The Amsterdam Philosophy: A Preliminary Critique

by John Frame

Publisher:

P&R

, 2005

Overview

This booklet was published in the midst of theological warfare. Representatives of the Amsterdam philosophy (Herman Dooyeweerd and others) were taking a militant stance against traditional Reformed theology, and the controversy created partisan battles on the campus of Westminster Theological Seminary, where Frame was a young professor. It also threatened to split churches, Christian schools, and other Christian organizations. As a member of a committee of the Ohio Presbytery of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Frame was asked to write a brief study of the movement. This booklet is the result.

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Key Features

• Provides an introduction to the ideas behind the Amsterdam Philosophy movement
• Examines the opinions of the movement on assorted topics, academic and theological

Contents

• Background
• The Appeal of the Movement
• Summary of Our Critique
• Common Sense and Science
• Science and Time
• The Basic Structure
• Law
• Scripture and the Word of God
• Philosophy and Theology
• Science
• Education
• Church and Society
• Evangelism
• Apologetics
• Conclusions

Top Highlights

“Thus we need Christian philosophers and Christian scientists, if our understanding of God’s world is to be true in the deepest sense.” (Page 7)

“Unbelieving scientists and philosophers strive in vain comprehensively to understand God’s world.” (Page 7)

“attempted to develop a philosophical system on a radically biblical, radically Christian basis” (Page 4)

“All of life, therefore, not just formal worship, is ‘religion’—service to God” (Page 6)

“May a Christian school adopt an ecclesiastical confession as its basis? Is the Bible reliable when it speaks on matters of science? Does evangelism include the restructuring of social institutions?” (Page 6)

Product Details

• Title: The Amsterdam Philosophy: A Preliminary Critique
• Author: John Frame
• Publisher: P&R
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2008
• Pages: 55
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology, doctrinal
• Resource ID: LLS:AMSTRDAMPHIL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-13T16:26:54Z

About John Frame

John M. Frame (b. 1939) is an American philosopher and a Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology, presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til. Dr. Frame formerly taught at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, and Westminster Theological Seminary.