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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.

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Monday, 2 February 2015

Kuyperania: to celebrate 10 years of www.allofliferedeemed.co.uk

To celebrate 10 years of www.allofliferedeemed.co.uk here's a new translation of a Kuyper piece by Harry van Dyke:


Dr. A. Kuyper, Het heil in ons (1879; repr. Kampen: Kok, 1910), pp. 165–225. 

This study appeared in thirteen instalments in the Sunday supplement of De Standaard, from Aug. 2 to Nov. 15, 1874. Translated and annotated by Harry Van Dyke. 

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

All of life redeemed update

Added to the website:

David Beldman 'Towards a missional approach to Christian scholarship in the theological disciplines: learning for shalom'

Mark Roques 'Epistemology, story-telling and pedagogy'

Cover and contents of J A L Taljaard Polished Lenses added

Tuesday, 21 July 2009

All of life redeemed update: Skillen and Zylstra articles


Added to the Jim Skillen pages:

Christians Organizing for Political Service: A Study Guide Based on the Work of the Association for Public Justice APJ Education Fund, 1980.
This is an excellent introduction to a Christian view of politics.

Confessing Christ and Doing Politics APJ Education Fund 1982
Chapter 5 “Public Justice and True Tolerance” pp.54-62
Chapter 7 “Christian Action and the Coming of God’s Kingdom” pp.88-103




Added to the Bernie Zylstra pages:

1970. The crisis of our time and the evangelical churches. In Out of Concern for the Church Toronto: Wedge Pub. Foundation. pp 75 ff.

Friday, 26 June 2009

New on all of life redeemed

Several new papers have been added:

Jaap Klapwijk 'Commemoration: On the First and Second History in, Philosophia Reformata 73 (2009)

Andrew Basden 'A Different Way of Approaching Data Models and KR [knowledge representation] Ontologies'

Bruce Wearne Philosophy as Dependable Analysis: Roy Clouser's Contribution to Christian Scholarship

Bernard Zylstra : 'The Society of the Future'. Presented at the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.

Roy Clouser 'Can we know God is real?'

Albert Weideman 'Constitutive and regulative conditions for the assessment of academic literacy'. Forthcoming in SALALS 27(3).

Albert Weideman 'Uncharted territory: an emerging paradigm and the foundations of applied linguistics'. Forthcoming in Per linguam.

Volumes 1-3 of the Reformational journal/newsletter Anakainosis.

Saturday, 16 May 2009

Anakainosis: a journal for reformational thought



Anakainosis the journal for reformational thought is now starting to be placed on line at allofliferedeemed.

It began publication in September 1978 and ceased in 1986. It was published by the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship in Toronto under the editorship of Al Wolters. It contained articles by Robert Knudsen, Danie Strauss, Roy Clouser, Herman Dooyeweerd, Andre Troost, Bennie van der Walt, Doug Blomberg, Henk Hart, Bernie Zylstra and many others.

At present volume 1 issues 1-4 and volume 2 issues 1, 2 and 4 are up. More will be added over the next few months.

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Al Wolters on allofliferedeemed

I've recently added to the Al Wolters pages at allofliferedeemed the following papers:

1989. “On the Idea of Worldview and Its Relation to Philosophy,” in Paul A. Marshall, et al., eds., Stained Glass: Worldview and Social Science (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1989), 14-25

1987. “Worldview and Textual Criticism in 2 Peter 3:10,” Westminster Theological Journal 49 (1987) 405-413.

1985. “The Intellectual Milieu of Herman Dooyeweerd,” in C.T. McIntire, ed., The Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd (New York: University Press of America, 1985) 1-19

1983. “Dutch Neo-Calvinism: Worldview, Philosophy and Rationality,” in H. Hart et al., eds., Rationality in the Calvinian Tradition (Lanham MD: University Press of America, 1983) 113-131

1978/ 1999 “The Foundational Command: ‘Subdue the Earth!’” in Year of Jubilee, Cultural Mandate, Worldview (Study Pamphlet No. 382; ed. B. van der Walt; Potchefstroom: Institute for Reformational Studies, 1999) 27-34. [Previously available as ICS Academic Paper, 1978.]

1975/ 1987. "Ideas have legs" The Guide July. Also in A Christian Union in Labour's Wasteland, edited by Edward Vanderkloet
(Wedge Publishing, 1978). Republished by Institute for Christian Studies, 1987

Vanguard articles:

1979. Breaking out of the evangelical world-view: a review of John Stott's latest work'

'Hallowed be thy creation'

1980. 'The centre and the circumference'

Anakainosis articles:

1978. In memoriam: Vollenhoven

1979. Vollenhoven on the 'word of God'

1983. 'Ground motives'



Saturday, 18 April 2009

Bernard Zylstra pages on AoLR

I'm pleased to announce the launch of the Bernie Zylstra pages on allofliferedeemed. Bernie was the principal of the Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto. He studied at the VU University under Herman Dooyeweerd. In 1968 he began lecturing at the ICS and beacme its principal in 1983. He edited Dooyeweerd's Roots of Western Culture and Kalsbeek's Contours of Christian Philosophy.



Articles available on-line are:

1956. Who was Groen Stromata (Nov): 7-8

1970. The Christian teacher and history: can history be approached normatively?

1970. The place of christianity in our times. International Reformed Bulletin 41 (Spring) pp 24-28.

1972. Do Christians have a political future? [Part 1 and Part 2] Vanguard March/ April and August/ September.
(Also published in Where are we Now? ed W A Harper and T R Malloch Washington, DC; UPA)

1972. 'The Individual gospel: sources and shortcomings' The Guide (April/ May)
(Also published in Where are we Now? ed W A Harper and T R Malloch Washington, DC; UPA and in Inside, July 1972).

1972. 'The Bible, justice and the state' International Reformed Bulletin (Also published in Where are we Now? ed W A Harper and T R Malloch Washington, DC; UPA; and in Confessing Christ and Doing Politics ed James W Skillen washington, DC: APJ pp 39-53.)

1976. 'Voeglin on Unbelief and revolution.' In Een Staatsman Ter Navoling ed W F Gaay Fortman et al. The Hague: ARP. pp 155-165.

1977. Modernity and the American empire. International Reformed Bulletin 20 pp 3-19

1979. The power of nuclear arms. Vanguard March/ April pp. 14-16. 1979.

1981. Three kinds of rights. Vanguard Jan/ Feb

Monday, 16 February 2009

Popma's Battle for Righteousness


I'm pleased to announce the addition of K J Popma's excellent book The Battle for Righteousness: The Message of the Book of Job (translated by Jack Van Meggelen) is now on-line on the Popma pages at allofliferedeemed.

My thanks to Jack Van Meggelen for making this available.



Klaas Jan Popma was born in The Hague, The Netherlands, in 1903. He studied classical languages and received his doctorate in this field at the University of Leiden in 1931. From 1928 to 1955 he taught classical languages in a Gymnasium or classical high school, but this was combined in 1948 with an academic appointment in philosophy. At first in a part-time capacity but later full-time, he occupied the chair for Christian reformational philosophy at the universities of Groningen and Utrecht, from which he retired in 1973. He was a prolific writer; publishing not only in his primary fields of classics and philosophy, but also in theology and literary studies. His most extensive publication is the seven-volume work entitled Levensbeschouwing, a series of philosophical and theological reflections in the form of a commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism. One of his greatest loves was the study and exposition of Scripture, which led to a wide range of popular and semi-popular publications. His study of the biblical writings was grounded in a solid knowledge of Hebrew and Greek, and was informed by a comprehensive grasp of Western intellectual and cultural history. His writings on the Bible are marked by exceptional originality, combined with a love for the reformed confessional tradition. He died in 1986.
Al Wolters from The Battle for Righteousness

Thursday, 5 February 2009

J H Diemer pages


I've now set up the Johnan Diemer pages. Diemer was a contemporary of Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven and wrote on the nature of miracles. He died in 1945 in a Nazi concentration camp.


The site has translations of some of his papers by Chris Gousmett and an article and a dissertation by Chris on Gousmett. There is also a bibliography compiled by Chris.

Sunday, 11 January 2009

All of life redeemed website 2008 new materials

It's been a busy year for the allofliferedeemed website: www.allofliferedeemed.co.uk.

My thanks to all those who have given permission for me to post their work, for those who have scanned materials and for those who use it.

Here is a list of the new additions in 2008:

New pages added:

Jacob Klapwijk pages
Gordon Spykman pages
H Van Riessen pages
S U Zuideman pages
J P A Mekkes pages
K J Popma pages
A Janse pages
H G Stoker pages
J A L Taljaard pages
Robert Knudsen pages
Jim Skillen pages
Mike Goheen pages
Craig Bartholomew pages
Andrew Basden pages

New articles:

Andrew Basden

1999. On the ontological status of virtual environments
1999. A new framework for sustainability
2001. Beyond emancipation
2001. A philosophical underpinning for IT evaluation
2002.The critical theory of Herman Dooyeweerd?
2002. A Philosophical Underpinning For ISD
2003. with A. Trevor Wood-Harper A Philosophical Enrichment of CATWOE
2003. Enriching critical theory
2003. Levels of guidance
2004. Emancipation as if it mattered
2004. On Appealing to Philosophy in Information Systems
2005. Enriching humanist thought
2006. Information systems as a life-world
2007. 'Fresh light thrown on the Chinese room'
2007. A brief overview of Dooyeweerd's philosophy
2007. Frameworks for understanding IS and ICT
2008. Understanding everyday experience and use of facebook and games
2008. A slow journey towards Social Theory in information systems


Roy Clouser

2008. Is belief in God made obsolete by science?
1985. Dooyeweerd on religion and faith: a response. ICS Conference paper.

Mike Goheen

Creational Revelation, Scriptural Revelation, and Science, in Facets of Faith and Science. Volume 4: Interpreting God's Action in the World,ed. Jitse van der Meer. Lanham: The Pascal Centre for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science/University Press of America, 1996, 313-330.

Organism of Revelation, in Facets of Faith and Science. Volume 4: Interpreting God's Action in the World, ed. Jitse van der Meer. Lanham: The Pascal Center for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science/University Press of America, 1996, 331-345.

Bob Goudzwaard

10 A Christian Political Option book - 1972
13 Economic Stewardship versus Capitalist Religion syllabus - 1972
17 Interview - Goudzwaard and Cramp Vanguard - 1974
18 "From Death to Shalom" Vanguard article - 1974
31 "Norms for the International Economic Order" with J van Baars - 1978
35 Towards Reformation in Economics ICS class syllabus - 1980
36 "Types of Government Economic Policy" ICS paper - 1980
40 "Christian Social Thought in the Dutch Neo-Calvinist tradition" - 1986
42 "Creation Management: " conference paper and journal article - 1987
43 with H M de Lange, book review - 1988
45 "World Poverty - A Contribution" WCC Minutes, Moscow - 1989
46 "Why poverty grows" journal article - 1989
49 "Christian Politics and the Pirnciple of Sphere Sovereignty" - 1991
51 "Freedom and Justice: ..." journal article - 1992
52 "Economics and Theology" journal article - 1992
60 "Who Cares?" CPJ conference paper and book chapter - 1996
63 "Globalization" WARC conference paper and journal article - 1996
69 "New Introduction" to Capitalism and Progress - 1997
75 "Spirals of life and death ..." journal article - 1998
76 "Globalization, regionalization and Sphere-Soverengty" speech - 1998
83 with Aad Vlot, VvCW conference summary and journal article - 2001
90 "Ethical Dimesnions of a Globalising Economy" Potter festschrift - 2002
113 "Economic theory and the normative aspects of reality" (1961) - 2008
114 "Market, Money, Capital" (1999) with Rob van Drimmelen - 2008

Jacob Klapwijk
2008. Reason Reversed? chapter 1 and 9
1991. Antithesis and Common Grace
1991. Epilogue: The Idea of Transformational Philosophy
1980. The Struggle for a Christian Philosophy: Another Look at Dooyeweerd
1980. Dooyeweerd's Christian Philosophy: Antithesis and Critique

Abraham Kuyper

Days of Glad Tidings - Pentecost( with Ascension Day) vol. III (translated from Dagen van Goede Boodschap -Op den Pinksterdag (Met Hemelvaart) J.A. Wormser: Amsterdam, 1888 - by Jack Van Meggelen)


Duncan Roper

'The earth as a garden for all creatures' (2008) Stimulus

Mark Roques and Arthur Jones:

What is Distinctive about the Reality Bites Approach to Schools Work? I. Telling the Stories of Culture-Transforming Christians

What’s Distinctive about the Reality Bites Approach to Schools Work? II. Engaging in ‘Immanent Critique’ of Secularism

Jim Skillen

'Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea: Herman Dooyeweerd’s Political and Legal Thought' The Political Science Reviewer XXXII (2003) pp.318-380

Gordon Spykman

1985. Spectacles: Biblical Perspectives on Christian Scholarship. PU for CHE: Potchefstroom.

1982. 'Beyond words to action' in Confessing Christ and Doing Politics ed. James Skillen (CPJ: Washington)

1984. How is scripture normative in Christian ethics? In The Interpretation of Scripture Today: RES Theological Conference, Chicago 1984. Grand Rapids, MI.: Reformed Ecumenical Synod, 1984 (pp. 39-57).

1992. Theology queen or servant? Orientation: international circular of the PU for CHE; nos. 63-66. 13-23.
A Confessional Hermeneutic Alternative to the Historical-Critical Method. The Reformed Ecumenical Synod Theological Bulletin (December), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-13.


D. H. TH Vollenhoven

'Lecture notes on Kant' from the syllabus 1958-59; translated by Bill Rowe (1977)

'The foundations of Calvinist thought' - lecture delivered in 1934 at Dusseldorf
Het Calvinischme en de Reformatie van de Wijsbegeerte Ch 2 (pp 22-48) (in English)


Bruce Wearne


2008. Cultivating Care within a Vulnerable Economy: an annotated bibliography of the English writings of Bob Goudzwaard 1967-2008.

2008. Public Justice for All: An Annotated Bibliography of the Works of James W. Skillen, 1967-2008 (2nd updated edn)

2008. A Collection of Essays: Concepts, reviews, positive contributions.

1992. Social Theory and the Myth of Religious Neutrality: Introductory Theses for a Christian Sociology. Paper Presented to Author Meets Critics Session : Roy A Clouser The Myth of Religious Neutrality University of Notre Dame Press. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. November 8th, 1992. Washington D.C.

1991. Book Review: The Myth of Religious Neutrality: An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Belief in Theories Roy A. Clouser Notre Dame and London : Notre Dame University Press, 1991.

1989. "And miles to go before I sleep" Naked Wasp (Chisholm Student Union Inc) Vol. 12(6) p. 18.


Albert Weideman

2008. Constitutive and regulative conditions for the assessment of academic literacy.

Friday, 9 January 2009

Sunday, 7 December 2008

Gordon Spykman articles

I've recently added some papers by Gordon Spykman to allofliferedeemed:

  • 1982. 'Beyond words to action' in Confessing Christ and Doing Politics ed. James Skillen (CPJ: Washington)
  • 1984. How is scripture normative in Christian ethics? In The Interpretation of Scripture Today: RES Theological Conference, Chicago 1984. Grand Rapids, MI.: Reformed Ecumenical Synod, 1984 (pp. 39-57).
  • 1992. Theology queen or servant? Orientation: international circular of the PU for CHE; nos. 63-66. 13-23.
  • A Confessional Hermeneutic Alternative to the Historical-Critical Method. The Reformed Ecumenical Synod Theological Bulletin (December), Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-13.
My thanks to Geoff Wilson for scanning 4, Jim Skillen for permission for 1 and Bennie van der Walt for making materials available.

Friday, 5 December 2008

Jaap Klapwijk pages

I have now launched the Jaap Klapwijk pages on All of life redeemed.

Jaap studied under Vollenhoven and was professor of systematic philosophy at the VU-University, Amsterdam. He is the author of the recently published Purpose in the Living World? Cambridge University Press.



On-line are the following articles:

1991. Antithesis and Common Grace, in: J. Klapwijk , S. Griffioen and G. Groenewoud (eds.), Bringing into Captivity every Thought (Lanham: University Press of America, 1991), pp.169-190.

1991. Epilogue: The Idea of Transformational Philosophy, in: J. Klapwijk et al. (eds.), Bringing into Captivity every Thought (Lanham: University Press of America, 1991), pp.241-266.

1980. The Struggle for a Christian Philosophy/Dooyeweerd's Christian Philosophy: in: The Reformed Journal 30, 2/3 (1980), pp. 12-15; 20-24.