The Contribution and Philosophical Development of the Reformational Philosopher, Dirk H. Th. Vollenhoven
Reformational philosophy as developed by Dirk Vollenhoven and Herman Dooyeweerd took the stage against the background of Reformational thought as seen in the work of Abraham Kuyper. Together they developed a systematic elaboration of Kuyper's notion of sphere sovereignty. However, whereas Kuype...
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| Published in: | Philosophia reformata Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 159 - 177 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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| Summary: | Reformational philosophy as developed by Dirk Vollenhoven and Herman Dooyeweerd took the stage against the background of Reformational thought as seen in the work of Abraham Kuyper. Together they developed a systematic elaboration of Kuyper's notion of sphere sovereignty. However, whereas Kuyper had largely developed his insights in a social context, Vollenhoven and Dooyeweerd carried this basic insight through far more rigorously and comprehensively than had their pioneering predecessor. They built on the foundations laid by Kuyper and elaborated his social vision to develop a philosophy of the created order as a whole that would take full account of the totality of human experience. In this article I shall outline Vollenhoven's philosophical development. |
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| ISSN: | 0031-8035 2352-8230 0031-8035 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/23528230-08002001 |