At Home in God's World - B J van der Walt

I'm pleased to announce that Bennie van der Walt has a new book published in August/ Sept: At Home in God's World: A transforming paradigm for being human and for social involvement.
ISBN: 978-1-86822-570-5

Contents

Preface: Prof. J. J. Venter
Recommendations: Dr Samson Makhado and Revd Isaac Mutua
Introduction: Why and how to be at home in God’s world

SECTION A
The biblical basis of a Christian worldview and philosophy

1. The directives of God’s Word for ethical/moral behaviour
2. How to read the Bible to hear God speak and understand our social responsibility

SECTION B
Christian-philosophical basics

3. John Calvin (1509-1564) the father of a transforming Christian worldview
4. An overview of the global presence of a Christian Reformational philosophy and scholarship
5. A new paradigm for doing Christian philosophy: D. H. Th. Vollenhoven (1892-1978)
6. God’s ordinances: providing direction in a crisis of norms and values

SECTION C
A multidimensional Christian view of being human

7. John Calvin’s struggle to attain a truly biblical view of the human being
8. The biblical perspective on being human
9. The human heart rediscovered in the anthropology of Dirk H. Th. Vollenhoven
10. Imaging God in the contemporary world
11. Even death cannot separate us from God and his creation

SECTION D
A Christian social philosophy

12. The biblical foundations and historical development of a Christian paradigm for social involvement
13. A systematic exposition and practical application of a transforming Christian social philosophy
14. Towards a normative practice
15. A partnership model for transforming development cooperation in Africa

Acknowledgements