Abraham Kuyper Center of Public Theology

More Kuyper Center Awards Announced

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 07:18:36 -0400

Princeton Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that, thanks to the continuing generosity of Rimmer and Ruth De Vries, it is able to double the number of awards available to graduate students for the purposes of presenting papers at the Kuyper Center Conference held in April each year.

Announcing the Kuyper Center Review

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:11:51 -0400

Princeton Theological Seminary is pleased to announce the establishment of an annual Kuyper Center Review of Reformed Theology and Public Life to be published Wm Eerdmans.

Future Kuyper Prize Winners Announced

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:03:49 -0400

Princeton Theological Seminary is honored to announce the appointments of the Abraham Kuyper Lecturer for 2009 and 2010.

Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions, 2007

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:59:06 -0400

The Abraham Kuyper Cener is once again sponsoring a Consultation on Dutch Protestant as an "additional meeting" during the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego. The topic this year is 'The Question of Theocracy.'

Call for Papers: Conference on "Civil Society and Sphere Sovereignty"

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:28:16 -0400

The purpose of this conference is to explore the resources and ideas characteristic of neo-Calvinist political thought with the aim of critically examining their relevance to contemporary debates about religion and politics in a secular society. Paper proposals are invited on any aspect of Kuyper’s conception of Calvinism, but will be especially welcome if they explicitly address the idea of civil society as a set of sovereign spheres that together constitute a crucial counterbalance to both radical individualism and political statism.

Making All Things New: Explorations in the Trinitarian Theology of A. A. van Ruler

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:08:05 -0400

The Abraham Kuyper Center and the Reformed Church Center at New Brunswick Theological Seminary are jointly sponsoring a conference examining the life and work of the Dutch Theologian A. A. van Ruler will take place on Friday, October 5, 2007 at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunwick, NJ.

Abraham Kuyper Consultation Podcasts Now Available

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:23:07 -0400

Audio versions of the presentations given at the fourth Abraham Kuyper Consultation are now available for download.

Consultation on Dutch Protestantism: Call for Papers

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:03:04 -0400

Information, including a call for papers, has been posted for the 2007 Consultation on Dutch Protestantism to be held in conjuction with the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego, CA.

Call for Papers: International Journal of Public Theology

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:51:15 -0400

The "International Journal of Public Theology" invites submissions for future issues of IJPT. The journal is published four times per year by Brill and is affiliated with the Global Network for Public Theology. (The Kuyper Center is a participant in the Global Network.) Public theology is the result of the growing need for theology to interact with public issues of contemporary society. It seeks to engage in dialogue with different academic disciplines such as politics, economics, cultural studies, religious studies, as well as with spirituality, globalization and society in general. The IJPT is a platform for original interdisciplinary research in the field of public theology. Click the link above for more information.

Searching for 1998 and 2002 Abraham Kuyper event posters

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:49:32 -0400

The Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology is in the process of organizing an archive of posters related to all its past events. It has come to our attention that we do not have a copy of the poster for the first Abraham Kuyper Consultation, "Common Grace: Theology, Ecology, and Technology," which was held on February 2, 2002. Also, we have only a single copy of the Abraham Kuyper Centennial Conference poster (the 1998 Stone Lectures poster) . Should anyone reading this note happen to have a copy of the 1998 or the 2002 event poster, we would heartly appreciate their donation to our archives. If you can help us, please e-mail special.collections@ptsem.edu

New Event Locations for Kuyper Lecture and Consultation

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:39:57 -0500

Be sure to note the new scheduled locations for the 2007 Kuyper Lecture and Consultation.

Abraham Kuyper Reading Group at Princeton University

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:34:48 -0500

Wednesday, March 14, 6:30pm, Christianity and Politics Location: Frist 308 Wednesday, March 21, 6:30pm, Christianity and Science Location: Frist 308 Additional Information: Bring your dinner for this weekly discussion on the Kuyper’s hallmark Stone Lectures. Each week we will be discussing these lectures that were given in 1898 at Princeton. Kuyper expounds in these talks what a Christian worldview would look like in the areas of religion, politics, science, art, and the future. Contact dhkim@princeton.edu for more information. Sponsor: Manna Christian Fellowship

The 2007 Lecture and Consultation on Neo-Calvinism, Pluralism, and Civil Society, March 29-30, 2007

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:23:44 -0500

Dr. Richard R. Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary and recipient of the 2007 Kuyper Prize, will deliver a lecture entitled "Church, Pluralism, and Civil Society: Kuyper for the New Century" on Thursday, March 29th at 7:30 PM in the Main Lounge of Mackay Campus Center at Princeton Theological Seminary. The Abraham Kuyper Consultation on Neo-Calvinism, Pluralism and Civil Society will take place on Friday, March 30 from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM in the Cooper Conference Room of Erdman Hall at Princeton Theological Seminary. The Christian Labour Association of Canada, Redeemer University College, and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are co-sponsors of this event.

The 2006 Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions on November 20, 2006

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:29:27 -0400

The Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary is again hosting a Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions. The consultation will take place on November 20, 2006 at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Washington, D.C. The theme of the consultation is "Abraham Kuyper in Dialogue with Twentieth Century Theologians."

Announcing a new online bibliography of literature about Abraham Kuyper

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:28:38 -0400

A bibliography of secondary literature about Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920). Co-hosted by Princeton Theological Seminary and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is now available online.