Our friends at the Center for Public Justice introduced the Kuyper Lecture in 1995 to promote public consideration of three important dynamics at work in today’s world:
- Religion as a driving force – the deep, driving influence of competing religions in human society.
- Christ, the Light of the world – the comprehensive and inescapable claim of Jesus Christ on the world.
- An international Christian community – the strength and influence of international bonds of Christian community.
Serving the City, Shaping the Political Community
The 2015 Kuyper Lecture, “Serving the City, Shaping the Political Community,” was given by Rev. David Kim, Executive Director of the Center for Faith & Work at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York.
Respondents were:
- Vincent Bacote, Wheaton College
- Kevin den Dulk, Calvin College
- Katie Thompson, Editor, Shared Justice (CPJ’s online journal for Millennials)
More on the Kuyper Lecture
The annual lecture is named for Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920), an influential Dutch scholar-statesman whose contributions to public life were defined by a creative Christian response to these three dynamics. Kuyper believed that the Christian life cannot be confined to church life. Accepting Christ’s claim of authority over the entire world, he sought to follow the implications of that faith into politics, journalism, education, and other human endeavors. For more information, view an essay (PDF, 19 pages) about Abraham Kuyper and the Kuyper Lecture Series.
The lecture series, often hosted in cooperation with academic institutions across the United States, gives leaders the opportunity to address the “big questions” of public life. In a follow-up roundtable discussion, the Center and the hosting institution explore implications of the topic for their respective missions.
Lectures, with responses by experts in the field, are subsequently published and are available via free download.
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