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What are the political and social implications of the gospel?

In Our Program, Abraham Kuyper presents a Christian alternative to the secular politics of his day. At that time, the church and state were closely tied, with one usually controlling the other. But Kuyper''s political framework showed how the church and state could engage with each other while remaining separate. His insights, though specific to his time and place, remain highly relevant to Christians involved in the political sphere today.

This new translation of Our Program, created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute, is part of a major series of new translations of Kuyper''s most important writings. The Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology marks a historic moment in Kuyper studies, aimed at deepening and enriching the church''s development of public theology.

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Publié par	Lexham Press
Date de parution	01 janvier 0001
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781577996828
Langue	English
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OUR PROGRAM
A CHRISTIAN POLITICAL MANIFESTO
ABRAHAM
KUYPER
Translated and edited by Harry Van Dyke

A CTON I NSTITUTE
FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION AND LIBERTY
Our Program: A Christian Political Manifesto
Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology
Copyright 2015 Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty
Lexham Press, 1313 Commercial St., Bellingham, WA 98225
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All rights reserved. You may use brief quotations from this resource in presentations, articles, and books. For all other uses, please write Lexham Press for permission. Email us at permissions@lexhampress.com .
Originally published as Ons Program . Tweede druk (2nd ed.) © Amsterdam: J. H. Kruyt, 1880. First published unabridged in 1879.
This translation previously published in 2013 as Guidance for Christian Engagement in Government by Christian’s Library Press, an imprint of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion & Liberty, 98 E. Fulton Street Grand Rapids, MI, 49503.
Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version ® (ESV ® ), copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
ISBN 978-1-57-799655-2
Translator and Editor: Harry Van Dyke
Acton Editorial: Nienke Wolters, Paul J. Brinkerhoff, Timothy J. Beals, and Stephen J. Grabill
Lexham Editorial: Brannon Ellis, Lynnea Fraser, Scott Hausman, Justin Marr, Jesse Meyers, Abigail Stocker, Joel Wilcox
Cover Design: Christine Gerhart
ABRAHAM
KUYPER
Collected Works in Public Theology
GENERAL EDITORS
JORDAN J. BALLOR
MELVIN FLIKKEMA
A BRAHAM K UYPER.COM
CONTENTS
General Editors’ Introduction
Translator and Editor’s Introduction
Chapter One: Our Movement
Chapter Two: Authority
Chapter Three: The Ordinances of God
Chapter Four: Government
Chapter Five: No Secular State
Chapter Six: “By the Grace of God”
Chapter Seven: Forms of Government
Chapter Eight: Our Constitution
Chapter Nine: Popular Influence
Chapter Ten: Budget Refusal
Chapter Eleven: Decentralization
Chapter Twelve: Our States and Councils
Chapter Thirteen: Education
Chapter Fourteen: The Justice System
Chapter Fifteen: Public Decency
Chapter Sixteen: Public Hygiene
Chapter Seventeen: Finance
Chapter Eighteen: National Defense
Chapter Nineteen: Overseas Possessions
Chapter Twenty: The Social Question
Chapter Twenty-One: Church and State
Chapter Twenty-Two: Party Policy
Conclusion
Appendix: Detailed Table of Contents
Index
GENERAL EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION
In times of great upheaval and uncertainty, it is necessary to look to the past for resources to help us recognize and address our own contemporary challenges. While Scripture is foremost among these foundations, the thoughts and reflections of Christians throughout history also provide us with important guidance. Because of his unique gifts, experiences, and writings, Abraham Kuyper is an exemplary guide in these endeavors.
Kuyper ( 1837–1920 ) is a significant figure both in the history of the Netherlands and modern Protestant theology. A prolific intellectual, Kuyper founded a political party and a university, led the formation of a Reformed denomination and the movement to create Reformed elementary schools, and served as the prime minister of the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905 . In connection with his work as a builder of institutions, Kuyper was also a prolific author. He wrote theological treatises, biblical and confessional studies, historical works, social and political commentary, and devotional materials.
Believing that Kuyper’s work is a significant and underappreciated resource for Christian public witness, in 2011 a group of scholars interested in Kuyper’s life and work formed the Abraham Kuyper Translation Society. The shared conviction of the society, along with the Acton Institute, Kuyper College, and other Abraham Kuyper scholars, is that Kuyper’s works hold great potential to build intellectual capacity within the church in North America, Europe, and around the world. It is our hope that translation of his works into English will make his insights accessible to those seeking to grow and revitalize communities in the developed world as well as to those in the global south and east who are facing unique challenges and opportunities.
The church today—both locally and globally—needs the tools to construct a compelling and responsible public theology. The aim of this translation project is to provide those tools—we believe that Kuyper’s unique insights can catalyze the development of a winsome and constructive Christian social witness and cultural engagement the world over.
In consultation and collaboration with these institutions and individual scholars, the Abraham Kuyper Translation Society developed this 12-volume translation project, the Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology. This multivolume series collects in English translation Kuyper’s writings and speeches from a variety of genres and contexts in his work as a theologian and statesman. In almost all cases, this set contains original works that have never before been translated into English. The series contains multivolume works as well as other volumes, including thematic anthologies.
The series includes a translation of Kuyper’s Our Program ( Ons Program ) , which sets forth Kuyper’s attempt to frame a Christian political vision distinguished from the programs of the nineteenth-century Modernists who took their cues from the French Revolution. It was this document that launched Kuyper’s career as a pastor, theologian, and educator. As James Bratt writes, “This comprehensive Program, which Kuyper crafted in the process of forming the Netherlands’ first mass political party, brought the theology, the political theory, and the organization vision together brilliantly in a coherent set of policies that spoke directly to the needs of his day. For us it sets out the challenge of envisioning what might be an equivalent witness in our own day.”
Also included is Kuyper’s seminal three-volume work De gemeene gratie , or Common Grace , which presents a constructive public theology of cultural engagement rooted in the humanity Christians share with the rest of the world. Kuyper’s presentation of common grace addresses a gap he recognized in the development of Reformed teaching on divine grace. After addressing particular grace and covenant grace in other writings, Kuyper here develops his articulation of a Reformed understanding of God’s gifts that are common to all people after the fall into sin.
The series also contains Kuyper’s three-volume work on the lordship of Christ, Pro Rege . These three volumes apply Kuyper’s principles in Common Grace , providing guidance for how to live in a fallen world under Christ the King. Here the focus is on developing cultural institutions in way that is consistent with the ordinances of creation that have been maintained and preserved, even if imperfectly so, through common grace.
The remaining volumes are thematic anthologies of Kuyper’s writings and speeches gathered from the course of his long career.
The anthology On Charity and Justice includes a fresh and complete translation of Kuyper’s “The Problem of Poverty,” the landmark speech Kuyper gave at the opening of the First Christian Social Congress in Amsterdam in 1891 . This important work was first translated into English in 1950 by Dirk Jellema; in 1991 , a new edition by James Skillen was issued. This volume also contains other writings and speeches on subjects including charity, justice, wealth, and poverty.
The anthology On Islam contains English translations of significant pieces that Abraham Kuyper wrote about Islam, gathered from his reflections on a lengthy tour of the Mediterranean world. Kuyper’s insights illustrate an instructive model for observing another faith and its cultural ramifications from an informed Christian perspective.
The anthology On the Church includes selections from Kuyper’s doctrinal dissertation on the theologies of Reformation theologians John Calvin and John a Lasco. It also includes various treatises and sermons, such as “Rooted and Grounded,” “Twofold Fatherland,” and “Address on Missions.”
The anthology On Business and Economics contains various meditations Kuyper wrote about the evils of the love of money as well as pieces that provide Kuyper’s thoughts on stewardship, human trafficking, free trade, tariffs, child labor, work on the Sabbath, and business.
Finally, the anthology On Education includes Kuyper’s important essay “Bound to the Word,” which discusses what it means to be ruled by the Word of God in the entire world of human thought. Numerous other pieces are also included, resulting in a substantial English volume of Kuyper’s thoughts on Christian education.
Collectively, this 12-volume series will, as Richard Mouw puts it, “give us a much-needed opportunity to absorb the insights of Abraham Kuyper about God’s marvelous designs for human cultural life.”
The Abraham Kuyper Translation Society along with the Acton Institute and Kuyper College gratefully acknowledge the Andreas Center for Reformed Scholarship and Service at Dordt College; Calvin College; Calvin Theological Seminary; Fuller Theological Seminary; Mid-America Reformed Seminary; Redeemer University College; Princeton Theological Seminary; and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Their financial support and partnership made these translations possible. The society is also grateful for the generous financial support of Dr. Rimmer and Ruth DeVries and the J. C. Huizenga family, which has enabled the translation and publication of these volumes.
This series is dedicated to Dr. Rimmer DeVries in recognition of his life’s pursuits and enduring legacy as a cultural leader, economist, visionary, and faithful follower of Christ who reflects well the Kuyperian vision of Christ’s lord