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Our globalized world, with its increasingly pluralistic societies, necessitates a theological framework that enables Christians to embrace their neighbors – with respect, understanding, and love – without compromising the essential components of their own faith.
In Revelation and Grace, Dr. Philip Djung explores the ways in which Hendrik Kraemer’s theology of religions offers the church such a framework. By placing Kraemer in conversation with other twentieth-century Dutch Reformed theologians, namely Herman Bavinck, Johan H. Bavinck, and Abraham Kuyper, Dr. Djung allows the doctrine of revelation and grace to inform his interpretation of Kraemer’s work. He provides a critical assessment of Kraemer’s theology, illustrating the significance of Kraemer’s commitment to the uniqueness of Christ and the necessity of Christian mission, while advocating for the need to amend certain aspects of Kraemer’s perspective to more fully reflect God’s presence in world religions.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	01 juin 2021
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781839734700
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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This work gives us a better appreciation of renowned missiologist Hendrik Kraemer while also proposing nuanced but important adjustments to his theology of religions. Dr. Philip Djung praises Kraemer for vigorously defending the uniqueness of Christ and the necessity of Christian mission and evangelism as well as his holistic approach to non-Christian religions, but searches for a more organically unified vision. He finds this in a revised doctrine of revelation and grace derived from the Dutch neo-Calvinist tradition of Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck, especially in its missiological application by Johan H. Bavinck. I consider Djung’s project of bringing together two significant Dutch Reformed missiological traditions into a new synthesis to be largely successful and the result is new theological prolegomena to Christian missiology that promises to be a helpful guide in contemporary Christian engagement with the world’s religions.
John Bolt, PhD
Director, Bavinck Institute, and Editor, Bavinck Review
Jean and Kenneth Baker Professor of Systematic Theology (emeritus),
Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
In this timely and clearly argued doctoral dissertation, Dr. Philip K. H. Djung pointedly distinguishes Hendrik Kraemer’s theological understanding of world religions. In doing so, Kraemer distances himself from J. N. Farquar’s fulfillment position and William Hocking’s cooperation position on the relation of Christianity to non-Christian religions. Kraemer maintains the radical distinction between Christianity and other religions and the need for Christian missions based on the uniqueness of Christian revelation, the gospel’s distinctiveness, and the complexity of religion’s relationship to culture.
Djung demonstrates where and how his opponents have responded with valid criticisms of Kraemer’s position. The value of this dissertation is that it not only recognizes this validity, but that it demonstrates how meeting these criticisms with a clearer, stronger position on general revelation, the dialectical nature of religion generally, and a more holistic approach to religion would buttress Kraemer’s basic assertion.
This study advances the Dutch neo-Calvinistic thinking on these matters in ways that are insightful and important in our era of globalization. It is a very important contribution that deserves widespread attention. It is highly commended.
James A. De Jong, ThD
President Emeritus,
Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Following Narendranath Datta’s seminal speech on Hinduism at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, Christian missiologists and theologians vigorously argued for the merits and strengths of Christianity at events such as the 1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the subsequent 1938 Conference of International Missionary Council in Tambaram, India. In Revelation and Grace: A Critical Appraisal of Hendrik Kraemer’s Theology of Religions , Dr Philip Djung expertly describes missiologist and theologian Hendrik Kraemer’s treatment of the world religion debates that animated the globe from the late-nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century, and reveals how Kraemer’s studies helped spur interreligious dialogues in the late 1960s. Djung has written a welcome reassessment of Kraemer’s works and offers a thorough account of Kraemer’s understanding of revelation, grace, salvation, the uniqueness of Christ, his appreciation of world religions and cultures, the necessity of Christian missions, and much more. This is a thought-provoking book for missiologists.
David Hartono, PhD
Former President, Asian Society of Missiology
Former Senior Pastor, GKKB, Pontianak, Indonesia
Former Senior Pastor,
St. Paul Evangelical Community Church, Cerritos, California, USA
This book sheds new light on the significance of Hendrik Kraemer and his theology of religions with its insistence on the centrality of the gospel, the necessity of Christian missions, and the uniqueness of Christian revelation. Djung carefully navigates Kraemer’s main theological thoughts, and as a response to Kraemer’s critics, he constructs a helpful amendment to read the missionary’s theology in light of the doctrines of general revelation, common grace, and the work of the Holy Spirit as developed by other Dutch theologians such as Herman Bavinck, Abraham Kuyper, and Johan H. Bavinck.
Yudha Thianto, PhD
Professor of Theology,
Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois, USA
Highly topical! The question addressed in this book is: What is the source and meaning of non-Christian religions and how are these religious convictions related to the core message of the gospel? Dr. Philip Djung unfolds in a thematic way Hendrik Kraemer’s thinking about these questions. In his contributions, which spanned several decades, Kraemer thought through aspects of the discussion from the perspectives of biblical theology and the science of religions and combined them in creative ways. Dr. Djung presents this vision afresh and brings it in a positive-critical way in interaction with later and different voices. In a convincing manner, he shows that the essence of Kraemer’s approach is non-negotiable, at least when we want to do justice to the content of a number of crucial Christian convictions and to the content of the Scriptures.
Rev. Paul J. Visser, DS
Pastor, Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Chair, Foundation for the Promoting of Reformed Missiology and Ecumenics

Revelation and Grace
A Critical Appraisal of Hendrik Kraemer’s Theology of Religions
Philip Djung

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Contents

Cover

Acknowledgments

Abstract

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Present State of the Question

1.2 Thesis Statement

1.3 Methodology

Chapter 2 Kraemer’s Theological Framework

2.1 Historical Context

2.2 Theological Approach

2.3 Divine Revelation

Summary

Chapter 3 Kraemer’s Understanding of the Nature of Religions

3.1 Nature of Religions

3.2 Christian Attitude toward Non-Christian Religions

Summary

Chapter 4 Critiques of Kraemer’s Theology of Religions

4.1 A. G. Hogg: “Faith and Faiths”

4.2 Gavin D’Costa: “Karl Rahner’s Anonymous Christians”

4.3 M. M. Thomas: “New Humanity of Christ”

Summary

Chapter 5 Evaluations of Kraemer’s Theology of Religions

5.1 Analysis of the Critiques

5.2 Examination of Thesis 1: Sui Generis Character of the Gospel

5.3 Examination of Thesis 2: Radical Discontinuity

5.4 Examination of Thesis 3: Holistic Approach of Religions

5.5 Examination of Thesis 4: Warning of Syncretism

5.6 Internal Tensions in Kraemer’s Thought

Summary

Chapter 6 Revelation and Grace

6.1 Revelation, Grace, and Salvation

6.2 General and Special Revelation

6.3 Particular and Common Grace

Summary

Chapter 7 An Amended Version of Kraemer’s Theology of Religions

7.1 The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ

7.2 The Necessity of Christian Mission

7.3 Divine-Driven Character of Religions

7.4 Abortive Unity of Religions and Cultures

Summary

Chapter 8 Conclusion

Bibliography

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