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This volume uses the thought of Abraham Kuyper as a model for American evangelicals engaged in today's cultural debate. Offering a new interpretation of Kuyper's public theology that emphasizes its rhetorical and poetic aspects, John Bolt builds a credible public theology that directly applies to Christian political activism.In considering such key issues as poverty, wealth and power, theocracy and pluralism, civil religion, the culture wars, and political cooperation between Evangelicals and Roman Catholics, Bolt also compares Kuyper's views with the thought of Alexis de Tocqueville, Lord Acton, Pope Leo XII, Walter Rauschenbusch, and Jonathan Edwards. Bolt shows that focusing on Kuyper's rhetorical and mythopoetic perspective, rather than on his theological and philosophical ideas, provides contemporary evangelicals with a more meaningful and effective theology for the public square.Product Identifiers
PublisherWilliam B Eerdmans Publishing Co
ISBN-139780802842541
eBay Product ID (ePID)88301263
Product Key Features
Number of Pages502 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameA Free Church, a Holy Nation: Abraham Kuyper's American Public Theology
Publication Year2001
SubjectGovernment
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Bolt
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight748 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorJohn Bolt
TopicTheology, Popular Philosophy, Christianity