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A Friendly Disagreement about Islam in the Modern World: Herman Bavinck and Christian Snouck Hurgronje

This article recounts the friendship between the Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck and the orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, tracing their long-running and amicable …

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On Reading Schleiermacher in America: Moses Stuart on the Trinity

This article examines the early American reception of Friedrich Schleiermacher through the work of Moses Stuart of Andover Seminary, who translated and engaged Schleiermacher's …

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Neocalvinism . . . Abraham Kuyper? Maybe

This essay examines the difference between Abraham Kuyper and De Savornin Lohman's vision of a Christian university and its implications for Neo-Calvinism today.

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Jesus and the 'Christian Worldview': A Comparative Analysis of Abraham Kuyper and Karl Barth

This article compares Abraham Kuyper and Karl Barth on the notion of a 'Christian worldview.' Where Kuyper made the development of a comprehensive Calvinist life-and-world view …

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A Canopy of Grace: Common and Particular Grace in Abraham Kuyper's Theology of Science

This article examines the roles of common and particular grace in Abraham Kuyper's theology of science. For Kuyper, common grace preserves the created order and makes scholarship …

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The Problem of Psychologism in Karl Barth's Doctrine of Sanctification

This article takes up the problem of psychologism in Karl Barth's doctrine of sanctification: how can sanctification be described as a real change in the human subject without …

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The Early Reception of the Theology of Karl Barth in the Netherlands (1919-1926)

George Harinck's study of the early reception of Karl Barth's theology in the Netherlands between 1919 and 1926, tracing how Dutch theologians—particularly in the Reformed …

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A Pragmatic Reading of Karl Barth's Theological Epistemology

This article proposes a pragmatic reading of Karl Barth's theological epistemology. Drawing on the American pragmatist tradition, it argues that Barth's account of theological …

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Physical Laws and Divine Agency

This essay considers the relation between physical laws and divine agency, asking how God's action in the world should be understood in light of scientific accounts of lawful …

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Theodicy Between Philosophy and the Bible: Response to J. Richard Middleton

A response to J. Richard Middleton on the problem of theodicy, considering how the question of God and evil should be positioned between philosophical argument and the witness of …

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