SUGGESTION: NeoCalvinist works
I'd like to see works by Herman Dooyeweerd in Logos based on the following from Wikipedia:
"provides a philosophical foundation for understanding why we can never absolutely know God, and yet, paradoxically, truly know something of God. Dooyeweerd made a sharp distinction between theoretical and pre-theoretical attitudes of thought; it might be noticed that most of the discussion of knowledge of God presupposes theoretical knowledge, in which we reflect and try to define and discuss. Pre-theoretical knowing, on the other hand, is intimate engagement, and exhibits a diverse range of aspects. Theoretical knowing, by its very nature, is never absolute, always depends on religious presuppositions, and cannot grasp either God or the law side. Pre-theoretical intuition, on the other hand, can grasp at least the law side. Knowledge of God, as God wishes to reveal it, is pre-theoretical, immediate and intuitive, never theoretical in nature. The Bible, for example, should be treated as pre-theoretical (everyday) rather than theoretical in what it contains."
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ,
Here is an article (contra Dooyeweerd) that you might find of interest ... the discussion in the comments that follow is even more interesting.
Instead of Artificial Intelligence, I prefer to continue to rely on Divine Intelligence instructing my Natural Dullness (Ps 32:8, John 16:13a)
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I Googled to see what some of the other important Neocalvinist works are, since I am aware of Neocalvinism from Gideon Strauss and from Comment Magazine which I've written columns for, which he used to be the editor of.
From this blog post on Neocalvinism: Introductory Reading, I've pulled this list (one of them Logos already has):
- Lectures on Calvinism by Abraham Kuyper (Logos already has, at least I'm pretty sure the book titled Calvinism by him that they carry is it)
- Heaven is Not My Home: Learning to Live in God's Creation by Paul Marshall (Thomas Nelson, 1999)
- Engaging God's World: A Christian Vision of Faith, Learning, and Living by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. (Eerdmans, 2002)
- The Transforming Vision: Shaping a Christian Worldview by Brian Walsh and J. Richard Middleton (IVP Academic, 1984)
- Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Al Wolters
It would be good to get all of these in Logos.
Calvin Seerveld is another author who is cited often in neocalvinist circles. Several books by him would be good to get in Logos:
- Rainbows for the Fallen World: Aesthetic Life and Artistic Task
- A Christian Critique of Art and Literature
- Bearing Fresh Olive Leaves: Alternative Steps in Understanding Art
- Voicing God's Psalms (Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series)
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JRS said:
Here is an article (contra Dooyeweerd) that you might find of interest
Thank you for the link. My interest interest in Dooyeweerd is specifically his form of apophatic theology - a form of theology that is strongest in the Orthodox Church but present in Catholicism . You are correct that the comments were especially interesting.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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I would include Reformational Theology: A New Paradigm for Doing Dogmatics by Gordon J. Spykman, The Myth of Religious Neutrality by Roy Clouser, as well as works by Dirk H.T. Vollenhoven and H. Evan Runner.
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