Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art

by Abraham Kuyper

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2015

Overview

In Wisdom and Wonder, Abraham Kuyper explores the role of God’s grace in science and art, both inside and outside Christian circles. The famed Dutch theologian shows how God’s grace is expressed to all, including the unsaved. This excerpt comes from his 3-volume work on public theology, Common Grace—look for volume 1 coming in late 2015 from Lexham Press.

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘Christians are called to redeem entire cultures, not just individuals.’” (source)

“If, therefore, God’s thinking is primary, and if all of creation is to be understood simply as the outflow of that thinking of God, such that all things have come into existence and continue to exist through the Logos, that is, through divine reason, or more particularly, through the Word, then it must be the case that the divine thinking must be embedded in all created things. Thus there can be nothing in the universe that fails to express—to incarnate—the revelation of the thought of God.” (source)

“We are reminded of Walt Kelly’s famous words, ‘I have met the enemy, and he is us!’ Christians today face a serious framework challenge from within. We have lost a coherent, holistic understanding of how the Gospel, and thereby the practice of the Christian faith, relates to every single area of society. Our confidence has been shaken to the roots as we struggle to offer an alternative reality to a longing world.” (source)

“In northern Europe, at any rate, science was planted and initially supported by the Christian church. Furthermore, science could have not survived without the support of the government. Nowadays, by contrast, science has become independent to the extent that it would far rather attempt to dominate church and state than continue being submissive to the domination of church and state.” (source)

“The moment human beings employ this capacity for reflecting the thoughts of God from the creation, science arises.” (source)

Product Details

• Title: Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art
• Author: Abraham Kuyper
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Kuyper, Abraham, 1837-1920; Christian life › Conduct of life; Christian life › Reformed authors
• Resource ID: LLS:TEASELEXKUYPWISD
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:15:20Z

About Abraham Kuyper

Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) was the Prime Minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905. He founded the Free University in Amsterdam and served as a professor of theology. At the invitation of B. B. Warfield, Kuyper traveled to the United States to deliver the Stone Lectures at Princeton and address Reformed congregations in Michigan and Iowa.

Kuyper studied at the University of Leiden, and received his doctorate there in 1863. He became a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1863, and consistently called for the separation of church and state. He also led a secession from the Dutch Reformed Church and united several disparate Reformed churches in the Netherlands.

Kuyper also led an active political life. He served as a member of Parliament in the Netherlands beginning in 1874 and served as prime minister from 1901–1905.

Abraham Kuyper was instrumental in the development of Neocalvinism, and is remembered for his articulation of common grace and for popularizing the notion of a Reformed worldview. He has influenced such notable figures as Francis Schaeffer, Cornelius Van Til, Alvin Plantinga, Nicholas Wolterstorff, and Chuck Colson.

Some of Kuyper’s publications, which are available in Logos, include Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art, The Antithesis between Symbolism and Revelation, and Encyclopedia of Sacred Theology: Its Principles.

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