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Wisdom & Wonder: Common Grace in Science & Art
How will evangelicals respond to contemporary cultural shifts? What they believe influences how they respond and this will have significant ramifications for the future of a free society and its business, economic, and public sectors. Sometimes the way forward is found by looking back.
Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch theologian and prime minister of Holland (1901-1905), elaborated...more
Abraham Kuyper, a Dutch theologian and prime minister of Holland (1901-1905), elaborated...more
Paperback, 191 pages
Published
November 15th 2011
by Christian's Library Press
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Science is ultimately the quest to know God in all his works. Art is the expression of that part of us which percieves beauty in both the seen and unseen, and it calls us to live in service to beauty's proliferation and adoration of its source. This is the premise of Wisdom & Wonder, where the 19th century Dutch theologian aims to inspire his fellow Christians to embrace the calling to engage these two realms.
Kuyper supplements this inspiration with history of science and art's relationship...more
Kuyper supplements this inspiration with history of science and art's relationship...more
This book was lots of fun. I read a little bit of Kuyper earlier this year, but I think that this book really captures some of the spirit missing in some previous things I read. What Kuyper says about science, art, and common grace essentially sums up what I've felt for a long time but never had the words to say. Since "Christ ennobles all of life", things like art and science are to be received as good gifts, not things that are competing against God.
Granted, Kuyper says some extremely awkward...more
Granted, Kuyper says some extremely awkward...more
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More deep and wide application of Christ's lordship over every thumb's width in the universe.
It convicts me even more concerning my narrow, dualistic, wrong-headed Christian thinking. I cannot be little-zealed in helping to enculturate the next disciples.
There is so much work to do, just to expand the imaginations of men for the work they can do. Business and products wait to be created. Medical and governing solutions sit unconsidered. Music and media thresholds are far from being crossed.
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It convicts me even more concerning my narrow, dualistic, wrong-headed Christian thinking. I cannot be little-zealed in helping to enculturate the next disciples.
There is so much work to do, just to expand the imaginations of men for the work they can do. Business and products wait to be created. Medical and governing solutions sit unconsidered. Music and media thresholds are far from being crossed.
As...more
Kuyper's treatise on the role and effects of common grace regarding science and art is a worthwhile historical and theological read. The science portion of the book was to me more engaging and important than was the section on art. As an artist, I was surprised by my lack of interest in his thesis on art though I did not disagree with his ultimate conclusions. Nonetheless, there was indeed a beautiful artistry in the author's arguments on the proper role, roots and results of science. It is for...more
This was the first Kuyper I have read, and I thoroughly enjoyed most of it. I found it a bit uneven and his argument varied between well-reasoned and dense. He came to conclusions on occasion that I don't think were quite right, but most of what he had to say was profound and very helpful. Over all, his dealing in common grace was rich and helpful in my understanding and engagement of creation and art.
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Abraham Kuyper was a Dutch politician, journalist, statesman and theologian. He founded the Anti-Revolutionary Party and was prime minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905.
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