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Dr. Christoph Baumgartner

Research Institute Director 
Humanities
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
General
General
Associate Professor 
Humanities
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Religious Studies
Janskerkhof 13a
Janskerkhof 13A
Kamer 1.14
3512 BL Utrecht

Dr. Christoph Baumgartner

Research Institute Director
General
Associate Professor
Religious Studies
+31 30 253 1982
c.baumgartner@uu.nl
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Profile Publications Research Teaching Contact
Areas of expertise
Research areas

Highlighted publications

Baumgartner, C. (2013). Blasphemy As Violence: Trying to Understand the Kind of Injury That Can Be Inflicted by Acts and Artefacts That Are Construed As Blasphemy. Journal of Religion in Europe, 6(1), 35-63. https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-00601007
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/274004/JRE_006_01_Baumgartner.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C. (2020). Kulturell-mehrheitsorientierte Identitätspolitik als Problem für Religionsfreiheit? Ethik und Gesellschaft, (1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.18156/eug-1-2020-art-7
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408605/Baumgartner_C._2020_Kulturell_mehrheitsorientierte_Identita_tspolitik_als_Problem_fu_r_Religionsfreiheit.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Transformations of Stewardship in the Anthropocene. In C. Deane-Drummond, S. Bergmann, & M. Vogt (Eds.), Religion and the Anthropocene (pp. 53-66). Cascade Books.
Baumgartner, C. (2019). (Not) Shaking Hands with People of the Opposite Sex. Civility, National Identity and Accommodation. In J. Seglow, & A. Shorten (Eds.), Religion and Political Theory: Secularism, Accommodation and the New Challenges of Religious Diversity (pp. 119-136). Rowman & Littlefield.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389218/Religion_and_Political_Theory_Secularism_Accommoda..._----_Chapter_Seven_Not_Shaking_Hands_with_People_of_the_Opposite_Sex_.pdf?sequence=2
Baumgartner, C. (2019). Liberal Political Philosophy of Religious Difference after Saba Mahmood. Sociology of Islam, 7(4), 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1163/22131418-00704001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388909/Liberal_Political_Philosophy.pdf?sequence=1

Publications

2024

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2024). Religion in Liberal Democracy as a Form of Life Free and Equal. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003538882

2023

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2023). Ethik der Weltverwobenheiten im Anthropozän. In C. Brand, S. Meisch, D. Frank, & R. Ammicht-Quinn (Eds.), »Ich lehne mich jetzt mal ganz konkret aus dem Fenster: […]«: Eine Festschrift für Thomas Potthast (pp. 361-370). (Materialien zur Ethik in den Wissenschaften; Vol. 23). Tübingen Library Publishing. https://doi.org/10.15496/publikation-83836
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436571/Ethik_der_Weltverwobenheiten.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C. (2023). Mobilizing Religious Heritage in Politics: Inclusivity in a Pluralistic Society. In T. Weir, & L. Wijnia (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Heritage in Contemporary Europe (1 ed., pp. 163-170). Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350251410.ch-018
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/436570/9781350251410.ch-018.pdf?sequence=1

2022

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2022). On Silencing and Public Debates about Religiously Offensive Acts. In M. Leezenberg, A.-M. Korte, & M. van Bruinessen (Eds.), Gestures. The Study of Religion as Practice (pp. 417-444). Fordham University Press.
Baumgartner, C. (2022). When Times Are Out of Joint. Contestations of Official Temporal Religious Forms. In L. van Liere, & E. Meinema (Eds.), Material Perspectives on Religion, Conflict, and Violence. Things of Conflict (pp. 94–110). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523791_006
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/425284/9789004523791_BP000005.pdf?sequence=1

Popularising publications

Baumgartner, C. (2022). Wat moeten we doen met verstorende klimaatactivisten? Of: de actualiteit van John Rawls 20 jaar na zijn overlijden.. Web publication/site, Utrecht Religie Forum. https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2022/12/01/wat-moeten-we-doen-met-verstorende-klimaatactivisten-of-de-actualiteit-van-john-rawls-20-jaar-na-zijn-overlijden/

2021

Popularising publications

Baumgartner, C. (2021). Moraal als prijs van de vrijheid in een veranderende wereld. Web publication/site https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2021/12/06/moraal-als-prijs-van-de-vrijheid-in-een-veranderende-wereld/

2020

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2020). Kulturell-mehrheitsorientierte Identitätspolitik als Problem für Religionsfreiheit? Ethik und Gesellschaft, (1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.18156/eug-1-2020-art-7
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/408605/Baumgartner_C._2020_Kulturell_mehrheitsorientierte_Identita_tspolitik_als_Problem_fu_r_Religionsfreiheit.pdf?sequence=1

Popularising publications

Baumgartner, C. (2020). Heerser of rentmeester van het Antropoceen?. Web publication/site, Utrecht Religie Forum. https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2020/12/02/heerser-of-rentmeester-van-het-antropoceen/
Baumgartner, C. (2020). Freedom of Religion under pressure in times of a Coronavirus-crisis? Some considerations on Germany and the Netherlands. Web publication/site https://religiousmatters.nl/freedom-of-religion-under-pressure-in-times-of-a-coronavirus-crisis-some-considerations-on-germany-and-the-netherlands/
Baumgartner, C. (2020). Religionsfreiheit unter Druck in Zeiten von Corona? Einige Überlegungen zu Deutschland und den Niederlanden. Web publication/site https://www.uni-erfurt.de/forschung/aktuelles/forschungsblog-wortmelder/religionsfreiheit-unter-druck-in-zeiten-von-corona-einige-ueberlegungen-zu-deutschland-und-den-niederlanden

2019

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2019). Liberal Political Philosophy of Religious Difference after Saba Mahmood. Sociology of Islam, 7(4), 301-322. https://doi.org/10.1163/22131418-00704001
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/388909/Liberal_Political_Philosophy.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C. (2019). (Not) Shaking Hands with People of the Opposite Sex. Civility, National Identity and Accommodation. In J. Seglow, & A. Shorten (Eds.), Religion and Political Theory: Secularism, Accommodation and the New Challenges of Religious Diversity (pp. 119-136). Rowman & Littlefield.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/389218/Religion_and_Political_Theory_Secularism_Accommoda..._----_Chapter_Seven_Not_Shaking_Hands_with_People_of_the_Opposite_Sex_.pdf?sequence=2

Popularising publications

Baumgartner, C. (2019). Wat is een seculiere staat? In J. Wagemakers, & L. van Liere (Eds.), Wie is er bang voor religie? Waarom kennis van religie belangrijk is. (pp. 80-84). Uitgeverij Parthenon.

2018

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2018). Is there such a thing as an 'offensive picture'? In C. Kruse, B. Meyer, & A.-M. Korte (Eds.), Taking Offense: Religion, Art, and Visual Culture in Plural Configurations (pp. 317-339). Fink Verlag.

Professional publications

Baumgartner, C. (2018). But There Is No Conceptual Level Playing Field! Challenges to Nelson Tebbe’s Social Cohesion Approach to Religious Diversity. Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 86(1), 223-227. https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/lfx098
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/377486/Baumgartner.pdf?sequence=1

2017

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2017). Conflations and gaps. A response to Wolterstorff’s ‘toleration, justice, and dignity’. In D.-M. Grube, & W. van Herck (Eds.), Philosophical Perspectives on Religious Diversity: Bivalent Truth, Tolerance and Personhood (pp. 15-19). Routledge.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Islamophobie und die Kulturalisierung und quasi-religiöse Färbung von Bürgerschaft in den Niederlanden. In W. Lesch (Ed.), Christentum und Populismus: Klare Fronten? (pp. 126-135). Herder Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Transformations of Stewardship in the Anthropocene. In C. Deane-Drummond, S. Bergmann, & M. Vogt (Eds.), Religion and the Anthropocene (pp. 53-66). Cascade Books.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Offense and Injury at the Denigration of Religion. In M. Masaeli, & R. Sneller (Eds.), The Root Causes of Terrorism. A Religious Studies Perspective (pp. 78-93). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Popularising publications

Baumgartner, C. (2017). Worden we toleranter als we religieuze scholen afschaffen? In B. de Graaf, & A. Rinnooy Kan (Eds.), Hoe zwaar is licht? Meer dan 100 dringende vragen aan de wetenschap (pp. 27-29). Uitgeverij Balans.

Other output

Baumgartner, C. (2017). Afterthoughts on the study of different religions and religious diversity in postcolonial contexts - how to move on. Paper presented at NGG Conference: Dynamics of Religious Diversity, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Blasphemy as thorn in the flesh of the sacred – strictly speaking. Why there is no secular blasphemy. Paper presented at ‘Blasphemies’: Media, History, Affect, Paris, France.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). On (not) shaking hands: a communicative approach to religion and public culture. Paper presented at EASR Conference Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). Disappearing from and re-entering into the field of religious diversity (contribution to roundtable). Paper presented at Modalities of Co-existence Across Religious Difference, Berlin, Germany.
Baumgartner, C. (2017). To shake hands or not to shake hands: religious diversity and non-coercive, reciprocally transformative accommodation. Paper presented at Public Life and Religious Diversity, Oxford, United Kingdom.

2016

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2016). Conflations and gaps. A response to Nicholas Wolterstorff’s ‘toleration, justice, and dignity’. International Journal of Philosophy and Theology, 76(5), 387-391. Article DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2016.1141701. https://doi.org/10.1080/21692327.2016.1141701
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/334427/Conflations.pdf?sequence=1

Professional publications

Baumgartner, C. (2016). Religiöse Diversität in den Niederlanden. Zwischen historischer Signatur und gesellschaftlicher Herausforderung. Amosinternational, 10(4), 24-33.
Baumgartner, C. (2016). Liefde tegen de moraal? Een filosofische analyse van Huckleberry Finns innerlijke worsteling op de vlottocht over de Mississippi. In J. Goud (Ed.), Door woorden gekust. Talen van de liefde (pp. 131-142). Klement.

2015

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C., & van Renswoude, I. (2015). Heresy. In R. A. Segal, & K. van Stuckrad (Eds.), Vocabulary for the Study of Religion (Vol. 2). Brill.
Baumgartner, C. (2015). Naturvorstellungen im Anthropozän und ihre Relevanz für unsere Pflichten gegenüber zukünftigen Generationen. In E. Gräb-Schmidt (Ed.), Was heißt Natur? Philosophischer Ort und Begründungsfunktion des Naturbegriffs (pp. 195-210). (Veröffentlichungen der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Theologie; Vol. 43). Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/315833/Baumgartner_C._Naturvorstellungen_im_Anthropoza_n_und_ihre_Relevanz_fu_r_unsere_Pflichten_gegenu_ber_zuku_nftigen_Personen.pdf?sequence=1

2014

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2014). Re-examining an Ethics of Citizenship in Postsecular Societies. In B. Blaagaard, R. Braidotti, T. de Graauw, & E. Midden (Eds.), Transformations of Religion and the Public Sphere: Postsecular Publics (pp. 77-96). (Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137401144.0007
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/314817/Baumgartner_C._2014_Re_examining_an_Ethics_of_Citizenship_in_Postsecular_Societies.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C., & van Renswoude, I. (2014). Censorship, Free Speech and Religion. In P. Hedges (Ed.), Controversies in Contemporary Religion: Education, Law, Politics, Society, and Spirituality (Vol. 2: Debates in the Public Square and Ethical Issues, pp. 123-151). Praeger.

2013

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2013). Blasphemy As Violence: Trying to Understand the Kind of Injury That Can Be Inflicted by Acts and Artefacts That Are Construed As Blasphemy. Journal of Religion in Europe, 6(1), 35-63. https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-00601007
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/274004/JRE_006_01_Baumgartner.pdf?sequence=1
Baumgartner, C. (2013). 'Secular Critique' of Protests against Religiously Offensive Acts. A Threat Against Democracy? In G. J. Buijs, J. T. Sunier, & P. G. A. Versteeg (Eds.), Risky Liaisons? Democracy and Religion: Reflections and Case Studies (pp. 112-127). VU University Press.
Baumgartner, C. (2013). Moral problems of new technologies. In T. Lovat, & J. Arthur (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Education, Religion and Values (pp. 239-250). Routledge.
Baumgartner, C. (2013). War. In K. Pollmann (Ed.), The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (pp. 1400-1406). Oxford University Press.

2011

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2011). Welche Religion in welchen Niederlanden? Überlegungen zur kulturellen und religiösen Diversität. Theologie der Gegenwart, 54, 242-252.

2010

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2010). Religion: Integrationsmotor oder -hemmnis? Überlegungen im Anschluss an das vielgestaltige Konzept "Identität". In M. Becka (Ed.), Identitäten - Zugehörigkeiten - Grenzen. Migration als sozialethische Herausforderung (pp. 147-164). Schöningh.
Baumgartner, C. (2010). 'Just war is not just about war.' Internationale Gerechtigkeit und 'Krieg gegen den Terrorismus' bei Jean Bethke Elshtain. In K. Gabriel, C. Spieß, & K. Winkler (Eds.), Religion - Gewalt - Terrorismus: Religionssoziologische und ethische Analysen (pp. 52-66). Schöningh Verlag.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/187897/Baumgartner_Elshtain_und_Terrorismus.doc?sequence=1

2009

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2009). Freiheit und Sicherheit in Jean Bethke Elshtains Arbeiten zum "Just War against Terror". Eine kritische Analyse im Licht von Elshtains Augustinusrezeption. In J. Frühbauer (Ed.), Freiheit Sicherheit Risiko. Christliche Sozialethik vor neuen Herausforderungen (pp. 85-98). Aschendorff Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2009). Formelle und informelle Ausgrenzung in kulturell pluralen Gesellschaften. Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, 50, 165-197.
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/188098/10-18-1-SM%2520%281%29.pdf?sequence=3

2008

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2008). 'Ein Mann, wie du, bleibt da nicht stehen, wo der Zufall der Geburt ihn hingeworfen...' Uberlegungen zur moralischen Relevanz des Charakters von Religion. In A. M. Bob Becking (Ed.), Verhaal als Identiteits-Code (pp. 30-39). Universiteit Utrecht.
Baumgartner, C. (2008). Bionanotechnology: A New Challenge for Ethical Reflection? In Fabrice Jotterand (Ed.), Emerging Conceptual, Ethical and Policy Issues in Bionanotechnology (pp. 67-84). Springer.

2007

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2007). Grenzen der Rede von der Verantwortung des Wissenschaftlers. In Societas Ethica (Ed.), Societas Ethica. European Society for Research in Ethics (pp. 260-280). Societas Ethica.
Baumgartner, C. (2007). Meinungsfreiheit - eine Herausforderung für religiöse Identitäten. In S. H. Arne Manzeschke Alexander Deeg (Ed.), Identität. Biblische und theologische Erkundungen (pp. 120-141). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Baumgartner, C. (2007). Inklusion und Meinungsfreiheit. Sozialethische Probleme indirekter religionsbezogener Kränkungen und Beleidigungen. In A. F. Klaus Oostenryc Christiane Eckstein (Ed.), Beteiligung - Inklusion - Integration. Sozialethische Konzepte für die moderne Gesellschaft (pp. 203-219). Aschendorff Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2007). Religiously Offensive Speech and Freedom of Expression in Liberal Democratic Societies. In S. Heuser, & H. Ulrich (Eds.), Political Practices and International Order (pp. 116-131). Lit Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2007). Religious identities in liberal societies - to be protected against 'offensive speech'? In Political Ethics and International Order. Annual Report of Societas Ethica (pp. 307-316)

2006

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C., & Mieth, D. (2006). Biopatentierung - Ziele, Probleme und ethische Aspekte. In Kriterien Biomedizinischer Ethik. Theologische Beitrage zum gesellschaftlichen Diskurs (pp. 275-291). (Quaestiones Disputatae; No. 217). Herder Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2006). Exlusion by Inclusion? On Difficulties with regard to an Effective Ethical Assessment of Patenting in the Field of Agricultural Bio-Technology. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 19(6), 521-539.
Baumgartner, C. (2006). Nanotechnologie in der Medizin als Gegenstand ethischer Reflexion. In J. S. A. Schwarz A. Nordmann (Ed.), Nanotechnologie im Kontext: philosophische, ethische und gesellschaftliche Perspectiven. (pp. 325-343). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.
Baumgartner, C. (2006). Theological Ethics without Theology? Assessing Theological-Ethical Reflection of Moral Challenges Posed by Pluralism in Relation to Theology. Concilium. International Journal of Theology, 53-64.

2005

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C., Potthast, T., & Engels, E.-M. (2005). Die richtigen Maße fur die Nahrung? Biotechnologie, Landwirtschaft und Nahrungsmittel in ethischer Perspektive. Francke-Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2005). Umweltethik - Umwelthandeln. Ein Beitrag zur Lösung des Motivationsproblems. Mentis Verlag.
Baumgartner, C. (2005). Ausschluss durch Aufnahme? Über Schwierigkeiten einer effektiven ethischen Beurteilung der Patentierung im Bereich der Agrarbiotechnologie. In T. Potthast, C. Baumgartner, & E.-M. Engels (Eds.), Die richtigen Maße für die Nahrung? Biotechnologie, Landwirtschaft und Nahrungsmittel in ethischer Perspektive (pp. 287-308). Francke-Verlag.

2004

Scholarly publications

Baumgartner, C. (2004). Bio-patenting in the field of agriculture as a problem for ethics. In J. de Tavernier, & S. Alerts (Eds.), Science, Ethics & Society (pp. 217-220).

Professional publications

Baumgartner, C. (2004). Ethische Aspekte nanotechnologischer Forschung und Entwicklung in der Medizin. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, B 23-24, 39-46.
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