PHL 228: Reformational Philosophy

In these lectures, a true ecumenical prophet pleads with the Christian community worldwide to respond to the call of Christ to walk in the way of the Word in all things. The second of two volumes that will bring all the various writings, both published and unpublished, of Prof. Runner together in a two volume set. Volume two is a republication of all the lectures from the Christian Perspective series from 1959 to 1961 that have been published already in various forms. Volume one will represent the collected lectures, speeches, and papers, from 1940 to 1994.

This book is the result of an idea launched by the present editors of providing a gift to Dr. Runner in the form of a Festschrift written by former students. The response was overwhelming. Glenn Andreas, one of Dr. Runner's closest friends, and Paul Schrotenboer, secretary of the Reformed Ecumenical Synod, enthusiastically joined us, together with Bernard Zylstra of the Institute for Christian Studies and Harry Van Dyke of the Free University of Amsterdam, to form a committee for this purpose ... Upon the appearance of this publication the editors wish to express their sincere thanks to the members of the committee for the advice and encouragement they gave and for the work they have done.

Philosophy. Descartes' reformation / Peter A. Schouls -- The religious problem of the Renaissance / M. Howard Rienstra -- History and truth in Nietzsche and Heidegger / Johan van der Hoeven -- Notes on the structure of Enneads II,9 / Albert M. Wolters -- Theology. Tota Scriptura : the Old Testament in the Christian faith and tradition / Henry Vander Goot -- Apologetics and history / Robert D. Knudsen -- Augustine on irresistible grace / John H. Gerstner -- Church and church unity / Cornelis Veenhof -- A new look at election and reprobation / Gordon J. Spykman -- Part 3. Politics. Politics, Pluralism, and the ordinances of God / James W. Skillen -- Providence and politics / Richard J. Mouw -- Dominant concepts of power in recent British politics / Alan Storkey -- Part 4. Natural Science. Dooyeweerd's concept of classification in biology / \ Uko Zylstra -- Creation : does it matter? / Arie Leegwater.

v. 1. From creation to the conquest of Canaan. ; v. 2 The failure of Israel's Theocracy ; v. 3 Christ's ministry and death. ; v. 4 Christ and the nations.

This excellent volume explores three forms of pluralist theory-those based on historical doctrines of custom and tradition, Catholic doctrines of natural law and subsidiarity, and Calvinist doctrines of sphere sovereignty and creation-and compares and evaluates each of these forms of pluralism within the context of American thought.