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Reformed Orthodoxy and Philosophy, 1625–1750: Gisbertus Voetius, Petrus van Mastricht, and Anthonius Driessen
Author(s): Aza Goudriaan (Author)
- Publisher: Brill
- Publication Date: October 27, 2006
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 408 pages
- ISBN-10: 9004154981
- ISBN-13: 9789004154988
Book Description
This book examines the thinking of several Reformed theologians on theological issues that are, historically or by content, related to philosophy.
Three Dutch authors from successive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discussed. These include the relationship between theology and philosophy, creation, Divine providence, the human being, and Divine and natural law.
By reconstructing the views of these three theologians, this book highlights similarities and differences within Reformed orthodoxy, both in doctrine and in relation to philosophy. The changes that thus become visible also suggest that biblical Christianity outlives the philosophical apparatus by whose assistence it is explained.
Three Dutch authors from successive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discussed. These include the relationship between theology and philosophy, creation, Divine providence, the human being, and Divine and natural law.
By reconstructing the views of these three theologians, this book highlights similarities and differences within Reformed orthodoxy, both in doctrine and in relation to philosophy. The changes that thus become visible also suggest that biblical Christianity outlives the philosophical apparatus by whose assistence it is explained.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“[…] this book is an extremely fruitful and thought-provoking contribution to a growing field of scholarship” – Carl R Trueman, in: Church History and Religious Culture 88/3 (2008), p. 475
About the Author
Aza Goudriaan, Ph.D. (1999) in Theology, Leiden University, is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam. He has published on seventeenth-century philosophy and theology, including Jacobus Revius: A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy. Early Criticisms (1647) (Brill, 2002).
