Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology- Our Program

In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day. Kuyper's political framework shows how the church and state can engage with each other while remaining separate. In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day, showing how church and state can engage with each other while remaining separate. His insights, though specific to his time and place, remain highly relevant to Christians involved in the political sphere today. Created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, the Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology marks a historic moment in Kuyper studies--one that will deepen and enrich the church's public theology. "This early work of Abraham Kuyper was the intellectual basis for the first Christan political party in modern democracy and presented a new, modern way of doing politics. It is amazing how relevant this monument to political history still is. Read it, and you will be encouraged to make your voice heard!" -- George Harinck, Theological University Utrecht " Our Program served for decades as an inspiration to Abraham Kuyper's followers and set a high standard for his opponents to match. For us, it sets out the challenge of envisioning what might be an equivalent witness in our own day." -- James D. Bratt, Calvin University (emeritus); author of Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat "It is a scandal and a disgrace that we have all read Edmund Burke's response to the French Revolution but few in the English-speaking world have read the equally profound and consequential response of Abraham Kuyper--a response that has at least as much to say to twenty-first-century readers as Burke's. Kuyper deserves a place beside Locke and Tocqueville as a titanic European intellect whose thought can help us understand the American experiment in religious liberty and constitutional democracy." -- Greg Forster, director, Oikonomia Network, Trinity International University "Abraham Kuyper's 'antirevolutionary' vision, worked out here at length, provides an illuminating historical lens through which to see contemporary debates between Christianity and secularism." -- Gordon Graham, Princeton Theological Seminary (emeritus) What are the political and social implications of the gospel?In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day. At that time, the church and state were closely tied, with one usually controlling the other. But Kuyper's political framework showed how church and state can engage with each other while remaining separate. His insights, though specific to his time and place, remain highly relevant to Christians involved in the political sphere today. This translation of Our Program, created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute, is part of a major series of 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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