PHL 228: Reformational Philosophy

Jonathan Chaplin introduces Dooyeweerd for the first time to many English readers by critically expounding Dooyeweerd's social and political thought and by exhibiting its pertinence to contemporary civil society debates. Chaplin begins by contextualizing Dooyeweerd's thought, first in relation to present-day debates and then in relation to the work of the Dutch philosopher Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920).

The order of modal aspects / D.F.M. Strauss -- Of webs and whirlwinds : me, myself and I / Jim Olthuis -- Metaphor and analogy revisited / M. Elaine Botha -- Dooyeweerd's transcendental critique : transforming it hermeneutically / Henk G. Geertsema -- A critique of historicism / Roy Clouser -- Notes on Dooyeweerd, reason, and order / Hendrik Hart -- Modal order and natural kinds / Adolfo Garcia de la Sienra -- Ground motifs : a modest revision / Ralph W. Vunderink -- The actor in the interaction of science and religion / Jitse M. van der Meer -- Implications of Dooyeweerd's encyclopedia of legal science / Alan C. Cameron -- What is a science? / Martin A. Rice, jr. -- The religious foundation of Dooyeweerd's transcendental method / Robert D. Knudsen.

A publication of the Reformational Publishing Project, Kerry John Hollingsworth, Director, in collaboration with Daniel Francois Malherbe Strauss, University of the Free State, South Africa, and Harry Van Dyke, Director, Dooyeweerd Center for Christian Philosophy, Redeemer University College, Canada.

Chapter 1: The uniqueness of John Calvin's (1509-1564) Philosophia Christiana -- Chapter 2: The Christian philosophy of D.H. Th. Vollenhoven (1892-1978) -- Chapter 3: The Christian philosopher, H.G. Stoker (1899-1993) -- Chapter 4: The Christian philosophy of H. Dooyeweerd (1894-1977).

Presents the first critical study by a team of scholars of the philosophy of renowned Dutch philosopher and legal theorist, Herman Dooyeweerd. The six contributors interpret the basis of Dooyeweerd's thought which was to view the character of the world from the perspective of Christian religion. This volume examines Dooyeweerd's contributions to the fields of philosophy, religious studies and theology, history, aesthetics, and political and social theory. Co-published with the Institute for Christian Studies.

"This book is an introduction to the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea, that imposing system which commands the respect of everyone acquainted with it. This introduction is not intended for philosophers but for persons with an interest in philosophy who discover that existing introductions and the extensive publications of Herman Dooyeweerd, the major founder of this philosophy, are initially too difficult." (Pg. 7)