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Dr Jonathan Chaplin is Honorary Fellow of Wesley House, Cambridge Theological Federation, an expert on political theology, and a contributor to the work of the Centre for Faith in Public Life. See here for his excellent books including Faith in Democracy and Beyond Establishment: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jonathan-Chaplin/e/B003P9BZFC?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1667812526&sr=8-1
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In our day, few pastors are as globally influential as Tim Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Reason for God (2008). Less well-known is the important role played by neo-Calvinism in shaping Keller's thought and approach to pastoral ministry. Join us for a conversation with Tim, as we discuss his own journey towards neo-Calvinism, his views on the tradition's strengths and weaknesses, and its future in the United States and further afield.
Sources:
Timothy Keller, 'Neo-Calvinism and Pastoral Ministry,' in Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto, eds., The T&T Clark Handbook to Neo-Calvinism (forthcoming)
Hans Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of Culture (Crossway, 1994)
Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God (Westminster Seminary Press, 2020)
Herman Bavinck, Christian Worldview (Crossway, 2019)
Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Eerdmans, 1932)
Willie James Jennings, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale University Press, 2010)
Eric Kaufmann, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Profile Books, 2010)
Why does neo-Calvinist theology talk in 'organic' terms? Join us for a discussion of unity-in-diversity from a distinctly Christian perspective.
An episode on Neo-Calvinism and Secularization. What is secularization? How does Neo-Calvinism relate to the secular? Is Neo-Calvinism responsible for secularization in the Netherlands--including a novel designation for Neo-Calvinist political theology as "Disestablished establishmentarianism" by Cory Brock.
Our favorite summer books:
Other references in the episode
In the final episode of season 1, we respond to questions submitted by Grace in Common listeners:
1) What's the difference between neo-Kuyperian and neo-Calvinist?
2) What does 'grace restores nature' mean?
3) How does the relationship between believing and belonging work in neo-Calvinism?
4) Is there a 21st century Herman Bavinck?
5) What about Herman Dooyeweerd?
We close the series with a free book giveaway: share our episode on Twitter, along with a suggestion for a topic for season 2, to have a chance at winning the Klaas Schilder reader, and Bavinck's Christian Worldview.
Sources cited:
Abraham Kuyper, Pro Rege (2016)
J.H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview (2023)
Tom Holland, Dominion (2019)
Join us for a conversation with Michael Allen, Professor of Systematic Theology at RTS Orlando, on the beatific vision - the Christian teaching that the goal of human existence is to 'see God'. In recent years, the neo-Calvinist tradition has faced critical questioning on the richness of its handling of this important doctrine. In this week's episode, we discuss those critiques, particularly in relation to Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics.
Works cited:
Michael Allen, Grounded in Heaven: Recentering Christian Hope and Life on God (2018)
Michael Allen, 'On Bavinck, the Beatific Vision, and Theological Practice,' Reformed Faith and Practice (2022).
Hans Boersma, Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (2018)
Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 4 vols. (2003-8)
Cory Brock, 'Revisiting Bavinck and the Beatific Vision,' Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (2021)
James Eglinton, Bavinck: A Critical Biography (2020)
Suggested Reading:
Richard Mouw, Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011)
J. Kameron Karter, Race: A Theological Account (Oxford, 2009)
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