Yves De Maeseneer

Yves De Maeseneer
Sint-Michielsstraat 6 - box 3101
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Yves De Maeseneer is teaching Fundamental Theological Ethics and coordinator of the Research Unit Theological and Comparative Ethics at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven, Belgium. From 2000 to 2007, he was a member of the Research Group Theology in a Postmodern Context. His doctoral dissertation was entitled ‘Seraph crucifixus: Aestheticisation under Theological Critique. A Posthumous Confrontation of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Herrlichkeit and Theodor W. Adorno’s Ästhetische Theorie’ (2004). He was visiting fellow in Münster (Fall 2003), Manchester (Fall 2005), and Kinshasa (2008-2009).

Since 2010, he is the coordinator of the Research Group Anthropos, an interdisciplinary platform of theological ethicists and fundamental theologians, who are developing a renewed theological anthropology. He founded the academic blog www.theologicalanthropology.com. He is also editor of the journal Louvain Studies.

He is co-editor of following edited volumes: Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology (Peeters, 2005); The imago Dei: Evolutionary and Theological Perspectives (Zygon 49 [2014] 1: 95-207); Reconciliation: Empowering Grace (Concilium [2013] 1: 5-141); Questioning the Human: Toward a Theological Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century (Fordham University Press, 2014), In the Image of Love: Key Voices for Theological Anthropology (International Journal of Philosophy and Theology 78, nos. 1-2 [2017]: 1-171); and Relation, Vulnerability, Love: Theological Anthropology in the 21st Century (Louvain Studies 41 [2018] 3: 211-355).

He published articles on Hans Urs von Balthasar, Theodor Adorno, theological aesthetics, sin and reconciliation, liturgy and ethics, theological anthropology, angelology, political theology, and autonomy.

Blog: www.theologicalanthropology.com

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    Ehidiamhen, Mary Lilian Akhere; 2023. The Relevance of Nonviolent Communication for Peacebuilding. Discussing the Impact of Marshall Rosenberg on the Catholic Social Teaching on Peace and War and Its Implications for Peace in Nigeria.
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    The dissertation studies the nature, causes, and consequences of violent conflicts that have led to insecurity, loss of human life, property, and underdevelopment in Nigeria. Due to inadequate study of the problem, some view it as religious problems. Various models of peace approach such as: interreligious dialogues, and some forms of peace education are being used to respond to the situation, and they have proved insufficient. As a result, this research will engage in critical and ethical-theological analysis of Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication and his pedagogical approach which engage with conflict and violence from the perspective of communication, which pay attention to human needs which, when unmet, results in conflicts and violence. Thus, this project will suggest an alternative integral approach to peacebuilding and peace education inspired by Rosenberg.

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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2023. Fittingness as Attunement? Being Ecological with Timothy Morton and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Fittingness and Environmental Ethics: Philosophical, Theological and Applied Perspectives; 2023; pp. 116 - 132 Publisher: Routledge; London
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    This contribution proposes the root metaphor ‘attunement’ for understanding ‘fittingness’ in an ecological context. It develops a surprising parallel between the Roman Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), who recapitulated his ground-breaking theological aesthetics under the heading ‘Christian attunement’, and contemporary ecological thinker Timothy Morton, who uses the same aesthetic term ‘attunement’ to evoke an alternative relational ontology and critical epistemology, with fundamental eco-ethical implications. The analysis undertaken brings to the fore how both authors share a similar account of attunement, which implies a participatory ontology/epistemology, a particular disposition and a transformative dynamics. This leads to a critical evaluation of the ecological–ethical potential of attunement, focusing upon relationality, virtue and agency.

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    Van Stichel, Ellen;De Maeseneer, Yves;Aversano, Valerio; 2023. Introduction: Special Issue on “Rethinking Catholic Social Thought and Practice in a Context of Crisis.”. Journal of Catholic Social Thought; 2023; Vol. 20; iss. 1; pp. 1 - 5
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    Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2022. Stabat mater dolorosa: Marian Mourning as Peace-Oriented Response to the Sorrows of Our World. Publisher: Science and Research Centre, Annales ZRS
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    Confronted with the horror of Mariupol (‘city of Mary’), we feel devastated. We call for justice and protection, but we also wrestle with paralyzing grief and despair. How to relate to the unbearable loss and suffering? Our contribution will take as its source of inspiration the figure of Our Lady of Sorrows. “Sorrowful, weeping stood the Mother by the cross on which hung her Son. Whose soul, mournful, sad, lamenting, was pierced by a sword.” (Stabat mater, 13th century hymn.) This traditional imagination will be retrieved in dialogue with contemporary political philosophers like Jacques Derrida and Judith Butler, who wrote on the ‘work of mourning’ as our ethical responsibility in a world torn by war and violence. Mourning is not to be confused with resignation, a passive acceptance of the inevitable. Nor is it a process of detachment and ‘getting over it’, but rather a particular form of deepening relationship, a profound affirmation of our interdependency. It is not a letting go of the past, but a redemptive mode of remaining, searching how to let the lost others live on in our words and deeds. Mourning as response to the precariousness of life involves personal and collective transformation towards a shared future. In this light, Marian mourning – a compassionate standing with the wounded and the dead, a spiritual way of both remaining faithful to the lost and retrieving hope – might open a way of learning ‘peace-building dimensions of prophetic lament’ (Emmanuel Katongole).

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  • thesis-dissertation
    Benjamins, Jacob; 2022. It is Good: Creation, Phenomenology, and Culture.
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  • journal-article
    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2021. Visitatio Christi: Matthew 25:33-46 as Apocalyptic-Ethical Impulse. Studies in Christian Ethics; 2021; Vol. 34; iss. 4; pp. 515 - 528
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    Publisher: SAGE Publications
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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2021. ‘Alles is gezegend’? Bronnen van hoop in tijden van angst.
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    Lezing op Toekomstdag voor laatstejaars Prizma College

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    Schumacher, Jared; 2020. Crisis in the Secular City: At the Root of Radical Political Theology.
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    Our research project is a fundamental investigation into the field of political theology with two overarching goals. First, it seeks to overview the field as a whole, with special focus on how the notion of #the city# is explicated by various positions within the field and what the anthropological and ethical implications of these explications are. Second,it argues for a #theology of the city# which situates itself between political extremism and political irrelevance. It will do so on the basis of an underlying biblical-theological conception of humanity as homo adorans, in contradistinction to competing modern notions of man as homo politicus and homo faber.

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    van Erp, Stephan;De Maeseneer, Yves;Bocken, Inigo; 2020. Alle dingen nieuw: Invocatio. Drie reacties op het eerste deel van Erik Borgmans systematische theologie. Tijdschrift voor Theologie; 2020; Vol. 60; iss. 3; pp. 271 - 289
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    Publisher: Uitgeverij Peeters
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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2020. Wij zijn het klimaat? Op zoek naar onze plaats tussen de schepselen. En door wie alles geschapen is. Scheppingsgeloof en ecologie; 2020; Vol. 15; pp. 91 - 100 Publisher: Halewijn; Antwerpen
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    Gómez-Vírseda, Carlos;De Maeseneer, Yves;Gastmans, Chris; 2020. Relational autonomy in end-of-life care ethics: a contextualized approach to real-life complexities. Bmc Medical Ethics; 2020; Vol. 21; iss. 1
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    Background Respect for autonomy is a paramount principle in end-of-life ethics. Nevertheless, empirical studies show that decision-making, exclusively focused on the individual exercise of autonomy fails to align well with patients’ preferences at the end of life. The need for a more contextualized approach that meets real-life complexities experienced in end-of-life practices has been repeatedly advocated. In this regard, the notion of ‘relational autonomy’ may be a suitable alternative approach. Relational autonomy has even been advanced as a foundational notion of palliative care, shared decision-making, and advance-care planning. However, relational autonomy in end-of-life care is far from being clearly conceptualized or practically operationalized. Main body Here, we develop a relational account of autonomy in end-of-life care, one based on a dialogue between lived reality and conceptual thinking. We first show that the complexities of autonomy as experienced by patients and caregivers in end-of-life practices are inadequately acknowledged. Second, we critically reflect on how engaging a notion of relational autonomy can be an adequate answer to addressing these complexities. Our proposal brings into dialogue different ethical perspectives and incorporates multidimensional, socially embedded, scalar, and temporal aspects of relational theories of autonomy. We start our reflection with a case in end-of-life care, which we use as an illustration throughout our analysis. Conclusion This article develops a relational account of autonomy, which responds to major shortcomings uncovered in the mainstream interpretation of this principle and which can be applied to end-of-life care practices.
    Publisher: BioMed Central
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    James, A; 2019. Towards a Poetics of Disability Theology: From Paul Ricoeur to Édouard Glissant and Jean Vanier..
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    This project will seek to re-interpret contemporary theological anthropology through Meister Eckhart#s negative/apophatic anthropology with theaim of better including persons with profound intellectual disabilities. This will be done in three phases: (i) analysing the problem of theological exclusion by scrutinising disability and theo-anthropological narratives theologians work with, highlighting conflicting issues of personhood and the literary models used to communicate personhood (ii) a historical-critical reading of Eckhart#s sermons and treatises focusing on howhe treats theological anthropology and how he applies it to his pastoral context iii) attempting a recontextualisation of Eckhart#s negative anthropology for the current context of profound disability by re-interpreting the models of personhood operative within disability theology and applying literary methods to communicate it.

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    Kerdraon, A; 2019. La pensée du tragique chez Martha Nussbaum et Paul Ricœur. Vers une éthique théologique accueillante aux fragilités humaines.
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    Gomez-Virseda, Carlos;de Maeseneer, Yves;Gastmans, Chris; 2019. Relational autonomy: what does it mean and how is it used in end-of-life care? A systematic review of argument-based ethics literature. Bmc Medical Ethics; 2019; Vol. 20; iss. 1
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    BACKGROUND: Respect for autonomy is a key concept in contemporary bioethics and end-of-life ethics in particular. Despite this status, an individualistic interpretation of autonomy is being challenged from the perspective of different theoretical traditions. Many authors claim that the principle of respect for autonomy needs to be reconceptualised starting from a relational viewpoint. Along these lines, the notion of relational autonomy is attracting increasing attention in medical ethics. Yet, others argue that relational autonomy needs further clarification in order to be adequately operationalised for medical practice. To this end, we examined the meaning, foundations, and uses of relational autonomy in the specific literature of end-of-life care ethics. METHODS: Using PRESS and PRISMA procedures, we conducted a systematic review of argument-based ethics publications in 8 major databases of biomedical, philosophy, and theology literature that focused on relational autonomy in end-of-life care. Full articles were screened. All included articles were critically appraised, and a synthesis was produced. RESULTS: Fifty publications met our inclusion criteria. Twenty-eight articles were published in the last 5 years; publications were originating from 18 different countries. Results are organized according to: (a) an individualistic interpretation of autonomy; (b) critiques of this individualistic interpretation of autonomy; (c) relational autonomy as theoretically conceptualised; (d) relational autonomy as applied to clinical practice and moral judgment in end-of-life situations. CONCLUSIONS: Three main conclusions were reached. First, literature on relational autonomy tends to be more a 'reaction against' an individualistic interpretation of autonomy rather than be a positive concept itself. Dichotomic thinking can be overcome by a deeper development of the philosophical foundations of autonomy. Second, relational autonomy is a rich and complex concept, formulated in complementary ways from different philosophical sources. New dialogue among traditionally divergent standpoints will clarify the meaning. Third, our analysis stresses the need for dialogical developments in decision making in end-of-life situations. Integration of these three elements will likely lead to a clearer conceptualisation of relational autonomy in end-of-life care ethics. This should in turn lead to better decision-making in real-life situations.
    Publisher: Springer Nature
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  • journal-article
    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2018. Relation, Vulnerability, Love: Introducing the What and the How of Theological Anthropology in the 21st Century. Louvain Studies; 2018; Vol. 41; iss. 3; pp. 211 - 219
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    Publisher: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2017. Christus in onze angst: Over een onderbelicht obstakel voor een Europese theologie van de migratie. Tijdschrift voor Theologie ; 2017; Vol. 57; iss. 3; pp. 203 - 216
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    In de groeiende theologische literatuur over migratie blijft de factor ‘angst’ onderbelicht. In de context van de recente Europese asielcrisis verkent dit essay in het spoor van S. Snyder een benadering die beoogt de angst onder de autochtone Europese bevolking ernstig te nemen en er een theologische respons op te formuleren. De rode draad vormt de vraagstelling wat de angst doet met wie we zijn in onze verhouding tot wie hier zijn toevlucht zoekt. Vanuit deze spanning tussen identiteit en solidariteit ondernemen we een zoektocht om angst een plaats te geven zonder dat dit ons verhindert de wereld werkelijk te kunnen bewonen als ‘ons gemeenschappelijk huis’. Hoe kunnen we voorbij de polarisatie (wij-zij) tot een nieuw wij komen? Het gaat hier om een fundamentele transitie van een ‘ecology of fear’ naar een ‘ecology of faith’ – deze categorieën wijzen op verschillende manieren om onze wereld te bewonen. De Schrift biedt hier narratieve spiegels van wie wij zijn en impulsen om de huidige social imaginary omtrent vluchtelingen en migratie kritisch te transformeren (Ezra/Nehemia, Ruth, Jezus en de Syro-Fenicische). Geïnspireerd door Efraïm de Syriërs suggestie dat Jezus onze angst binnenging en in zich opnam om ons te verlossen, situeert dit essay de aanwezigheid van Christus niet alleen in de asielzoekers die in de huidige angstcultuur uitgesloten en geïntimideerd worden, maar, mutatis mutandis, ook in de xenofobe angsten onder de autochtone bevolking. Op deze christologische grondslag wordt een fundamentele solidariteit in de angst denkbaar, waar rabbi Jonathan Sacks op alludeerde in zijn devies om in onze gepolariseerde context een tegendraadse weg te gaan: ‘speaking our fears, listening to the fears of others, and in that sharing of vulnerabilities discovering a genesis of hope’. Gastvrijheid en angst zijn dan geen tegenpolen meer, maar gastvrijheid ten opzichte van elkanders angst is dan bron van nieuwe solidariteit. Op zoek naar ruimte voor een dergelijk grensoverschrijdend delen en (h)erkennen van angsten, zou een eerste stap het samen bidden van ‘angstgebeden’ kunnen zijn. Aan de hand van psalm 27 schetsen we de dynamiek waarin de angst van obstakel tot transit kan worden, doordat de angst een plaats krijgt binnen een verlossende omgeving, gedragen door plaatsvervangend vertrouwen.

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  • journal-article
    Meszaros, Julia;De Maeseneer, Yves; 2017. In the Image of Love: Key Voices for Theological Anthropology. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology; 2017; Vol. 78; iss. 1-2; pp. 1 - 6
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    Love lies at the very heart of the Christian faith and its conception of both God and the human being. Nevertheless, the growing field of theological anthropology has yet to fully avail itself of philosophy’s and theology’s renewed attention to the theme of love. The Introduction to this special issue proposes the phrase ‘in the image of Love’ as an invitation to examine the relation between theological anthropology and love throughout the history of Christian thought. Guided by this motif, the issue’s contributors consider ten historical thinkers on love and the human in relation to their philosophical conversation partners at the time. The volume thus has a genealogical dimension, delving into often forgotten layers beneath our current, late modern view of the human/love. It thereby assists future theological anthropological discussions in the much-needed task of both integrating the crucial theme of love and formulating more historically grounded perspectives. This special issue also reveals the ways in which theologians have attempted to respond to the challenge posed by the modern subject while retaining the idea that the human creature is called by Love and called to Love, and provides an alternative to Nygren’s opposition of agape and eros.
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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  • thesis-dissertation
    Mahar, Christopher; 2016. Providing or Withdrawing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration to Patients Diagnosed as Being in the Vegetative State: A Fundamental Investigation into the Underlying Moral-Theological Presupposition in the Current American Catholic Ethical Debate.
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    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2016. Being Prayed For: A Comment on Thinking Prayer.
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  • media
    De Maeseneer, Yves; 2016. Neerknielen bij de ander in nood. Relevant ; 2016; iss. 3; pp. 4 - 6
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    There is also an English version available at the Theological Anthropology blog: http://theologicalanthropology.com/blog/2016/3/22/h8b625ctpk954kjrvt1elcu5lpf4kc

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