The Kuyper Center Review, volume 5: Church and Academy

by Gordon Graham (Editor)

Overview

Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) -- pastor, theologian, journalist, politician -- is highly regarded as exemplifying how a Christian worldview can be confidently expressed in both theory and practice. Honoring the spirit of Kuyper’s legacy, The Kuyper Center Review annually publishes substantial essays that relate the tradition of Reformed theology to issues of public life.

Few themes are more directly related to Kuyper’s thought than that of church and academy. The essays in this volume examine Kuyper’s vision for a distinctively Christian university and consider what it means today, especially in light of how secularized the Netherlands has become since Kuyper’s time. The contributors explore Kuyper’s understanding of church and academy by placing it in a broader intellectual and theological context and drawing comparisons with other notable theological thinkers. Taken together, these essays show that much can still be learned from Kuyper and his contemporaries.

• Contributors
• H. Russel Botman
• Michael Brautigam
• Gijsbert van den Brink
• Ad de Bruijne
• Javier A. Garcia
• Gordon Graham
• Marinus de Jong
• Dylan Pahman
• Harry Van Dyke

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467442992
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	03/19/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	154
File size:	448 KB

About the Author

Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophyand the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary, author ofThe Re-enchantment of the World: Art versusReligion.,

Table of Contents

Editorial vii

Contributors xi

Dread, Hope, and the African Dream: An Ecumenical Collage H. Russel Botman 1

F. W. J. Schelling: A Philosophical Influence on Kuyper's Social Thought Dylan Pahman 26

The Pulpit, the Lectern, and the Sickbed: Comparing Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Herman Bavinck on Church and Academy Javier A. Garcia 44

The Heart of the Academy: Herman Bavinck in Debate with Modernity on the Academy, Theology, and the Church Marinus de Jong 62

Not without the Church as Institute: The Relevance of Abraham Kuyper's Ecclesiology for Christian Public and Theological Responsibilities in the Twenty-first Century Ad de Bruijne 76

Evolution as a Bone of Contention between Church and Academy: How Abraham Kuyper Can Help Us Bridge the Gap Gijsbert van den Brink 92

A Queen without a Throne? Harnack, Schlatter, and Kuyper on Theology in the University Michael Bräutigam 104

Kuyper on the Teaching of History Harry Van Dyke 119

Abraham Kuyper and the Idea of a Christian Scholar Gordon Graham 130

Editorial Reviews

Christian Scholar’s Review
“A notable collection of essays, providing a glimpse of how Kuyper might interact with contemporary issues related to the church and the academy.”


 

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