Roots Of Western Culture: Pagan, Secular and Christian Options, Vol. 18 (Collected Works, Series B)
Publisher:
, 2012
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Overview
Confronted with the implications of a biblical understanding of the human condition, human society and the place and calling of scholarly reflection, Dooyeweerd contends that humanism has done more for the recognition of human freedom for religious convictions than did 17th-century Calvinism.
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- Follows the order in which the text appeared in the Dutch edition
- Includes page numbers of the 1979 edition inserted in the running text between square brackets
- Argues that humanism has contributed more to the recognition of freedom of religious belief than 17th-century Calvinism did
- Roots of Western Culture
- Sphere Sovereignty
- History, Historicism, and Norms
- Faith and Culture
- The Great Synthesis
- Classical Humanism
- Romantic Redirection
- The Rise of Social Thought
Reviews
1 rating
Dennis Toll
8/17/2025
This is a wonderful introduction to the thinking and worldview of Herman Dooyeweerd. He presents a very brief history of Western worldviews, highlighting the essential developments from his own philosophical perspective.
