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  Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper was born in a parsonage on October 29, 1837 from Rev. and Mrs.
Kuyper considered this so wonderful, especially in the light of the fact that this was apparently the only collection in Europe, that he received it as a special miracle, a miracle which forced him to consider the reality of God's providential direction of his life and the lives of men.
Kuyper was astounded to learn that little children were required to work 70 to 80 hours a week, and had to be wakened in the morning by being doused with cold water.
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  Abraham Kuyper - Wikipedia
Kuyper was oprichter van de eerste politieke partij in Nederland, de ARP, stichtte de Vrije Universiteit, droeg bij aan de vorming van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland en was van 1901 tot 1905 minister-president.
Kuyper was vier jaar predikant in Amsterdam toen hij in 1874 gekozen werd in de Tweede Kamer.
In september 1911 was Kuyper in het nieuws toen hij in Brussel vanaf de openbare weg naakt zichtbaar was -hetgeen verboden was- in zijn hotelkamer aldaar.
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 Abraham Kuyper - Christelijke Begrippen
Abraham Kuyper (29 oktober 1837 8 november 1920) was een Nederlands theoloog, politicus, staatsman en journalist.
Kuyper was oprichter van de eerste politieke partij in Nederland, de ARP, stichtte de Vrije Universiteit, droeg bij aan de vorming van de Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland en was van 1901 tot 1905 minister-president.
Kuyper was voorman en woordvoerder van een in de tachtiger jaren van de negentiende eeuw gevormde protestantse stroming waarin geloofd werd in het voortdurend ingrijpen van God en werd aangenomen dat de werking hiervan zichtbaar gemaakt kon worden aan de hand van de dagelijkse evenementen (gebeurtenissen).
www.christelijkebegrippen.nl /christendom/Abraham_Kuyper.php   (174 words)

  
 Christian Perspective: Radical Life and Thought of Abraham Kuyper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), the founder of a school of thought known as neo-Calvinism or Kuyperianism, was an extraordinary man. Kuyper worked as a pastor, theologian, newspaper editor, and politician in the Netherlands, where he ran two newspapers, organized the Netherlands' first political party, started the Free University of Amsterdam, and served as Prime Minister.
Kuyper was born October 29, 1837, the third child of a State Church minister in Maassluis in the Netherlands.
Kuyper was adamant that Calvinism be understood as a comprehensive worldview.
www.ccojubilee.org /resources/theology/kuyper/swanson.html   (3065 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper: God's Renaissance Man -NRA
Kuyper is often lauded as a showcase model of the application of biblical principles to the political arena in Holland.
Kuyper himself admitted to being an advocate of "principled pluralism"; it was in fact his answer to the humanist drive for cultural hegemony.
Kuyper's coalition government was able to assume control from 1888 to 1938 because he had earlier pressed for expansion of the electorate (12% in 1870 to 49% in 1896).
www.natreformassn.org /statesman/02/kuyper.html   (2087 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper was born in the fishing village of Maassluis, the Netherlands on October 29, 1837, where his father, the Rev. J.
Kuyper graduated with a degree in literature in 1857 and one in philosophy in 1858.
Kuyper moved to Utrecht in 1867 and was called to serve the church in Amsterdam, the most prestigious in the nation, in 1870.
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 Dr. Abraham Kuyper
Kuyper, theologian, journalist, statesman, Prime Minister of Holland, was a child of the manse.
Kuyper throughout life retained a profound gratitude to this intercessor and her photograph stood in his study till the end.
Kuyper was a man of conflict, of righteous contention, but he was also a man of most devout piety.
www.pawcreek.org /articles/testimonials/DrAbrahamKuyper.htm   (1765 words)

  
 Christian Perspective: Abraham Kuyper by George Saylor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Abraham Kuyper was born October 29, 1837 in the small town of Maassluis, the Netherlands.
Kuyper said: "Their obduracy became a blessing for my heart and the rising of the morning star for my life…I had grasped but had not yet found the Word of reconciliation" (Henderson 32).
Thus, as Kuyper reflected, it was primarily a change in the worldview that caused Scholten's new view on the outlook of the Gospel writer(s).
www.ccojubilee.org /resources/theology/kuyper/saylor.html   (1490 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper was born in the fishing village of Maassluis, the Netherlands on October 29, 1837, where his father, the Rev. J.
Kuyper graduated with a degree in literature in 1857 and one in philosophy in 1858.
Kuyper moved to Utrecht in 1867 and was called to serve the church in Amsterdam, the most prestigious in the nation, in 1870.
www.reformed.net /bios/a_kuyper.htm   (1074 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper - LoveToKnow 1911
Kuyper, Gedenkboek (1921) and A. and J. Kuyper, De Levensavond van Dr. A.
Kuyper, Abraham (1837-1920), Dutch theologian and politician, was born Oct. 29 1837 at Maassluis, and was educated at the university of Leiden.
He became Doctor of Divinity and pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church at Beesd in 1863, and in 1870 moved to Amsterdam, where he became in 1876 leader of the anti-Revolutionary party which aimed at the restoration of strictly Calvinistic doctrine in the guidance of State affairs.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Abraham_Kuyper   (1867 words)

  
 Every Inch for Christ: Abraham Kuyper on the Reform of the Church | TheResurgence
In his efforts to promote internal reform of the National Church Abraham Kuyper saw that theological education was of utmost importance, and the Free University of Amsterdam was his answer to the modernism that had infected the faculties of the state universities.
In Kuyper’s view the preaching of the Word and the proper administration of the sacraments are the marks of the true church.
Abraham Kuyper, A Pamphlet on the Reformation of the Churches, tr., Herman Hanko, collated from The Standard Bearer, vols.
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 Christian Politics according to Abraham Kuyper
Kuyper does not define what he means by the State, but assumes that his hearers are in agreement with him as to how the State is to be understood.
Kuyper rejects all theories that imply a social contract as tire basis of society because these are based upon the notion of "the people" as the primary element in the State.
In Kuyper's view, ail life systems are to be seen in terms of their deep roots in the past and the ways in which they combine various elements from preceding systems of government.
www.ucalgary.ca /~nurelweb/papers/irving/kuyperp.html   (3437 words)

  
 Passionate About the Poor: The Social Attitudes of Abraham Kuyper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kuyper’s positive commitments to divine sovereignty and sphere sovereignty, his sharp distinction between State and society, his value-charged rhetoric of “organic” and “mechanical,” and his suspicions of both popular- and State-sovereignty are the coin of this particular realm, and Heslam has assayed their value efficiently and accurately.
Kuyper, in his early days, was a promising scholar, and from time to time in his later career professed a yearning for the studious life of research and writing.
Kuyper did not advocate the expropriation of wealth by State power or Socialist revolution; he frowned on State regulation and would have little love for the welfare State, but one of his arguments against regulation was precisely the susceptibility of the State to the influence of wealth and power.
www.acton.org /publicat/m_and_m/2002_spring/bratt.html   (3074 words)

  
 A Free Church, A Holy Nation: Abraham Kuyper's American Public Theology Trinity Journal - Find Articles
Kuyper serves as an attractive model for rectifying this lacuna for a couple of reasons: first, Kuyper's political activism was aimed at emancipating orthodox Calvinists who had been marginalized from the public life; second, Bolt believes the Dutchman is an exemplar who stands above partisanship.
Kuyper is all the more appropriate as a guide for American evangelicals in that he can aid evangelicals to examine the critical issue of engagement from a distance.
Kuyper is a qualified candidate, not only because he visited America in his day, but also because of his knowledge about and profound appreciation of "the American political experiment in ordered liberty" (p.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3803/is_200210/ai_n9130056   (859 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Furthermore, Kuyper was the first to formulate the principle of common grace in the context of a Reformed world-view.
Kuypers political ideals were orthodox-Protestant and anti-revolutionary: instead of liberty, he favoured divine providence, instead of equality he favoured hierarchy and instead of brotherhood he favoured sovereignty in its own circle.
Kuyper stood at the cradle of pillarization, the social expression of sphere sovereignty and anti-thesis the alliance between Protestants and Catholics, that would both dominate Dutch politics in the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_Kuyper   (2682 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper - Christian Cultural Activist
Abraham Kuyper was the son of a minister in the State Church and studied for the ministry at Leiden University under the greatest Dutch liberal theologians of his day.
And on 21 January 1874, Kuyper was elected to the Dutch parliament for the Gouda district, under the banner of the Anti-Revolutionary Party.
Kuyper and the ARP fought that Protestant and Catholic schools receive state support equal to that given to the "neutral" humanistic schools.
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 Comment Magazine - "Neocalvinism . . . Abraham Kuyper? Maybe." by Clifford Blake Anderson
Abraham Kuyper is not particularly well-known among pastors of so-called 'mainline' Protestant churches.
Kuyper always maintained that the church, even the church in exile, should stay active in the life of the nation.
Bacote points out that while Kuyper's concept of common grace inclined him toward the 'apologetic' style, which focuses on identifying commonalities between peoples of different faiths, his concept of the antithesis inclined him toward the 'confessional' style, which emphasizes the distinctiveness of the Christian faith.
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 Abraham Kuyper: A Christian Worldview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kuyper’s great contribution at Princeton a century ago, which is still relevant today, is the fact that the Christian faith is both for salvation and for the rest of life.
Kuyper’s perspective is still relevant today, because he thought in terms of the basic clash between the Christian and the secularist worldviews—belief versus unbelief in every area of life.
Kuyper’s greatest legacy is the witness of a worldview—a witness that is greatly needed in our dying culture.
www.opc.org /new_horizons/NH99/NH9901d.html   (1523 words)

  
 Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was a major formative influence on neo-Calvinism and on the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd.
Kuyper says that there is a question as to what existed in Paradise before the fall–whether the ‘Tohu Wa Bohu’ refers to a still unformed chaos or whether it refers to the result of a destruction that had already occurred.
Kuyper’s objection of ‘pantheism’ insofar as it concerns Baader therefore concerns the fact that theosophy does not affirm a dualism of body and soul.
www.members.shaw.ca /jgfriesen/Mainheadings/Kuyper.html   (2633 words)

  
 Reformata - A Reformed Blog » On the Shoulders of Giants (IX)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kuyper’s discussion of a formal faith that is attributable to both the regenerate and the unregenerate is not completely mistaken.
Kuyper apparently failed to note that we are all made in God’s image, live in God’s world, and experience God’s common grace.
Kuyper apparently failed to note the significance of the fact that we are all made in God’s image, live in God’s world, and experience God’s common grace for apologetics.
blog.solagratia.org /2006/03/18/on-the-shoulders-of-giants-ix   (1639 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lectures on Calvinism: Books: Abraham Kuyper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kuyper wanted Christians to expand their horizons and expand their influence by outthinking and outworking their worldview opponents, and this is a message that is every bit as critical for Christians to hear today as it was when these lectures were given 100 years ago.
Kuyper believed that God was (and is) interested in all facets of human life and that the belief-system of Christianity addressed all the various facets of human endeavor.
Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism is essential reading for any Christian who wishes to reflect on the relationship of Christian faith to the state, the church, the sciences, the arts, and other spheres and endeavors of life.
www.amazon.com /Lectures-Calvinism-Abraham-Kuyper/dp/080281607X   (2181 words)

  
 Abraham Kuyper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Abraham Kuyper was an extraordinary figure uniquely capable of wearing several hats throughout his long public career as pastor, theologian, scholar, journalist, educator and statesman.
Kuyper's thought was introduced to North America in 1898, when he delivered the Stone Lectures at Princeton Seminary.
Kuyper's ideas were further developed by Herman Dooyeweerd and others in the twentieth century.
www.redeemer.on.ca /academics/polisci/kuyper.html   (169 words)

  
 monument voor Abraham Kuyper
De Stichting wil een standbeeld voor Dr. Abraham Kuyper realiseren vanwege zijn nationale betekenis, het belang van zijn beweging en de doorwerking daarvan in de vorige eeuw.
Kuyper emancipeerde niet alleen zijn achterban, maar zijn activiteiten droegen ook bij tot de emancipatie van andere stromingen.
De “ Stichting Monument Abraham Kuyper” is een nauwe samenwerking aangegaan met het Dr. Abraham Kuyperfonds, waarvan oud-minister De Ruiter voorzitter is. Naast inhoudelijke advisering is de Stichting bereid een substantiële financiële bijdrage leveren.
www.stichtingmonumentabrahamkuyper.nl   (665 words)

  
 Calvin College: Calvin News
The essays cover almost 40 years of Kuyper's writings and encompass his broad range of interests with sections on such topics as church and theology, politics and society, and culture and education.
Kuyper says that the novel "though not in value, stands next to the Bible in its meaning for my life." He adds that it "was the instrument that broke my smug, rebellious heart!"
Kuyper's critique has been called the first to use "modernism" in what would become the common sense of the word and, Bratt says, a century of anti-Modernists, including such critiques as J. Gresham Machen's Christianity and Liberalism, would follow his lead, albeit in different ways.
www.calvin.edu /news/releases/unfiled/kuyper.htm   (931 words)

  
 October 29: Dutch celebrated Abraham Kuyper's birthday
In 1874 Kuyper was elected to the lower house of Parliament, and he served there until 1877.
Abraham believed that Christ rules not merely by the tradition of what He once was, spoke, did and endured, but by a living power which even now, seated as He is at the right hand of God, He exercises over lands, nations, generations, families, and individuals.
Abraham Kuyper had a tremendous aversion to wasting time when there was so much to do.
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 Sacred Theology by Abraham Kuyper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kuyper (1837-1920) was first a liberal thinker, but having obtained his doctorate he became pastor of a small country church in The Netherlands.
Kuyper also foresaw the deadening of Christianity in Europe, then in England, a creeping lack of Christian principle in America, and the development of the Far East as the last bastion of principled Christianity.
The state education Kuyper fought so hard to reform because it squeezed the very life of the nation into unprincipled license is even now ruining the nation here in the U.S.A. It was not for nothing that Solzenitzen remarked that never before had it been known that a nation self-destructed through its own schools.
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 Kuyper Lecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Inaugurated by the Center in 1995, the annual lecture is named for Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), an influential Dutch scholar-statesman whose contributions to public life were defined by a creative Christian response to these three dynamics.
Kuyper believed that the Christian life cannot be confined to church life.
The Kuyper Lectures with responses by experts in the field are later published and sometimes made available on audiotape.
www.cpjustice.org /kuyper   (520 words)

  
 Kuyper Lecture
Inaugurated by the Center in 1995, the annual lecture is named for Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), an influential Dutch scholar-statesman whose contributions to public life were defined by a creative Christian response to these three dynamics.
Kuyper believed that the Christian life cannot be confined to church life.
The Kuyper Lectures with responses by experts in the field are later published and sometimes made available on audiotape.
cpjustice.org /kuyper   (528 words)

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