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When I was a child I read books
In this new collection of incisive essays, Robinson returns to the themes which have preoccupied her work: the role of faith in modern life, the inadequacy of fact, the contradictions inherent in human nature.
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Global Calvinism
A comprehensive study of the connection between Calvinist
missions and Dutch imperial expansion during the early modern
period \"A tour de force offering the reader the
best study of global Calvinism in the realms of the Dutch East
India Company.\"-Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, editor,
Calvinism and Religious Toleration in the Dutch Golden
Age Calvinism went global in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, as close to a thousand Dutch Reformed
ministers, along with hundreds of lay chaplains, attached
themselves to the Dutch East India and West India companies. Across
Asia, Africa, and the Americas where the trading companies set up
operation, Dutch ministers sought to convert \"pagans,\" \"Moors,\"
Jews, and Catholics and to spread the cultural influence of
Protestant Christianity. As Dutch ministers labored under the
auspices of the trading companies, the missionary project
coalesced, sometimes grudgingly but often readily, with empire
building and mercantile capitalism. Simultaneously, Calvinism
became entangled with societies around the world as encounters with
indigenous societies shaped the development of European religious
and intellectual history. Though historians have traditionally
treated the Protestant and European expansion as unrelated
developments, the global reach of Dutch Calvinism offers a unique
opportunity to understand the intermingling of a Protestant faith,
commerce, and empire.
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Terrorists, anarchists, and republicans : the Genevans and the Irish in time of revolution
\"In 1798, members of the United Irishmen were massacred by the British amid the crumbling walls of a half-built town near Waterford in Ireland. Many of the Irish were republicans inspired by the French Revolution, and the site of their demise was known as Genevan Barracks. The Barracks were the remnants of an experimental community called New Geneva, a settlement of Calvinist republican rebels who fled the continent in 1782. The British believed that the rectitude and industriousness of these imported revolutionaries would have a positive effect on the Irish populace. The experiment was abandoned, however, after the Calvinists demanded greater independence and more state money for their project. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans tells the story of a utopian city inspired by a spirit of liberty and republican values being turned into a place where republicans who had fought for liberty were extinguished by the might of empire. Richard Whatmore brings to life a violent age in which powerful states like Britain and France intervened in the affairs of smaller, weaker countries, justifying their actions on the grounds that they were stopping anarchists and terrorists from destroying society, religion and government. The Genevans and the Irish rebels, in turn, saw themselves as advocates of republican virtue, willing to sacrifice themselves for liberty, rights and the public good. Terrorists, Anarchists, and Republicans shows how the massacre at Genevan Barracks marked an end to the old Europe of diverse political forms, and the ascendancy of powerful states seeking empire and markets--in many respects the end of Enlightenment itself\"-- Provided by publisher.
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'Lutherans' and 'Calvinists' in the Early Seventeenth Century: From Controversial Labels to Confessional Terms
At the beginning of the seventeenth century, Landgrave Moritz of Hesse-Kassel (1572–1632) introduced Calvinism into his territory under the heading \"Points of Improvement.\" The points of improvement concerned 1) the prohibition of discussion of the person of Christ, 2) \"supplementing\" the Ten Commandments with the explicit mention of the prohibition of images, 3) the abolition of images in church buildings, 4) the breaking of the bread in the Lord's Supper. This was followed by a long-lasting dispute by means of publication between the theologians at the universities in Marburg and Giessen. In these publications, the now common terminology of denominations, \"Lutheran,\" \"Calvinist,\" and \"Reformed,\" were used in polemical distinction as controversial terms.
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Jan Bavinck’s (1826-1909) Reformed Piety: Experiential and Holistic
This article introduces the theology of a neglected figure in the Dutch Reformed (
) tradition of the nineteenth century: Jan Bavinck (1826-1909), the father of Herman Bavinck (1854-1921). The approach to his theology is done by describing his definition of piety (
or
), a fundamental subject within the Reformed tradition. The relevance of piety is briefly described in the theology of John Calvin (1509-64) and the
in order to argue for the necessity of exploring Jan Bavinck’s description of the nature and application of godliness. After analysing some primary sources, I argue that Jan Bavinck’s theology of piety can be described as experiential and holistic. In this way, it may be considered, in general terms, as a bridge between the
of old Calvinism – characterised by Calvin and the
theologians – and neo-Calvinism, represented by Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) and Jan’s son Herman Bavinck.
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Kuyperania 2022
This article looks at new works published In 2022 by or about the Dutch polymath Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920). Hierdie artikel kyk na nuwe werk gepubliseer in 2022 deur of oor die Nederlandse polimaat Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920).
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Richard Hooker’s Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity and the Late Elizabethan Polyvocal Religious Scene
[...]this essay argues that Richard Hooker was aware of and sensitive to the polyvocal religious scene in London as he began to draft the Polity, probably as a result of his experiences in the Temple congregation, Inns of Court, where he served starting in 1585, but not without challenge, as principal cleric.\" [...]the essay offers a new argument that the preface, beyond chapter 8, was enlarged and reorganized. [...]John Booty's thoughts on an original Book V, which Hooker would have completed earlier than 1593, will be reviewed. According to this speculation, Hooker finished all eight books before 1593; his tone was reasonable, his language often accommodating.
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Heaven’s Wrath
Heaven's Wrath explores the religious thought and religious rites of the early Dutch Atlantic world. D. L. Noorlander argues that the Reformed Church and the West India Company forged and maintained a close union, with considerable consequences across the seventeenth century. Noorlander questions the core assumptions about why the Dutch failed to establish a durable empire in America. He downplays the usual commercial explanations and places the focus instead on the tremendous expenses incurred in the Calvinist-backed war and the Reformed Church's meticulous, worried management of colonial affairs. By pinpointing the issues that hampered the size and import of the Dutch Atlantic world, Noorlander revises core notions about the organization and aims of the Dutch empire, the culture of the West India Company, and the very shape of Dutch society.
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