Background
Kuyper was born on October 29, 1837 in Maassluis, Netherlands. His father Jan Frederik Kuyper served as a minister for the Dutch Reformed Church in Hoogmade, Maassluis, Middelburg and Leiden.
("Lectures on Calvinism," a series of lectures sponsored b...)
"Lectures on Calvinism," a series of lectures sponsored by the Stone Foundation, was delivered by Abraham Kuyper at the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1898. Over the course of the lectures, Kuyper discusses Calvinism and the way it pertains to many aspects of life including politics, science, and art. According to Kuyper, Calvinism has a natural affinity for scientific investigation, because like scientific inquiry, Calvinism seeks to unify the cosmos under universal laws. Predestination, he says, proves that a set of laws exist to govern the world, and science is merely trying to figure them out. In "Lectures on Calvinism," Kuyper launches into a defense of Calvinism, which is often maligned as a religion that seeks to stamp out art and its significance. Readers will find here a thorough and elegant explanation of Calvinism and its particular outlook on life. Anyone wanting to know how the religion is unique among the many Christian sects will find "Lectures on Calvinism" an enjoyable and informative read.
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Abraham Kuypers Rooted & Grounded is the Word of the Lord for the Christian church today. Christians know the Gospel must permeate every area of life organically, that every vocation is integral and not accidental to the missio Dei, as my friend and colleague Steven Garber is fond of saying. This is what Kuyper means when he talks about the church being rooted in the organism of the Gospel. But Kuyper goes much further, reminding us that the church is First rooted, then grounded in an institutional form with core doctrinal, liturgical, and office-bearing responsibilities that norm its vital organic life. -Stephen Grabill Senior Research Scholar in Theology, Acton Institute
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: How will evangelicals respond to contemporary cultural shifts? What they believe influences how they respond and this will have significant ramifications for the future of a free society and its business, economic, and public sectors. Sometimes the way forward is found by looking back. Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch theologian and prime minister of Holland (19011905), elaborated on the doctrine of common grace, a theology of public service, and cultural engagement of Christians' shared humanity with the rest of the world. As Kuyper noted, "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." Kuyper's work shows us that God is not absent from the nonchurch areas of our common life and bestows his gifts and favor to all people. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Abraham Kuyper (18371920) is a significant figure in the history of the Netherlands and modern Protestant theology. A prolific intellectual, he founded a political party and a university, and served as the prime minister of Holland from 19011905. His enduring passion was to develop a theology for the general public and was seen in his extensive elaboration of the doctrine of common grace.
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In Common Grace Abraham Kuyper presents to the church a vision for cultural engagement rooted in the humanity Christians share with the rest of the world. Kuyper fills a gap in the development of Reformed teaching on divine grace, and he articulates a Reformed understanding of God's gifts that are common to all people after the fall into sin. This first volume contains Kuyper's demonstration of the biblical basis for common grace and how it works. This new translation of Common Grace, created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute, is part of a major series of new translations of Kuyper's most important writings. The Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology marks a historic moment in Kuyper studies, aimed at deepening and enriching the church's development of public theology.
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journalist statesman theologian
Kuyper was born on October 29, 1837 in Maassluis, Netherlands. His father Jan Frederik Kuyper served as a minister for the Dutch Reformed Church in Hoogmade, Maassluis, Middelburg and Leiden.
Kuyper studied theology and European literature at the University of Leiden and received his doctorate in theology in 1862.
Kuyper served as a pastor at Beesd in Gelderland, in Utrecht, and later in Amsterdam. He first entered politics as a member of the lower chamber (1874-1877). After breaking with the national church and forming the Free Reformed Church in 1886, he returned to the lower house in 1894. He united the Calvinist and Catholic parties and in 1901 formed a reformist Christian Conservative ministry, serving as minister of the interior until 1905 and minister of state in 1907. He served in the upper house from 1913 to 1920. Kuyper's influence has been enormous. He was a brilliant orator and journalist. He was editor-in-chief of De Standaard from 1872 to 1919, and editor-in-chief of De Heraut from 1877 to 1920. Kuyper was a founder of the Free University (Calvinist) at Amsterdam and an important leader of the Antirevolutionary State Party, a political organization. His Stone Lectures at Princeton University in 1898 developed a scientific conception of Calvinism, based on a recognition of the unlimited sovereignty of God and on the cosmological influence of this doctrine, not only on the foundations of family and church, but also on the structure of the state and society. Among his important publications are The Encyclopedia of Theology; The Work of the Holy Spirit; and the political Our Program and Antirevolutionary Statesmanship. Kuyper died at The Hague on November 8, 1920.
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Around 1866, Kuyper began to sympathise with the orthodox tendency within the Dutch Reformed Church. He was inspired by the robust reformed faith of Pietje Balthus, a single woman in her early 30s, the daughter of a miller. He began to oppose the centralization in the church, the role of the King and began to plead for the separation of church and state. In 1867, Kuyper was asked to become minister for the parish in Utrecht and he left Beesd. With his ideals he defended the interests of a group of middle class orthodox reformed, who were often referred to as "the little people". He formulated the principle of antithesis: a divide between secular and religious politics. Liberals and socialists, who were opposed to mixing religion and politics were his natural opponents. Catholics were a natural ally, for not only did they want to practice religiously inspired politics, but they also were no electoral opponent, because they appealed to different religious groups. Socialists, who preached class conflict were a danger to the reformed workers. He called for workers to accept their fates and be happy with a simple life, because the afterlife would be much more satisfying and revolution would only lead to instability. At the same time he argued that the system of unrestricted free enterprise was in need of "architectonic critique" and he urged government to adopt labour legislation and to inspect workplaces.
In 1878, Kuyper led the petition against a new law on education, which would further disadvantage religious schools. This was an important impetus for the foundation of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) in 1879, of which Kuyper would be chairman between 1879 and 1905. He would be the undisputed leader of the party between 1879 and 1920.
Member of Parliament, member of the House of Representatives
In 1863 Kuyper married Johanna Hendrika Schaay (1842-1899). They would have five sons and three daughters.