Professor Dr. Eric Venbrux

Biography

Eric Venbrux is a Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Radboud University. He has a long-standing interest in how people deal with death, which reveals what they consider important in life. Venbrux has conducted extensive anthropological fieldwork among the Tiwi people in Australia, as well as in Switzerland and the Netherlands. His research has focused on mortuary rituals and the various cultural significances tied to them. Current research interests include the intersections of religion and climate change, as well as the role of 'technology enchantment' in spiritual contexts and the consideration of religious heritage in contemporary society. Venbrux has published extensively on these topics and is actively involved in projects that examine cultural inclusion and exclusion in public spaces, particularly cemeteries and crematoria in Europe. He is also engaged in Health Care Humanities and aims to explore the impact of religious narratives on health and environmental well-being.

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