Dr. Dr. Meins G.S. Coetsier

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Research

Meins G.S. Coetsier obtained his B.A. in philosophy in 2004 and was awarded Master of Arts in Philosophy, at The Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy in Dublin, Ireland in 2006. In 2008, he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy at Ghent University (Department of Philosophy and moral sciences) with a study on Eric Voegelin, with the title "Eric Voegelin's Philosophy of Luminous Participation in the Transcendent Ground of Being." Coetsier is affiliated with the Research Foundation in Flanders (FWO). He is director of the Centre of Eric Voegelin Studies and staff member at the Etty Hillesum Research Centre. In 2011, he completed his four-year FWO research project (2007-2011) which provides a framework for understanding Etty Hillesum's spiritual search and her Diaries and Letters 1941-1943 in the light of Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In 2012, Coetsier was awarded the degree Doctor of Comparative Science of Cultures at Ghent University for this study.

Selected publications

PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS OR BOOKS

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Europe's Secularism and the Politics of the Soul,” Fides et Libertas 2011: Secularism and Religious Freedom, International Religious Liberty Association (2011): 70-88.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “‘You Consciousness’—Towards Political Theory: Etty Hillesum’s Experience and Symbolization of the Divine Presence.” In Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum: Proceedings of the Etty Hillesum Conference at Ghent University, November 2008 (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy). Eds. Klaas A.D. Smelik, Ria van den Brandt, and Meins G.S. Coetsier, 103-125. Boston: Brill, 2010.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Between Realities: Dawkins vs. Voegelin,” Modern Age: A Quarterly Review 51, no. 3 & 4, (Summer/Fall 2009): 220-230. [Special Double Issue]

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Strijd om God: Om het behoud van de menselijke waardigheid.” Tijdschrift voor theologie 49, no. 4 (2009): 373–390.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Etty Hillesum and the Light of Faith: A Voegelinian Analysis.” Modern Age: A Quarterly Review 50, no. 3 (2008): 198–206.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Etty Hillesum als hedendaagse spirituele figuur voor joden en christenen.” In Wil er iemand mijn Messias zijn? Nieuwe verlossers en hedendaagse spirituele meesters. Edited by Didier Pollefeyt & Ellen de Boeck, 145-179. Louvain: Acco, 2010.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “God? . . . Licht in het duister. Twee denkers in barre tijden: De Duitse filosoof Eric Voegelin en de Nederlands-Joodse schrijfster Etty Hillesum.” In Etty Hillesum in context. Edited by Klaas A.D. Smelik & Ria van den Brandt, 16–35. Assen: Van Gorcum, 2007.

BOOKS AS AUTHOR

Coetsier, Meins G.S., "Etty Hillesum and the Spiritual Search: An Analysis of the Diaries and Letters 1941-1943 in the light of Martin Buber, Emmanuel Levinas and Dietrich Bonhoeffer," Ghent University / University Press: a non-commercial publication of Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Comparative Science of Cultures, Belgium, 2011, 640pp.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., "Eric Voegelin’s Philosophy of Luminous Participation in the Transcendent Ground of Being," Ghent University: a non-commercial publication of Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Philosophy and Moral Sciences, Belgium, 2008, 369pp.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., Etty Hillesum and the Flow of Presence: A Voegelinian Analysis, Eric Voegelin Institute Series in Political Philosophy. Studies in Religion and Politics. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2008, 228pp.

REVIEWS OF “ETTY HILLESUM AND THE FLOW OF PRESENCE”

Review by Prof. Dr. Francis T. Hannafey in the American Journal Theological Studies 70, no. 2 (June, 2009): 512.

Italian Review by Dr. Nicoletta Stradaioli in the Italian scientific periodical Il pensiero politico: rivista di storia delle idee politiche e sociali, Anno XLIII, n. 2, Firenze: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki, 2010.

Review by Prof. Dr. Macon Boczek on VoegelinView (March 17, 2011), available on http://www.voegelinview.com/etty-hillesum-review.html

PUBLICATIONS AS SCIENTIFIC EDITOR

Coetsier, Meins G.S., Spirituality in the Writings of Etty Hillesum: Proceedings of the Etty Hillesum Conference at Ghent University, November 2008 (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy). Eds. Klaas A.D. Smelik, Ria van den Brandt, and Meins G.S. Coetsier. Boston: Brill, 2010, 483pp.

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRINCIPAL INVITED LECTURES

Coetsier, Meins G.S., "The Life of Dialogue: Etty Hillesum and Martin Buber," Etty Hillesum Symposium, Ghent University & FWO. Ghent, 2012.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “No God on the Horizon? Voegelin, Buber and Bonhoeffer & the Moment of Surrender.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Washington, DC, 2010: 1-35.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “A Heaven-Gram for World Politics: Hillesum, Heschel and Rilke Rescuing God in Exile.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Toronto, 2009: 1–16.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “The life and writings of Etty Hillesum.” Lecture, Ghent University, 2009.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “‘You Consciousness.’ Towards political theory: Etty Hillesum’s experience and symbolization of the divine presence.” International Etty Hillesum Conference, Ghent University & FWO. Ghent, 2008.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Etty Hillesum and the Experience of Reason {Voegelin, Buber & Levinas}.” Visiting Speaker Series, Department of Philosophy, Seminar Room of the Moore Institute, Galway University. Galway, 2008.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “Etty Hillesum als hedendaagse spirituele figuur voor joden en christenen.” Postacademische Vorming K.U. Leuven Vliebergh-Sencie Leergangen. Louvain, 2008.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “‘God, the Creative Ground of Existence’ in Voegelin, Etty Hillesum and Martin Buber: A Response to Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Boston, 2008: 1–20.

Coetsier, Meins G.S., “‘Heaven in Hell’: A Voegelinian Exploration of the Life and Writings of Etty Hillesum.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). Chicago, 2007: 1–7.

INTERNAL REPORTS

EHOC Bulletin. Vol. 1, Eds. Meins G.S. Coetsier & Klaas A.D. Smelik, (December 2006).

EHOC Bulletin. Vol. 2, Eds. Meins G.S. Coetsier & Klaas A.D. Smelik, Van Gorcum, (June 2007).

EHOC Bulletin. Vol. 3, Eds. Meins G.S. Coetsier & Klaas A.D. Smelik, Van Gorcum, (December 2007).

EHOC Bulletin. Vol. 4, Eds. Meins G.S. Coetsier & Klaas A.D. Smelik, Van Gorcum, (August 2008).

EHOC Bulletin. Vol. 5, Eds. Meins G.S. Coetsier & Klaas A.D. Smelik, Van Gorcum, (January 2009).

Links

Personal website: http://meinscoetsier.jimdo.com/

Linkedin:http://www.linkedin.com/in/meinscoetsier

Centre of Eric Voegelin studies (EVS): www.evs.ugent.be

Etty Hillesum onderzoeks Centrum (EHOC): www.ehoc.ugent.be

Flow of Presence Academy: www.flowofpresence.be

Missouri Press: http://press.umsystem.edu/spring2008/spring08.htm

APSA: http://www.apsanet.org/

Voegelinview: http://www.voegelinview.com/meins-g.s.-coetsier.html

Etty Hillesum and the Flow of Presence: http://hillesumflow.blogspot.com/

Short Hillesum video: http://video.google.com/videoplay

Wikipedia: Etty_Hillesum_and_the_Flow_of_Presence