Essays on Religion, Science, and Society

by Herman Bavinck, John Bolt (Editor), Harry Boonstra (Translator), Gerrit Sheeres (Translator)

Overview

Herman Bavinck, the premier theologian of the Kuyper-inspired, neo-Calvinistic revival in the late-nineteenth-century Netherlands, is an important voice in the development of Protestant theology. This volume, now in paper, is the capstone of his distinguished career. These seminal essays offer an outworking of Bavinck's systematic theology as presented in his Reformed Dogmatics and engage enduring issues from a biblical and theological perspective. The collection presents his mature reflections on issues relating to ethics, education, politics, psychology, natural science and evolution, aesthetics, and philosophy of religion. Pastors, students, and scholars of Reformed theology will value this work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801048678
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/15/2013
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1902. John Bolt (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This volume was translated under the auspices of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society by Harry Boonstra and Gerrit Sheeres.

Table of Contents

Herman Bavinck: A Eulogy by Henry Elias Dosker
1. Philosophy of Religion (Faith)
2. The Essence of Christianity
3. Theology and Religious Studies
4. Psychology of Religion
5. Christianity and Natural Science
6. Evolution
7. Christian Principles and Social Relationships
8. On Inequality
9. Trends in Psychology
10. The Unconscious
11. Primacy of the Intellect or the Will
12. Trends in Pedagogy
13. Classical Education
14. Of Beauty and Aesthetics
15. Ethics and Politics
Appendix A: Foreword by C. B. Bavinck
Appendix B: Theology and Religious Studies in Nineteenth-Century Netherlands
Index