RT Article
T1 Herman Bavinck's Reformed eclecticism: On catholicity, consciousness and theological epistemology
JF Scottish journal of theology
VO 70
IS 3
SP 310
OP 332
A1 Brock, Cory
A1 Sutanto, Nathaniel Gray
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1580713416
AB This article argues that Herman Bavinck's organic worldview allows him to use classical and modern thinkers in an eclectic yet theologically principled manner. To vindicate this claim, the article observes Bavinck's self-conscious comments regarding the task of Reformed catholicity, his use of Schleiermacher and Augustine to construct a theological account of self-consciousness, and his resituating of Thomistic motifs within an organic framework in his epistemology. In so doing, the article suggests that Bavinck's catholicity is broader than previously observed, thus generating a different way of interpreting Bavinck's use of thinkers who are often thought to be in tension.
K1 Herman Bavinck
K1 Reformed catholic
K1 Schleiermacher
K1 Self-consciousness
K1 Theological Epistemology
DO 10.1017/S003693061700031X