Protestant Theology and Modernity in the Nineteenth Century Netherland

This book examines how nineteenth-century Dutch Protestant theologians and thinkers met the challenges of the modernizing world around them.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Part I: Isaac da Costa


• 1: Isaac da Costa and the Zeitgeist


• 2: The Conversion of Isaac da Costa


• Part II: Theological Modernism


• 3: Allard Pierson's Farewell to Christianity and His New 'Agnostic' Worldview


• 4: Dutch Protestant Modernism


• 5: Abraham Kuyper's Critique of Theological Modernism


• Part III: Abraham Kuyper and Pillarization


• 6: Neo-Calvinist Culture Protestantism


• 7: Abraham Kuyper's Religio-Political Rhetoric


• 8: Pillarization


• Part IV: Theology Revisited


• 9: Historical-Critical Analysis of the Bible and the Rise of Science of Religion


• Conclusion

About the author

Molendijk has extensively published in the history of ideas, in particular on nineteenth- and twentieth-century theology and religious studies. His latest books are The Emergence of the Science of Religion in the Netherlands (Brill, 2005) and Friedrich Max Müller and the Sacred Books of the East (Oxford University Press, 2016). Molendijk is also engaged in research on religion, identity, and the public sphere, and has participated in a research programme on new sacred places and emerging rituals.

Summary

This book examines how nineteenth-century Dutch Protestant theologians and thinkers met the challenges of the modernizing world around them.

Additional text

Molendijk's work is well written and lucid, and he weaves together themes throughout these different yet important figures within Dutch modern Protestantism well.

Product details

• Authors: Arie L. Molendijk, Arie L. (Professor of the History of Ch Molendijk, Molendijk Arie L.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780192898029
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289802-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Modern / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Western, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, Netherlands, History of Religion