Annette Kemp

Annette Kemp is an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, affiliated with the Department of Religious Beliefs and Ethics within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Her research focuses on religious responses to non-human nature, particularly indigenous spiritualities (Native American, Paganism, Hinduism) and theological ethics. She holds a MAR from Evangelical School of Theology (2003) and a PhD from VU Amsterdam (2009), with doctoral work analyzing Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology during the Nazi era. Teaching emphasizes ethics anchored in nature, including courses like Comparative Religious Ethics and Interreligious Ethics of Care.

• Education: MAR (Theology, 2003), PhD (Theology, 2009)

Research explores intersections between religion and environmental ethics, normative approaches in indigenous traditions, and historical theology. Recent work includes editing The Future of Creation Order and examining gender equality through Dutch religious history. Active in academic networks, she has delivered lectures on topics like Native American spirituality and climate change, and peer-reviewed journals like Currents of Encounter.

No scientific awards are listed, but she has supervised one PhD thesis (details unspecified). Her activities span 29 academic engagements, including editorial work, international lectures, and expert consultations.