Doctoral Theses on Abraham Kuyper

 Here are some of the doctoral dissertation on Kuyper

In English

Bacote, Vincent 2002 The role of the Holy Spirit in creation and history with special reference to Abraham Kuyper Drew University. 

Campbell-Jack, Walter Campbell 1992 Grace without Christ? The doctrine of common grace in Dutch-American neo-Calvinism University of Edinburgh.

Casey, Ramon J. 1988 Abraham Kuyper’s Political Worldview Regent University, Virginia.

Chiu, Agnes S.  2016.   Common Grace and Common Good For China: An Exposition Of Abraham Kuyper And Leo Xiii On Labor Struggles In Twenty-First Century China Fuller Theological Seminary.

Dagley, Logan  2018 The Missional Church As An Institution And Organism: How Abraham Kuyper’s Ecclesiological Distinction Clarifies The Church’s Mission In Relation To Selected Contemporary Missiological Challenges. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Duk, Kwang 1999 Ecclesiology and social ethics: A comparative study of the social and ethical role of the Church in the views of Abraham Kuyper and Stanley Hauerwas Kampen.

Douma, Jochem   1966   Common Grace in Kuyper, Schilder, and Calvin: Exposition, Comparison, and Evaluation.    Lucerna: Crts Publications, 2017.

Greeson, Dennis 2021 Common Grace, Providence, and the Saeculum: Abraham Kuyper’s Theology of Culture Revisited. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Harefa, Surya Hadianto 2020 A free church in a free state: the possibilities of Abraham Kuyper's ecclesiology for Japanese evangelical Christians. Kampen. 

Heslam, Peter S. 1993 Abraham Kuyper’s lectures on Calvinism: an historical study Oxford University Published as Creating a Christian Worldview, Paternoster, 1998.

Himes, Brant Micah 2015. For a better worldliness: The theological discipleship of Abraham Kuyper and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fuller Theological Seminary, Center for Advanced Theological Study. 

Jones, Timothy 2022 Saving Common Grace: Kuyper and Present Possibilities for Public Theology in the UK.   King’s College London.

Kaemingk, Matthew 2013 “Mecca and Amsterdam: Christian Ethics between Islam and Liberalism Vrije Universiteit and Fuller Seminary. 

Kobes, Wayne A. 1993 Sphere sovereignty and the university: theological foundations of Abraham Kuyper’s view of the university and its role in society Florida State University.

Langley, McKendree R. 1995. Emancipation and apologetics: the formation of Abraham Kuyper’s Anti-Revolutionary Party in the Netherlands, 1872–1880 Westminster Theological Seminary.

Naylor, Wendy Fish 2006 Abraham Kuyper and the emergence of neo-calvinist pluralism in the Dutch school struggle University of Chicago.

Park, Jae-Eun              2016 Driven By God: Active Justification and Definitive Sanctification in the Soteriology of Bavinck, Comrie, Witsius, and Kuyper. Calvin Theological Seminary. Published by V&R, 2018.

Porter, Jacob         2011 Abraham Kuyper’s Sphere Sovereignty: Theological Comparisons And Application To Poverty. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 

Prideaux, Louise 2020 Approaching the Complex, Cultural Other: Towards a Renewal of Christian Cultural Engagement in the Reformed Tradition University of Exeter.

Rooy, Sidney H. 1956 Kuyper vs. Warfield: an historical approach to the nature of apologetics. Union Theological Seminary.

Un, Steven A.   2020 Theology of the Public Sphere: An Interpretation of the Philosophy of Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas from the Perspective of the Theology of Abraham Kuyper with Implications for Public Theology and the Indonesian Context. VU Amsterdam.

Van Heukelom, Raymond R. 1952/53 Abraham Kuyper's view of the function of the church in the world. Northern Baptist.

Wagenman, M.R. 2017. The Power of The Church: The Ecclesiology of Abraham Kuyper. Bristol University and Trinity College. Published by Pickwick Publications, 2020.

Westra, John 1972 Confessional political parties in the Netherlands, 1813–1949 University of Michigan. 

Wood, John Halsey, Jr. 2010 Going Dutch in the modern age: Abraham Kuyper’s struggle for a free church in the nineteenth-century Netherlands. Published by Oxford University Press, 2013.

Young, William 1943. The development of a Protestant philosophy in Dutch Calvinist thought since the time of Abraham Kuyper. Union Theological.

In chronological order

Young, William 1943 The development of a Protestant philosophy in Dutch Calvinist thought since the time of Abraham Kuyper. Union Theological.

Van Heukelom, Raymond R. 1952/53 Abraham Kuyper's view of the function of the church in the world. Northern Baptist.

Rooy, Sidney H. 1956 Kuyper vs. Warfield: an historical approach to the nature of apologetics. Union Theological Seminary.

Douma, Jochem   1966   Common Grace in Kuyper, Schilder, and Calvin: Exposition, Comparison, and Evaluation.    Lucerna: Crts Publications, 2017.

Westra, John 1972 Confessional political parties in the Netherlands, 1813–1949. University of Michigan. 

Casey, Ramon J. 1988 Abraham Kuyper’s Political Worldview Regent University, Virginia.

Campbell-Jack, Walter Campbell 1992 Grace without Christ? The doctrine of common grace in Dutch-American neo-Calvinism University of Edinburgh.

Heslam, Peter S. 1993 Abraham Kuyper’s lectures on Calvinism: an historical study Oxford University.

Kobes, Wayne A. 1993 Sphere sovereignty and the university: theological foundations of Abraham Kuyper’s view of the university and its role in society Florida State University.

Langley, McKendree R. 1995 Emancipation and apologetics: the formation of Abraham Kuyper’s Anti-Revolutionary Party in the Netherlands, 1872–1880 Westminster Theological Seminary.

Duk, Kwang 1999 Ecclesiology and social ethics: A comparative study of the social and ethical role of the Church in the views of Abraham Kuyper and Stanley Hauerwas Kampen.

Bacote, Vincent 2002 The role of the Holy Spirit in creation and history with special reference to Abraham Kuyper Drew University. 

Naylor, Wendy Fish 2006 Abraham Kuyper and the emergence of neo-calvinist pluralism in the Dutch school struggle University of Chicago.

Wood, John Halsey, Jr. 2010 Going Dutch in the modern age: Abraham Kuyper’s struggle for a free church in the nineteenth-century Netherlands. Published by Oxford University Press, 2013.

Porter, Jacob 2011 Abraham Kuyper’s Sphere Sovereignty: Theological Comparisons And Application To Poverty. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Kaemingk, Matthew 2013 “Mecca and Amsterdam: Christian Ethics between Islam and Liberalism Vrije Universiteit and Fuller Seminary. 

Himes, Brant Micah 2015 For a better worldliness: The theological discipleship of Abraham Kuyper and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Fuller Theological Seminary, Center for Advanced Theological Study. 

Himes, Brant Micah. 2015 For a Better Worldliness: The theological discipleship of Abraham Kuyper and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. PhD Thesis Fuller Theological Seminary, Center for Advanced Theological Study. Published by Wipf & Stock.

Chiu, Agnes S. 2016 Common Grace and Common Good For China: An Exposition Of Abraham Kuyper And Leo Xiii On Labor Struggles In Twenty-First Century China Fuller Theological Seminary

Park, Jae-Eun 2016 Driven By God: Active Justification and Definitive Sanctification in the Soteriology of Bavinck, Comrie, Witsius, and Kuyper.

Wagenman, M. 2017 The Power of The Church: The Ecclesiology of Abraham Kuyper. Bristol University and Trinity College. Published by Pickwick Publications, 2020.

Dagley, Logan  2018 The Missional Church As An Institution And Organism: How Abraham Kuyper’s Ecclesiological Distinction Clarifies The Church’s Mission In Relation To Selected Contemporary Missiological Challenges. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. 

Harefa, Surya Hadianto 2020 A free church in a free state: the possibilities of Abraham Kuyper's ecclesiology for Japanese evangelical Christians. Kampen. 

Prideaux, Louise 2020 Approaching the Complex, Cultural Other: Towards a Renewal of Christian Cultural Engagement in the Reformed Tradition University of Exeter.

Un, Steven A. 2020 Theology of the Public Sphere: An Interpretation of the Philosophy of Hannah Arendt and Jürgen Habermas from the Perspective of the Theology of Abraham Kuyper with Implications for Public Theology and the Indonesian Context VU Amsterdam

Greeson, Dennis 2021 Common Grace, Providence, and the Saeculum: Abraham Kuyper’s Theology of Culture Revisited. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

Jones, Timothy 2022 Saving Common Grace: Kuyper and Present Possibilities for Public Theology in the UK. King’s College London.

Non-English theses (thanks to Marinus de Jong @jmarinusdejong) and George Harinck

Praamsma, Louis          1945 Abraham Kuyper als kerk historicus. Kampen Ridderbos, Simon Jan 1947. De theologische cultuurbeschouwing van Abraham Kuyper Kampen Dengerink, Jan Dirk      1948. Critisch-historisch onderzoek naar de sociologische ontwikkeling van het beginsel der "souvereiniteit in eigen kring" Kampen. de Ru, Cornelis              1953. De strijd over het hoger onderwijs tijdens het ministerie-Kuyper, Kampen Velema, Willem H.         1957. De leer van de Heilige Geest bij Abraham Kuyper, ‘s-Gravenhage. Sutarno [Boedisoesetya, Soetarno] 1970. Het kuyperiaanse model van een christelijke politieke organisatie, Baarn.

Douma, Jochem              1966.   Algemene Genade

van Keulen, Dirk 2003. Bijbel en dogmatiek: schriftbeschouwing en schriftgebruik in het dogmatisch werk van A. Kuyper, H. Bavinck en G.C. Berkouwer (2003)

 

Additions courtesy of @EricSungminKong Vogel, Leroy. Die Politischen Ideen Abraham Kuypers und seine Entwicklung als Staatsmann. Würzburg: Mayr, 1937. [PhD diss., Heidelberg University, 1937. 108 pages]

Kasteel, Petrus Albertus. “Abraham Kuyper.” PhD diss., Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1938.

Leeuwen, Petrus Antonius van. Het kerkbegrip in de theologie van Abraham Kuyper. Franeker: Wever, 1946. [PhD diss., Roomsch Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, 270 pages]

Langman, Harm Jan. Kuyper en de Volkskerk: Een Dogmatisch-ecclesiologische Studie. Kampen: Kok, 1950. [PhD diss., University of Groningen, 1950. 294 pages]

Rosenboom, Enno Edzard. “Die Idee einer Christlichen Universität im Theologischen Denken von Abraham Kuyper.” PhD diss., University of Göttingen, 1950. [219 pages + Endnotes 107 pages]

Voerman, Jan. “Het Conflict Kuyper-Heemskerk.” ThD diss., Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, 1954. [134 pages]

Treurnicht, Andries Petrus. “Die Verhouding van die Staat tot die Kerk by dr. Abraham Kuyper, 1843-1920.” PhD diss., University of Cape Town, 1956.

Rooyen, Jan Hendrik Petrus van. Kerk en Staat: 'n Vergelyking tussen Kuyper en van Ruler. Groningen: V. R. B. Kleine, 1964. [ThD diss., Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, 1964. 372 pages]

Weringh, Jacobus van. Het Maatschappijbeeld van Abraham Kuyper. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1967. [PhD diss., University of Groningen, 1967.]

Koppen, Christiaan Anthonius Jozef van. Abraham Kuyper en Zuid-Afrika: Noten. Bunnik: [s.n.], 1981. [ThD diss., Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, 1981. 273 pages] ———. De Geuzen van de Negentiende Eeuw: Abraham Kuyper en Zuid-Afrika. Wormer: Inmerc, 1992. [320 pages]

Petersen, C. J. “Verbreek die Kettings!: 'n Analities Barthiaans-Marxistiese Religiekritiek op die Teologiese Model van Abraham Kuyper.” PhD diss., PThU., 1982. [84 pages]

Langbroek, C. Een Onderzoek naar de Laïkale Vakken binnen de Diakonologische Groep bij Abraham Kuyper en Enkele Volgelingen. Veenendaal: [s.n.], 1983. [PhD diss., Apeldoorn ThU CGK, 1983]

Koornhof, Johannes J. E. “Woord en Heil: die Woord as Heilsmiddel in die Teologie van Abraham Kuyper.” ThD diss., University of Stellenbosch, 1985. [ix, 380 pages]

Olivier, Mieder Johannes Palm. 'n Kritiese Bespreking van die Eskatologie van Abraham Kuyper. Potchefstroom: [s.n.], 1986. [PhD diss., Universiteit van die Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1986. 344 pages]

Schaeffer, Johannes Christianus. “De Plaats van Abraham Kuyper in ‘De Vrije Kerk’.” PhD diss., Apeldoorn ThU CGK, 1994. [170 pages] ———. De Plaats van Abraham Kuyper in "De Vrije Kerk”. Amsterdam: Buijten & Schipperheijn, 1997. [219 pages]

Janssens, Rienk. “De Opbouw van de Antirevolutionaire Partij 1850-1888.” PhD diss., VU Amsterdam, 2001. [411 pages]

Baarssen, Dirk. Sporen van Comries rechtvaardigingsleer. Apeldoorn: Labarum Academic, 2021. [PhD diss., VU Amsterdam, 2021. Supervisor: W. van Vlastuin, Co-supervisor: A. Goudriaan. About A. Kuyper, H. Bavinck, A. G. Honig, A. Kuyper, Jr. G. C. Berkouwer, CGK, G. Bond(NHK), G. Gemeenten, G. Gemeenten in Nederland]