Neo-Calvinism on General Revelation: A Dogmatic Sketch
Neo-Calvinism, it is often observed, affirms a ubiquitous and dogmatic account of general revelation. Yet, critics claim, the tradition is too reticent to affirm that there is a positive, even if limited, project for natural theology. I argue that what accounts for this apparent discrepancy is a fai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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International journal of systematic theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 495-516 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NBB Doctrine of Revelation |
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| Summary: | Neo-Calvinism, it is often observed, affirms a ubiquitous and dogmatic account of general revelation. Yet, critics claim, the tradition is too reticent to affirm that there is a positive, even if limited, project for natural theology. I argue that what accounts for this apparent discrepancy is a failure to recognize some distinctive marks of the neo-Calvinistic account of general revelation. Theologians like Herman Bavinck, Johan Bavinck and Abraham Kuyper operate with an account of general revelation that is precognitive and primordial in character - an account irreducible to propositional beliefs about God. Once this dogmatic sketch is retrieved, a strong distinction between the ubiquity of general revelation and its rational reception in the form of concepts can be made. The conclusion then draws some salient implications of the above exposition. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2400 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of systematic theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/ijst.12333 |