https://www.neocalvinism.org/
"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.
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Neo-Calvinism Research Institute
The neo-Calvinism Research Institute has a newly launched webpage. It is well worth checking out and bookmarking
https://www.neocalvinism.org/
https://www.neocalvinism.org/
George Harinck's 2018 Bavinck Lecture: Neo-Calvinism in International Perspective
Herman Bavinck Lecture 2018 • Theologische Universiteit Kampen from TUKampen on Vimeo.
Harinck looks at the Neo-Calvinism in international perspective.
He begins with three important methodological observations:
1. In the past Christianity has largely been an 'export' from Europe. In the last century this has changed; Europe is no longer the centre. However, it has not been replaced by other centres; it has become poly-centric.
2. Neo-Calvinism has been previously studied under the history of ideas. However, ideas do not stand on their own, there is an economy of knowledge. Knowledge is not independent of context. Too long it has been thought of as a box of ideas, but now the stress is on interactivity.
3. Andrew Walls saw the spread of Christianity as a series of shifts marked by migration. Migration helps us to understand the transfer of neo-Calvinism to North America. There is a bilateral interaction - cross-pollination, where knowledge is less important than personal relationships. ideas are often the contexts.
Harinck poses the question why was neo-Calvinism more attractive to North America than say, Scotland or Switzerland?
He looks at three important heralds of neo-Calvinism in the US.
Nicholaus M. Steffens (1839-1912)
Henry E. Dosker (1855-1926) and
Gerhardus Vos (1860-1949)
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Philosophia Reformata 84(1) April 2019
The latest issue of Philosophia Reformata has been published.
Volume 84 (2019): Issue 1 (Apr 2019)
in Philosophia Reformata
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