by Herman Bavinck; translated by Gregory Parker Jr. This essay was originally published in Dutch as a three-part series in De Vrije Kerk in 1883.[1] That same year, Bavinck was installed as a professor at the Theologische School in Kampen. What follows is an excerpt from the English translation, which may be found in its […]
Thursday, 01 September, 2022 by Greg Parker Jr.
by Herman Bavinck translated by Gregory Parker Jr. This essay was originally published in 1892 by Herman Bavinck in the yearbook of the Dutch Youth Association (Nederlandsch Jongelings-Verbond) as “Hoofd en Hart” (“Head and Heart”).(1) Formed in Amsterdam in 1853 as a result of the Réviel,(2) this association of young males between eighteen and thirty-five […]
Monday, 01 November, 2021 by Greg Parker Jr.
On Theology: Herman Bavinck’s Academic OrationsBruce R. Pass, editor and translatorBrill, 2020186 pages (hardcover), $119.00 On Theology: Herman Bavinck’s Academic Orations is a curated selection of four speeches by Herman Bavinck, translated and edited by Bruce Pass. Pass, presently a lecturer in Christian thought and history at Brisbane School of Theology in Australia, completed his […]
Saturday, 01 May, 2021 by Greg Parker Jr.
Herman Bavinck’s Christian Worldview, translated and edited Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, James Eglinton, and Cory Brock, is subtly one of the most important books for those interested in the Dutch Reformed theologian. The Dutch edition played a major role in the unveiling of one of Bavinck’s major themes ‘the organic motif’, which has enabled fruitful work […]
Tuesday, 06 October, 2020 by Greg Parker Jr.
James Eglinton, the Meldrum Lecturer of Reformed Theology at the University of Edinburgh, has given the church a much-needed translation of Herman Bavinck’s thoughts on preaching and of his only published sermon, “The World-Conquering Power of Faith.” Eglinton, whose dissertation, Trinity and Organism (T&T Clark, 2012), reinvigorated Bavinck studies, opens the door in this volume […]
Wednesday, 01 November, 2017 by Greg Parker Jr.