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Forthcoming Events

• Conference on "Philosophy and Revelation" in celebration of the centenary of Herman Bavinck's Stone Lectures (2009)

  The purpose of this conference – which will open with a lecture by Prof Alvin Plantinga, winner of the Kuyper Prize for 2009 -  is to celebrate the centenary of Herman Bavinck’s Stone Lectures by bringing theologians and philosophers into conversation on the very wide range of topics that Bavinck thought to be relevant to assessing the nature and status of revelation as a source of knowledge in a world increasingly dominated by empiricist epistemology.

• Conference on "Common Grace and 'A Common Word'" (2010)

  ‘Common grace’ is a key concept in the thought of Kuyper and Bavinck. It signals a conceptual space in which the grace of God is to be found at work in people, spheres and institutions outside the Church and beyond the extended circle of Christian believers. Kuyper’s account of his Mediterranean journey of 1905-1906 includes a description of his encounters with Jews and Muslims, and Bavinck expressly found common grace at work in other religions. A Common Word Between Us and You is the title of a document affirming the common ground that exists between Christianity and Islam. Issued in October 2007 and addressed to the leaders of all the world’s churches, it was signed by 138 Muslim scholars, clerics and intellectuals from every denomination and school of thought in Islam.

Past Events 

• Conference on "Civil Society and Sphere Sovereignty" (2008)
  
  The Abraham Kuyper Conference, on "Civil Society and Sphere Sovereignty," took place in the Auditorium of the Mackay Campus Center on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary April 17-19, 2008.
  
  

• Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions (2007)

  The topic of this year’s consultation will be ‘The Question of Theocracy,' especially as found in the rich and complex theology of the Dutch theologian, A.A. van Ruler (1908-1970). The consultation will take place in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion.

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

• Fourth Abraham Kuyper Consultation (2007)

  The fourth Abraham Kuyper Consultation, titled "Neo-Calvinism, Pluralism and Civil Society," took place in the Auditorium of the Mackay Campus Center on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary on March 30, 2007.

• Third Abraham Kuyper Consultation (2006)

  The third Abraham Kuyper Consultation, titled "The Sovereignty of God, Religious Freedom and Christian Persecution," took place in the Cooper Conference Room on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary on April 7, 2006.

• Second Abraham Kuyper Consultation (2003)

  The second Abraham Kuyper Consultation, titled "Theology and Economic Life: Exploring Hidden Links," took place in the Cooper Conference Room on the campus at Princeton Theological Seminary on March 22, 2003.

• First Abraham Kuyper Consultation (2002)

  The inaugural Abraham Kuyper Consultation, titled "Common Grace: Theology, Ecology, and Technology," took place in the Henry Luce III Library on February 2, 2002.

• The Abraham Kuyper Centennial Conference (1998)

  On the 100th anniversary of Abraham Kuyper's Stone Lectures,  Princeton Theological Seminary co-sponsored an ecumenical conference titled "Religious, Pluralism, and Public Life: Abraham Kuyper's Legacy for the 21st Century."