Of pagan festivals and meta-narratives: Recovering the awareness of our shared humanness
The notion of human commonness was a key interest of the nineteenth-century theologian-statesman Abraham Kuyper. As an orthodox Calvinist, Kuyper accepted the division of humankind into the categories of elect' and non-elect', but he was also convinced that this way of classifying human...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 251-263 |
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Kuyper, Abraham 1837-1920
/ Human being
/ Solidarity
/ Christianity
/ Identity
/ Cult
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology NCC Social ethics |
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Worship
B Humanness B Rousseau B Narratives B Compassion B Kuyper B Identities |
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| Summary: | The notion of human commonness was a key interest of the nineteenth-century theologian-statesman Abraham Kuyper. As an orthodox Calvinist, Kuyper accepted the division of humankind into the categories of elect' and non-elect', but he was also convinced that this way of classifying human beings failed to account for the positive contributions of non-Christians. As a political leader, Kuyper was also concerned to enlist his fellow Calvinists in the quest for justice in the larger society and specifically focused on the ways in which Christian worship can nurture a sense of shared humanness that extends beyond the walls of the church. In our contemporary setting, where our loss of an emphasis on a shared humanness is becoming widespread, Kuyper's effort to ground human solidarity in the practices of worship has much to commend it. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930617000278 |