Marianne Moyaert

Bio

Marianne Moyaert is Chair of Comparative Theology and Hermeneutics of Interreligious Dialogue at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. For the past few years, her research has focused on the ritual dimension of interreligious encounters and especially the possibilities and limits of (Christian-Jewish) ritual border crossing. She has explored why some practices of inter-rituality are well received while others are perceived as inappropriate and problematic. She has found that collective memories of historical conflicts between Christians and Jews still impact their inter-ritual relations. She is currently working on a research application on mixed Christian-Jewish and Christian Muslim couples aimed at exploring if, to what extent, and when these couples are affected by Christian normality and privilege, antisemitism/Islamophobia; and modern prejudices about ‘good and bad’ religion and what creative strategies they develop when dealing with diverging practices.