keep learning!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Ann Stiebing
Could be Ann! Ours is open.
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Thanks for sharing! We'll consider adding it to our 'See also' section in the case study.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Mark Swindale
Good job Mark! And thanks for the feedback. We'll be sure to consider it.
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Robbert van Veen replied to carling rodrigues
Great to hear!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Ann Stiebing
Thanks for sharing Ann! Btw, you should be able to use our Padlet without credentials.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Ann Stiebing
I am!
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Robbert van Veen replied to John Cowan
Hi John, I am sorry about that. We will be sure to warn student in a future course to use plain text only .
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Robbert van Veen replied to Pedro Telles
Never too late to learn! You are most welcome. Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Bastiaan Zinsmeister
Great to hear Bastiaan! Backtracking the course is a great way to reflect on the learning progress.
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Robbert van Veen replied to samantha Childs
Welcome Samantha! Good luck on this course!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Martin Cutler
Hi Martin, there is still time to write your blog. Some of your fellow students might also still be working on it.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Martin Cutler
Hi Martin, there is still time to write your briefing paper. Some of your fellow students are also still working on it.
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Robbert van Veen replied to greg keer
Fixed it!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Hanny Kooijman
Thanks Ludwig! I may have forgotten about this issue, sorry Hanny. I updated the link with the one Hanny provided. Thanks again.
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Hi Hung, does it work now?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Gary Cant
Hi Ab,
You are in fact perfectly describing the educational and research programs of our faculty. We are deeply embedded in the humanities in studying religion. Again, please have a look at our site.
In week 1, to avoid 'colouring' or framing of any kind, we discussed all relevant catogories in light of current debates. 'Religion', 'conflict',...
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Robbert van Veen replied to Robert Weirauch
Great to hear!
'Overenthusiastic remonstrance'. Like. We should have that as a category under the 'report' button.
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Robbert van Veen replied to marwa kiki
Welcome Marwa! I hope you like the course!
Good luck learning! -
Robbert van Veen replied to Carlos Roa
Welcome Carlos! I hope you like the course!
Good luck learning! -
Hi Luis, interesting question. Aren't those two examples of different people, different circumstances and different meanings, regarding Islam?
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Robbert van Veen replied to Lindy Doherty
I'am sorry about that! We do value your work, of course. We will review this properly after the course ends. So, thanks for the feedback!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Gary Cant
Hi Jean, great to hear that this course has given you much insight!
Reacting to the discussion above: language is a tricky thing, for 'theology' can refer to different studies and subject. Inferring a research program based on a name, is not all that scientific, in any case. For actual information on the research and educational programs on religion and...
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Robbert van Veen replied to Hanny Kooijman
I think they took down the video from their server. I'll try and see if I can get a fix.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Ronald Skeet
Nothing more to add to that Robbert, thanks!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Gary Cant
I'm sorry you feel manipulated. I was only curious about the progress of your learning.
And I was not referring to the problems you have with the moderation team. I think your critical perspective on religion is more interesting. -
Robbert van Veen replied to Gary Cant
Hi Ab! Good to see you scrutinising this perspective again!
Did you manage to do the blog post and briefing paper yet?
Good luck anyway!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Brian Y
Hi Brian, I understand your concerns. But projecting your experience with the 'Israel Lobby' on our online course is not informative. I assure you, the case of Israel has not been discussed in these terms. You'll just have to take my word for it.
I look forward to your further contributions on this case and who knows, maybe you'll see this conflict being...
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Robbert van Veen replied to Gary Cant
Hi Gary, this week is indeed specifically about the role religion may play in peacebuilding. And indeed, we do not try to 'condemn' religion or ideologies otherwise, but try to investigate its role in conflicts by scrutinising perspsectives on contexts.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Marwa Ahmed
Hi Marwa, I understand this might be a problem. Thank you for trying hard though! I hope you feel confident enough to give the briefing paper a try. And trust that your fellow student will not focus on language, when reviewing you paper.
Good luck!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Brian Y
We might need some peacebuilding over here.
The choices for case studies also depend on the expertise of the teachers. For the next run of this course, the teachers might have time to analyse another conflict and present a case study about it. So stay tuned! -
Robbert van Veen replied to Ruth A P
Hi Len, well we did have the previous five weeks about the role of religion in conflict, to somewhat balance this week on peacebuilding.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Brian Y
Certainly not. But there are a lot of conflicts out there which are highly interesting. But we could only cover a few of them. This is party why we have given you the freedom this week to analyse and discuss a situation that has your interest.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Stephanie S
I am sorry you struck out. We will definitly take a look at how to honour all the great papers we received.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Susan Hockley
Welcome Susan and good luck on this course!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Amy Eaton
Great to hear that you have learned much from doing the assignment!
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That is alright Angel-Luis. I hope you enjoyed the rest of it!
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Yes, it is very comprehensive. Your assignment should be much smaller, though.
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Robbert van Veen made a comment
We are receiving a lot of great in interesting briefing papers. Keep up the good work!
To all the learners in doubt of accomplishing the task: remember it does not have to be perfect nor comprehensive. Your fellow learners will peer review it and give you advice for improvement. And trust in the skills and knowledge you gained throughout the weeks....
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Hi Jan, we're sorry you feel the assignment does not contribute to your learning. Production and peer review is actually a great learning technique employed in the master I am following currently at this faculty. We designed it so you could learn specifically about the relation between religion and conflict of a case of your own chosing. Thereby not changing...
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Robbert van Veen replied to Anne Hoskins
Good suggestion Anne, thanks!
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Robbert van Veen replied to Pam Rink
Week 3 is indeed a though one. Keep up the good work!
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We're working on it. For now, I have added the subs.
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We're working on it. For now, I have added the subs.
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They still call it moderating. And they're in the UK. So it's actually from across the sea.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Stephanie S
Hi Stephanie, no worries! The course will still be available after the official end date. So take al the time you need.
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Well, that is not for you or me to decide. The moderation team of FutreLearn assesses this according to the Code of Conduct you agreed to. Please forward your further complaints regarding moderation issues using the 'Feedback' button on the left.
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Robbert van Veen replied to Masood Nikkhoo
You can purchase a certificate at long as the course is online. This will be for some time after the course has ended.
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I think it was removed on the basis of your language. Not on the content of any of the above three statements.
Moderating offensive language is, in my humble opinion, not censorship.
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Robbert van Veen replied to jan griffioen
Good example Jan. Do you happen to know what the current state of debate is?
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They are! After you submit you own assignment, you can review as many paper from other learners as you like.
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I indeed think Ab makes interesting contributions to discussions. So I was only referring to language.
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For now I have added the subtitle file as transcript. It should help you out, until a proper transcript is ready.
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For now I have added the subtitle file as transcript. It should help you out, until a proper transcript is ready.
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For now I have added the subtitle file as transcript. It should help you out, until a proper transcript is ready.
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For now I have added the subtitle file as transcript. It should help you out, until a proper transcript is ready.
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That's unfortunate. Did you manage to fix it?
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For now I have added the subtitle file as transcript. It should help you out, until a proper transcript is ready.
