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#229170 in Books Richard J Mouw 2011-06-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x .39 x 5.50l; .42 #File Name: 0802866034148 pagesAbraham Kuyper
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Excellent but IncompleteBy Paul Van de WaterThis "short and personal introduction" to Abraham Kuyper is a bit too short and too personal. Kuyper was not only a theologian but a political figure. He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and was a founder of the Anti-Revolutionary Party; a forebear of today's Christian Democratic Appeal in the Netherlands and of European Christian Democracy. Mouw's book shortchanges Kuyper's place as a politician and political theorist.Kuyper's theological conception of "sphere sovereignty" is inextricably bound to his opposition to the radical Enlightenment vision of the French Revolution. The French revolutionary government "issued decrees against the religious orders and passed laws abolishing trade unions and other social bodies; pressing further and further into the corporate and communal structures of religion; work; and family life. In this context; labor associations and religious associations were similarly excluded from the law and denied communal sovereignty in their respective realms [spheres] of work and spiritual development." {Lew Daly; "The Church of Labor;" Democracy Journal; Fall 2011} Kuyper rejected such an all-encompassing role for the state. Instead; he promoted a corporatist structure in which social groups such as churches; trade unions; and employer associations would have assigned legal roles.In this brief volume Mouw touches on all these issues; but he does little to connect Kuyper's political activities and his theological views. Mouw's introduction to Kuyper is excellent as far as it goes but seems incomplete. For a more thorough introduction to Kuyper; choose Religion; Pluralism; and Public Life; a collection of 20 essays; including one by Mouw.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Mouw on KuyperBy Ronald M. HofmanRichard Mouw has done a beautiful job encapsulating the essence of this one man whose imprint on Dutch and North American culture can not be overstated. Mouw's books are insightful; pleasant to read; and always good at capturing the nuggets of the subject he tackles. He has done it again.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good BookBy Matt SpoelstraI would rate more of these if there wasn't a required amount of words that I have to type out.
