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"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.

Thursday 31 August 2023

Discovering Dooyeweerd edited By Danie Strauss (Jordan Station: Paideia Press, 2023)

A new book - it promises to be the book of the year (if not decade):




Contents
Foreword
Introduction by Danie F: M. Strauss
1. The Idea of a Christian Philosophy by Roy Clouser
2. The Ground-Motive of Greek Culture by Herman Dooyeweerd
3. Dooyeweerd on The Medieval Ground-Motive of Nature and Grace by Herman Dooyeweerd
4. The Rise of the Ground-Motive of Nature and Freedom by Herman Dooyeweerd
5. The Internal Tension Present in the Ground-Motive of Nature and Freedom by Herman Dooyeweerd
6. The Significance of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy for
Understanding the Foundational Role of Worldview by Michael W. Goheen
7. Dooyeweerd and Radical Orthodoxy by Danie F. M. Straws
8. Dooyeweerd and Theology by Willem J. Ouweneel
9. Reformed Scholasticism and Reformational Thinking by Joseph Boot
10. The Church, Society, and the Kingdom by Willem J. Ouweneel
11 Realism and Nominalism - Part 1 by Danie F. M. Strauss
12. Realism and Nominalism - Part 2 by Danie F. M. Strauss
13. The Distinction between Structure and Direction by Danie F. M. Strauss
14. Dooyeweerd's Perspective on Early Greek Philosophy by Danie F. M. Strauss
15. The Scope of Sphere Sovereignty by Danie F. M. Strauss
16. Dooyeweerd's Philosophy of Time by Danie F. M. Strauss
17. Philosophical Reflection on Physical Entities by Danie F. M. Strauss
18. Dooyeweerd: Enriching Our Understanding of Number and Space by Danie F M. Strauss
19. Modal Universality by Danie F M. Strauss
20. Philosophical Roots of Psychology by Willem J. Ouweneel
21. Galileo and Einstein by Danie F. M. Strauss
22. Modes of Explanation Making Identity Understandable  by Danie F. M. Strauss
23. Understanding Enkapsis as Contrasted with the Chemical Bond by Martin A. Rice, Jr.
24. Antimony and Contradiction by Danie F. M. Strauss
25. Different Kinds of Criticism by Danie F. M. Strauss
26. The Significance of Dooyeweerd's Work for the Natural Sciences by Richard Gunton
27. What Happened to "Evolution"? by Danie F. M. Strauss
28. Of History and the Science of History by Harry Van Dyke
29. Constitutive and Regulative Historical Principles by Danie F: M. Strauss
30. The Significance of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy for Understanding the Complexity of Technology by Maarten J. Verkerk
31. The Significance of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy for Understanding Human Responsibility in Technology by Maarten J. Verkerk
32. Understanding One's Own Professional Practice:
The Triple I Model
by Maarten J. Verkerk
33. Basic Aesthetics, as Dooyeweerd Could Have Written It by Calvin Seerveld
34. Is Language Uniquely Human? by Danie F: M. Strauss
35. The Prevalent Technicism in Society by Egbert Schuurman
36. Popular Sovereignty by Danie F. M. Strauss
37. The Intriguing Nature of Firms and/or Markets and/or Workers
 by Frederick CuN. Fourie
38. Developments within Roman Law bY Dame k: M. Strauss
39. Dooyeweerd's Critical-Empirical Theory of Law by Alan Cameron
40. The Relationship between Dooyeweerd's Systematic
Philosophy and his Theory of the Basic Concepts of the Science of Law by Alan Cameron
41. Civil Private Law by Herman Dooyeweerd
42. Theory of an International Legal Order by Romel Regalado Bagares
43. Are Norms and Principles Ethical or Moral in Nature?  by Danie F. M. Strauss
44. What Is Inherent in Normativity? by Danie F. M. Strauss
45. Compound Basic Concepts by Danie F. M. Strauss
46. Traditional Societies by Danie F. M. Strauss
47. Differentiation and Integration by Danie F M. Strauss
48. Dooyeweerd on Romanticism by Herman Dooyeweerd
49. Classifying Social Forms of Life by Danie F: M. Strauss
50. Context Is Everything, or Is It? by Albert Weideman
51. The Meaning of Technology by Egbert Schuurman
52. Human Freedom and Political Order by James W. Skillen
53. The Good of Politics: Dooyeweerd's Contribution by James W. Skillen
54. Political Idolatry: Assessing the Ideologies of Our Day by David T. Koyzis
55. Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven: What They Share, How They Differ, and How They Complement
One Another by Jeremy Ive
56. Everyday Life with Dooyeweerd by Andrew Basden
57. Understanding and Practicing Research with Dooyeweerd's Help by Andrew Basden
58. Adam and Biology by Willem I. Ouweneel
59. Dooyeweerd's Approach to Philosophical Anthropology 549 by Gerrit Glas
60. What Could Dooyeweerd Teach Us About the Study of the Brain? by Gerrit Glas
61. Health Care from a Dooyeweerdian Perspective:
A Normative Practices Approach by Gerrit Glas 

Bibliography
Subject Index








Wednesday 9 August 2023

Windows on Worldviews

 A fantastic new resource for GCSE RE and Philosophy, and foryouth workers


https://thinkfaith.net/windows/




The pack comprises:

• Six short story films (about five minutes each) exploring worldviews

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfgTxb7HTGsXSPTyZNTGWiD6Bw4-o2Uj-


• Six accompanying ‘Boffin Slots’: explanatory videos (about five minutes each) opening up

philosophical thinkers and roots of commonly held beliefs where teacher, philosopher and author Mark Roques plays ‘professor’ - undergirding the learning points in the story films 


https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfgTxb7HTGsVGzrgMmZMHDLH9EY8dM1gs