Published in association with Acton Institute for the study of religion and liberty. Kuyper's texts translated from the Dutch. Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-409) and index.
Contents:
Appendix : Lemkes' wish . Wendy Naylor -- Volume introduction: Faith, finances, and freedom / Charles L. Glenn -- Part One: Entering the school struggle. The Society "for the Common Good" = Selections from De "Nuts"-beweging -- Teaching immortality in the public school = Selections from De leer der onsterfelijkheid en de staatschool -- Part Two: Christian education and Its counterfeits. Government funding or citizen initiative? = Selections from three articles in De standaard, March 23, 27 and April 13, 1885 -- Iron and clay = IJzer en leem : rede ter inleiding op het gebed voor de eenige hoogeschool hier te lnde, die op Gods woord gegrond staat -- Bound to the word = Band aan het woord : antwoord op de vraag: Hoe is eene universiteit aan het woord van God te binden? -- Scholarship: Two convocation addresses = Scholastica, of 't geheim van echte studie, and Scholastica II, om het zoeken of om het vinden? : of het doel van echte studie -- Part Three: A pluralistic program for national education. Ideas for a national education system = Naar aanleiding van het onderwijs-debat in de Kamer -- Grievances against the school law = Grieven tegen de schoolwet en het geheim verraden -- Is the restitution model impracticable? = Is het restitutiestelsel onuitvoerbaar? -- Remedy = Het redmiddel -- Speeches as a Member of Parliament = Selections from Eenige Kameradviezen uit de jaren 1874 en 1875, and Parlementaire redevoeringen, deel I: Kameradviezen -- Speeches as Prime Minister in Parliament = Selections from Parlementaire redevoeringen, deel II-IV -- Part Four: The people's voice and victory. An appeal to the nation's conscience = "Het beroep op het volksgeweten" : rede ter opening van de Algemeene vergadering der "Vereeniging voor Christelijk Nationaal-Schoolonderwijs" -- Struggle = Selections from "De worstelling" in Ons program -- People's petition = Selections from "Het volkspetitionnement" in Ons program -- As sheep among wolves = chapter 25 from Als gij in uw huis zit : meditatièˆn voor het huislijk saamleven -- Speech marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Christian Teachers Association = Selections from Kuyper's anniversary address -- Afterword: Faith, finances, and freedom / Wendy Naylor -- Appendix : Lemkes' wish .
Summary:
Among Abraham Kuyper's many accomplishments was his founding of the Free University of Amsterdam, where he also served as president and professor of theology. This collection of essays and speeches presents Kuyper's theology and philosophy of education, and his understanding of the divine purpose of scholarship for human culture.
Series:
Collected works in public theology / Abraham Kuyper ; general editors Jordan J. Ballor, Melvin Flikkema.
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