ABRAHAM
KUYPER
Edited by Matthew J. Tuininga
Introduction by John Witte Jr.
On Charity & Justice
Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology
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ABRAHAM
KUYPER
Collected Works in Public Theology
GENERAL EDITORS
JORDAN J. BALLOR
MELVIN FLIKKEMA
Editor’s Introduction: Abraham Kuyper and the Social Order: Principles for Christian Liberalism
Volume Introduction: Abraham Kuyper: Always Reforming
Not the Liberty Tree but the Cross!
Is Error a Punishable Offense?
Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press
Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of De Standaard
The Press as the Apostle of Peace
The Family, Society, and the State
ABRAHAM KUYPER AND THE SOCIAL ORDER: PRINCIPLES FOR CHRISTIAN LIBERALISM
MATTHEW J. TUININGA
Abraham Kuyper believed that the salvation proclaimed in the gospel of Jesus Christ extends to every part of creation. The good news is not simply that the souls of individual Christians will be saved for an eternity in heaven. Nor is it merely that the church will be ransomed out of the world for a fresh start in the future kingdom of God. Rather, Jesus came to bring salvation to the material creation, including the social life of embodied human beings. And while that salvation will not be complete until the age to come, it nevertheless begins during the present age. As a result, a programmatic dimension of faithful Christian witness is the collective Christian commitment to promoting love and justice in every sphere of human life—from economics to politics, from journalism to the household, from the most turbulent of social questions to the basic motivations of human life. Kuyper believed Christians were dangerously neglecting this witness in his day, even as the secularism, materialism, and individualism of the French Revolution were tearing modern ...
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About On Charity & JusticeIn this anthology of articles and reflections, Kuyper articulates a Christian vision for engaging with society. Though his analysis was intended for his late-nineteenth-century Dutch context, his thoughts remain strikingly relevant for Christians living in the modern world. For Kuyper, God’s law preserved civil justice, making humane life possible. However, the law itself could not save society—only the gospel can transform the heart. But the gospel is for all of life. Kuyper elaborated a social Christian approach to politics, resulting in a distinct perspective on property, human dignity, democracy, and justice. |
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