num_pages: 499
description: The definitive biography of Abraham Kuyper giant of Dutch Calvinism This is the first full-scale English-language biography of the highly influential and astonishingly multifaceted Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920)theologian minister politician newspaper editor educational innovator Calvinist reformer and prime minister of the Netherlands from 1901 to 1905. James Bratt is the ideal scholar to tell the story of Kuyper's remarkable life and work. He expertly traces the origin and development of Kuyper's signature conceptscommon grace Christian worldview sphere sovereignty Christian engagement with contemporary culturein the dynamic context of his life's story. Based on voluminous primary and secondary Dutch sources Bratt's Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist Christian Democrat will prove to be the go-to biography of this major figure whose ideas and influence extend far beyond his own time and place.
language: English
title: Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Library of Religious Biography
publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.