This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace When we forget the “independence of spirit from matter”, we end in idolatry and atheism. (551) Neutrality is thus doomed from the start since it can never start with the truth of the spiritual world. The starting point of distrust then has to be balanced out by turning to the popular will. “People attempt to recover what they thereby lose by locating their... Read more

Kuyper on the conflict between materialism and spiritualism in science Read more

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This post is part of a series walking through the third volume of Abraham Kuyper’s Common Grace In the previous chapter, Kuyper had divided society into “active” and “passive” parts. The “passive” parts of life have to do with joint joy and suffering. This is social, not familial or personal suffering that we’re thinking about. (Those are dealt with elsewhere.) Suffering is tricky to deal with and often involves a false or shallow sympathy, as well as the temptation of... Read more

Kuyper on work and class distinctions in society Read more