New Research on Groen van Prinsterer and the Idea of Sphere Sovereignty

Historians of Reformational philosophy often claim that Abraham Kuyper obtained the idea of sovereignty in its own sphere from Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer. But very little historical research has been done on Groen's sources for and development of this idea. The first use of the Dutch phrase...

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Published in:Philosophia reformata
Main Author: Friesen, J. Glenn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Philosophia reformata
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBD Benelux countries
KDD Protestant Church
SA Church law; state-church law
Further subjects:B Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer
B sphere sovereignty (souvereiniteit in eigen kring)
B Herman Dooyeweerd
B anti-revolutionary
B Friedrich Julius Stahl
B Abraham Kuyper
B Franz von Baader
B church, state and school
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Summary:Historians of Reformational philosophy often claim that Abraham Kuyper obtained the idea of sovereignty in its own sphere from Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer. But very little historical research has been done on Groen's sources for and development of this idea. The first use of the Dutch phrase souvereiniteit in eigen sfeer is much earlier than previously thought; it was used in 1853 by J.I. Doedes, an associate of the "ethical theologian" Daniël Chantepie de la Saussaye. Groen became aware of the ideas of Franz von Baader through journals founded by them, and by reading and corresponding with them and others, such as J.H. Gunning Jr. and Friedrich Fabri. Groen himself owned some of Baader's books. He also relied strongly on the work of the jurist Friedrich Julius Stahl, who was 37 years younger than Baader but taught for a while at the same Munich university and shared Baader's anti-revolutionary ideas.
ISSN:2352-8230
Contains:Enthalten in: Philosophia reformata
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/23528230-08302001