Blommestijn, Hein, et al (eds.) with the help of Wendy Litjens, Seeing the Seeker – Explorations in the Discipline of Spirituality: A Festschrift for Kees Waaijman on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

Abstract

This handsome volume is a fitting tribute to Professor Kees Waaijman, O.Carm., on the occasion of his 65th birthday. It constitutes a  timely and well deserved recognition of his monumental contribution to the academic study of spirituality. For forty years the Titus  Brandsma Institute has nurtured and been graced by Waaijman’s scholarly work and he in turn has inspired or been part of a whole  new generation of researchers and scholars, eleven of whom feature in this collection. Appreciation for Kees Waaijman’s contribution  to the scientific study of spirituality is warmly expressed by fellow scholars and colleagues from eleven different countries and five continents. The predominance of voices from the Netherlands is understandable among these, notably: Hein Blommestijn, Jos Huls,  Elizabeth Hense, Toine van den Hoogen, Charles Caspers, Fritz Mertens, Peter Nissen and Huub Welzen. Because of the excellence and  variety of the material, I am selfish enough to wish that all articles were written in English to maximise my full enjoyment of this work.