The Challenges of Cultural Discipleship

Essays in the Line of Abraham Kuyper

Richard J. Mouw

• Éditeur: Eerdmans
• Année: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781467435031
• Sujet: Théologie et religion
• Sous-sujet: Religion, politique et État

Richard J. Mouw is well known for his incisive views on the intersection of culture and Christianity and for his efforts to make the thought of major Dutch theologian Abraham Kuyper accessible to average Christians. In this volume Mouw provides the scholarly "backstory" to his popular books as he interprets, applies, expands on -- and at times even corrects -- Kuyper's remarkable vision for faith and public life.In thirteen essays Mouw explores and develops the Kuyperian perspective on key topics in Christian cultural discipleship, including public theology, sphere sovereignty, education, creation, and more. He deftly articulates an ecumenically enriched neo-Calvinist -- or "neo-Kuyperian" -- perspective that appropriates and contextualizes the ideas and insights of this important theologian and statesman for new challenges in Christian thought and service.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Calvin’s Legacy for Public Theology
• Culture, Church, and Civil Society: Abraham Kuyper for a New Century
• Some Reflections on Sphere Sovereignty
• Modal Diversity in Dooyeweerd’s Social Thought
• Law, Covenant, and Moral Commonalities: Some Neo-Calvinist Explorations
• Educational Choice and Pillarization: Some Lessons for Americans from the Dutch Experiment in “Affirmative Impartiality”
• Creational Politics: Some Calvinist Amendments
• Klaas Schilder as Public Theologian
• Learning from the Dutch Calvinist “Splits”
• True Church and True Christians: Some Reflections on Calvinist Discernment
• Baptism and the Salvific Status of Children: An Examination of Some Intra-Reformed Debates
• The Seminary, the Church, and the Academy
• Dutch Calvinist Philosophical Influences in North America
• Appendix: Dutch and Dutch American Church Groups and Movements Especially Relevant to the Development of Dutch Neo-Calvinism