Dr P.A.D.M. Vermeer (Paul)

Associate professor - Empirical and practical religious studies

Contact

paul.vermeer@ru.nl
024-3611459

Visiting address

Erasmusplein 1
6525 HT NIJMEGEN

Postal address

Postbus 9103
6500 HD NIJMEGEN

Paul Vermeer is universitair hoofddocent empirische en praktische religiewetenschappen met speciale aandacht voor de godsdienstsociologie. Hij doet voornamelijk empirisch, kwantitatief onderzoek naar hedendaagse religieuze ontwikkelingen in Nederland. Momenteel doet hij onderzoek naar het evangelisch christendom in Nederland en is hij betrokken bij het onderzoek God in Nederland (1966-2024).

Tags: Godsdienstsociologie, secularisatie, christelijke gemeenschappen, evengelisch christendom, religieuze socialisatie, godsdienstonderwijs

Publications

Key publications

Kregting, J., Van lieburg, F. & Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2025). God in Nederland: 1966-2024. Amsterdam: HDC Centre for Religious History (VU Amsterdam) Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Glas, S. (2024). E Pluribus Unum? Constructing a typology of contemporary Dutch evangelicals. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 63 (2), 368-387. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12898 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2024). Religion, ethnocentrism and islamophobia: the case of Dutch evangelicals. Ethnic and Racial Studies. doi: 10.1080/01419870.2024.2437118 Full text
Kregting, J., Scheepers, P.L.H., Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Eisinga, R.N. (2023). Explanations for individual secularization: Exploring the effects of life course events on religious decline in the Netherlands between 2009 and 2020. Review of Religious Research, 65 (4), 508-528. doi: 10.1177/0034673X231215275 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Kregting, J. (2022). Religion and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage in the Netherlands between August 2021 and February 2022. NTT Journal for Theology and the Study of Religion, 76 (3), 193-214. doi: 10.5117/NTT2022.3.002.VERM Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2021). Church growth in times of secularization: A case study of people joining evangelical congregations in the Netherlands. Review of Religious Research, 63 (1), 43-66. doi: 10.1007/s13644-020-00434-x Full text
Kregting, J., Scheepers, P.L.H., Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Hermans, C.A.M. (2019). Why Dutch women are still more religious than Dutch men: Explaining the persistent religious gender gap in the Netherlands using a multifactorial approach. Review of Religious Research, 61 (2), 81-108. doi: 10.1007/s13644-019-00364-3 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2019). Bonding or bridging? Volunteering among the members of six thriving evangelical congregations in the Netherlands. Voluntas. International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 30 (5), 962-975. doi: 10.1007/s11266-019-00160-1 Full text
Kregting, J., Scheepers, P.L.H., Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Hermans, C.A.M. (2018). Why God has left the Netherlands: Explanations for the decline of institutional Christianity in the Netherlands between 1966 and 2015. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 57 (1), 58-79. doi: 10.1111/jssr.12499 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2018). Committed believers: Determinants of the organizational commitment of Dutch evangelicals. Journal of Religion in Europe, 11 (4), 291-320. doi: 10.1163/18748929-01104002 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2018). Comparing political attitudes of evangelicals with the attitudes of mainline Christians and non-church members in the Netherlands. Politics and Religion, 11 (1), 116-145. doi: 10.1017/S1755048317000566 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M., Scheepers, P.L.H. & Grotenhuis, H.F. te (2016). Churches: Lasting sources of civic engagement? Effects of secularization and educational expansion on non-religious volunteering in the Netherlands, 1988 and 2006. Voluntas. International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 27 (3), 1361-1384. doi: 10.1007/s11266-016-9679-2 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2015). Church Growth and Appealing Sermons: A Case Study of a Dutch Megachurch. Journal of Empirical Theology, 28 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1163/15709256-12341322 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2015). Plurality and the future of interreligious conflict in the Netherlands: a sociological exploration. In C. Sterkens & P. Vermeer (Eds.), Religion, migration and conflict (pp. 13-32). Zürich: Lit Verlag
Sterkens, C.J.A. & Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2012). Het (on)mogelijke godsdienstonderwijs. Jongeren en religie anno 2011. In D. Pollefeyt & E. De Boeck (Eds.), Tegen-Woordig. Jeugd en geloofscommunicatie vandaag (pp. 51-77). Leuven / Den Haag: Acco
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2012). Religious socialization and non-religious volunteering: A Dutch panel study. Voluntas. International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 23 (4), 940-958. doi: 10.1007/s11266-011-9244-y Full text
Vermeer, P.A., Janssen, J.A.P.J. & Scheepers, P.L.H. (2011). Authoritative parenting and religious transmission in the Netherlands: A panel study. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 22 (1), 42-59. doi: 10.1080/10508619.2012.635055 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M., Janssen, J.A.P.J. & Hart, J. de (2011). Religious Socialization and Church Attendance in the Netherlands from 1983 to 2007: a Panel Study. Social Compass, 58 (3), 373-392. doi: 10.1177/0037768611412145 Full text
Vermeer, P.A.D.M. (2011). The impact of parental religiosity on parenting goals and parenting style: a Dutch perspective. Journal of Beliefs & Values-Studies in Religion & Education, 32 (1), 69-84. doi: 10.1080/13617672.2011.549311 Full text

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