Consultation on Dutch Protestant Traditions, 2007
The Abraham Kuyper Center 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. This consultation is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Monday, November 19. The consultation will take place in "Molly A" in the Manchester Grand Hyatt.
Topic:
The topic this year is 'The Question of Theocracy.' The notion of theocracy has recently been linked to Islamic and Christian fundamentalism and thus summarily dismissed. Theocratic theology, however, does not belong to fundamentalism; the rich and complex theology of the Dutch theologian, A.A. van Ruler (1908-1970), is intentionally theocratic and clearly not fundamentalistic. The consultation will explore the Utrecht theologian's controversial theocratic theology and assess the place of theocracy in the Dutch theological tradition as a whole. The honorary chair of the consultation is Dr. Paul R. Fries of New Brunswick Theological Seminary.
Speakers:
Paul Fries (New Brunswick Theological Seminary),
Toward a Theology of Delight: In Response to the Theology of A.A. van Ruler
Christo Lombard (University of the Western Cape),
Van Ruler and Theocracy
John Halsey Wood (Saint Louis University),
Not Even a Thumb’s Breadth? Covenant, Church, and Theocracy in the Theology of Abraham Kuyper
The consultation is sponsored by the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. All are warmly invited to attend.
Questions? Please contact us at kuyper.conference@ptsem.edu.