Common Grace, Vol. 1: The Historical Section, Part 1: Noah–Adam
Overview
Abraham Kuyper’s seminal three-volume work Common Grace (De Gemeene Gratie) presents a constructive public theology of cultural engagement rooted in the common humanity of Christians and non-Christians. Kuyper, a remarkable Dutch politician, journalist, educator, statesman, and Reformed theologian, was also a brilliant communicator and prolific writer. This work displays Kuyper at his finest as he draws Christians back to the biblical principles that guide believers in the development of a winsome and constructive social witness.
This complete, first-ever English translation will help Christians find answers to questions about how the gospel addresses our roles in public life, cultural leadership, and the beneficial contributions of all people, especially those in the arts and sciences. Common Grace provides a much-needed opportunity to absorb Kuyper’s insights about God’s marvelous designs for human cultural life and to realize afresh how God’s providence extends to all facets of human life. In volume one, Kuyper develops a historical argument based on the earliest chapters of Genesis.
In the Logos edition, this insightful volume is enhanced by leading research tools. Scripture citations link directly to English translations, and important terms link to dictionaries, encyclopedias, and a wealth of other resources in your digital library. Powerful searches help you find exactly what you are looking for. Tablet and mobile apps let you take the discussion with you. With Logos Bible Software, the most efficient and comprehensive research tools are in one place, so you get the most out of your study.
Key Features
- A capstone work from a leading theologian
- Comprehensive theology for Christian cultural engagement
- First English translation
Praise for the Print Edition
This book and its subsequent volumes in the series give us a much needed opportunity to absorb the insights of Abraham Kuyper about God’s marvelous designs for human cultural life.
—Richard J. Mouw, professor of faith and public life, Fuller Theological Seminary
Abraham Kuyper was a profound theologian, an encyclopedic thinker, and a deeply spiritual man who believed that it is the believer’s task ’to know God in all his works.’ In a day when secular science is seeking to establish hegemony over all knowing, and when postmodern art is threatening to bring an end to art, Kuyper’s solid, biblical insights can help to restore perspective and sanity to these two critical areas of human life.
—Charles Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship and Colson Center for Christian Worldview
Abraham Kuyper’s work on common grace has enriched my own theological approach to cultural engagement for years. The release of these translations into the English-speaking world is sure to have lasting ripple effects throughout the fields of public theology, Christian ethics, and systematic theology. Kuyper’s robust theological portrait of a God whose dynamic, creative, and gracious work pervades the entire world will inflame the imagination and warm the heart.
—Matthew Kaemingk, executive director, The Fuller Institute for Theology and Northwest Culture
Product Details
- Title: Commmon Grace, Vol. 1: The Historical Section, Part 1: Noah–Adam
- Author: Abraham Kuyper
- Editors: Jordan Ballor and Stephen Grabill
- Translators: Nelson D. Kloosterman and Ed M. van der Maas
- Publisher: Christian’s Library Press
- Publication Date: 2013
- Pages: 280
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.