Reformed Social Ethics

Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) succeeded Abraham Kuyper as professor of systematic theology at the Free University of Amsterdam in 1902.John Bolt (PhD, University of St. Michael's College) is the Jean and Kenneth Baker Professor of Systematic Theology, emeritus, at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He edited Bavinck's four-volume Reformed Dogmatics.

• 1. SocietyIntroduction: Creation, and Humanity's Twofold Vocation1. The Social Questiona. Bavinck's "General Biblical Principles" (1891)b. Bavinck's "On Inequality" (1913)2. Economic Life: Ownership, Property, PossessionsA Note on Riches, Capitalism, and Usury3. Hospitality, Friendship, SociabilityGames and Leisure/AmusementAppendix A: "Masters and Servants"Appendix B: "The Right to Life of the Unborn"2. Art and Scholarship (School)1. Creation Is the Foundation2. Art (Aesthetics)3. Schools and Pedagogy4. Christian Scholarshipa. Context: The Neo-Calvinist Revivalb. The Two Options: Christianity or Positivismc. Bavinck's Christian Worldview5. A Christian University3. The State1. Origins of the State2. Power, Coercion, War and Peace3. Article 36 of the Belgic Confession4. Church and Politics4. The Church1. Summary of an Address to the Twenty-Fifth General Dutch Conference on Missions2. Eight Propositions on "the Idea and Necessity of Evangelization"3. "Evangelization"The "Gospel" of Caesar Augustus"Gospel" in the Old Testament"Gospel" in the New Testament and Early ChurchChallenges to Gospel TeachingEvangelization as Renewal and ReformThe Rise of Modern Unbelief; Its Spiritual and Social ConsequencesAmelioration Efforts; The Inner Mission5. Humanity and the Kingdom of GodThe Kingdom of God, the Highest GoodIntroduction1. The Essence of the Kingdom of God2. The Kingdom of God and the Individual3. The Kingdom of God and the Community (Family, State, Church, Culture)4. The Completion of the Kingdom of GodIndexes