Events
Common Grace and 'A Common Word' (2010)
April 15-17, 2010 - Princeton, New Jersey
"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. The purpose of this conference is to explore the concept of common grace with a view to uncovering the theological role it might have in furthering the aspirations of A Common Word Between Us and You, a 2007 document affirming the common ground that exists between Christianity and Islam.
Paper proposals in the disciplines of theology, religious studies, history, philosophy and the social sciences are invited on any aspect of the conference theme. Papers that aim to extend the dialogue to include Judaism in all its varieties are especially welcome.
Calvinism and Culture (2011)
April 14-16, 2011 - Princeton, New Jersey
Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) – Dutch pastor, theologian, journalist and politician -- was instrumental in the revival of Calvinism as a world view worthy of practical allegiance and sustained critical reflection. In 1898 he visited
Princeton
and delivered the Stone Lectures that year, his famous Lectures on Calvinism. The fifth of these lectures was devoted to the relation between Calvinism and the arts. The purpose of this conference is part historical – to explore the ways in which Calvinism both influenced and was influenced by the arts of literature, painting, music and architecture – and part critical – to explore the ways in which Reformed theology understands the value of the arts and their relation to Christian practice
.
Paper proposals are invited in the disciplines of theology, religious studies, art history, philosophy and musicology on any aspect of the conference theme.
Past Events
Philosophy and Revelation (2009)
The 2009 Kuyper Center Conference celebrated the centenary of Herman Bavinck’s Stone Lectures. The event opened with a lecture by Professor Alvin Plantinga, winner of the Kuyper Prize for 2009, and brought 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
.
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 at Princeton Theological Seminary April 17-19, 2008. It included a panel jointly sponsored by the James Madison Center of Princeton University.
Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions (2007)
The topic of the 2007 consultation was "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 took 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 (2007)
The Abraham Kuyper Center and the Reformed Church Center at New Brunswick Theological Seminary jointly sponsored a conference examining the life and work of the Dutch Theologian A. A. van Ruler. The event took place October 5, 2007 at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunwick, New Jersey.
Neo-Calvinism, Pluralism and Civil Society (2007)
The fourth Abraham Kuyper Consultation took place in the auditorium of the
Mackay
Campus
Center
at Princeton Theological Seminary on March 30, 2007.
The Sovereignty of God, Religious Freedom and Christian Persecution (2006)
The third Abraham Kuyper Consultation took place in the Cooper Conference Room on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary on April 7, 2006.
Theology and Economic Life: Exploring Hidden Links (2003)
The second Abraham Kuyper Consultation took place in the Cooper Conference Room on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary on March 22, 2003.
Common Grace: Theology, Ecology, and Technology (2002)
The inaugural Abraham Kuyper Consultation took place in the Henry Luce III Library on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary 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."