Neo-Calvinism

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Neo-Calvinism is a Protestant theological and cultural movement, rooted in the work of Abraham Kuyper, that emphasizes God’s sovereignty over all areas of life and the Christian’s calling to transform society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian cultural movement
Protestant theological movement
associatedWithInstitution Calvin Theological Seminary
Calvin University
Christian Reformed Church in North America
Dordt University
Free University of Amsterdam
Kuyper College
Reformed Churches in the Netherlands
The Institute for Christian Studies (Toronto)
associatedWithPerson Abraham Kuyper
Alvin Plantinga
Cornelius Van Til
D. H. Th. Vollenhoven
Francis Schaeffer
Herman Bavinck
Herman Dooyeweerd
James K. A. Smith
Klaas Schilder
Nicholas Wolterstorff
Richard Mouw
linked to: Richard J. Mouw
contrastsWith Anabaptist withdrawal from culture
fundamentalist separatism
developedInContextOf Dutch Reformed churches
emphasizes God's sovereignty over all areas of life
common grace
sphere sovereignty
the Christian's calling to transform society
the antithesis between belief and unbelief
the cultural mandate
the integration of faith and life
the lordship of Christ over every sphere of creation
worldview thinking
hasKeyConcept Christian education
Christian politics
Christian social thought
Christian worldview
creation–fall–redemption framework
cultural engagement
redemption of culture
hasViewOn Christian engagement in arts and sciences
Christian responsibility in politics and public life
affirmation of cultural development as part of God's plan
rejection of sacred–secular dualism
influenced Christian philosophy in the Dutch Reformed tradition
Reformed epistemology
contemporary Reformed social thought
presuppositional apologetics
influencedBy Dutch Reformed theology
John Calvin
originatedInCentury 19th century
originatedInCountry Netherlands
religiousTradition Protestantism
rootedInWorkOf Abraham Kuyper
theologicalCurrentWithin Reformed theology

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Abraham Kuyper movement Neo-Calvinism
subject linked to: Abraham Kuijper
De Heraut ideology neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
De Gemeene Gratie religiousTradition Neo-Calvinism
De Gemeene Gratie influenced Dutch Neo-Calvinist movement
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
De Gemeene Gratie theologicalSchool Kuyperian Neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
Herman Bavinck movement Neo-Calvinism
Reformational philosophy relatedMovement Kuyperian neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought movement neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
In the Twilight of Western Thought influencedBy Dutch Neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism
Roots of Western Culture influencedBy Dutch Neo-Calvinism
linked to: Neo-Calvinism