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- Title
Tracing the Hand of God: Divine Providence, Dutch Colonial Policy, and Herman Bavinck.
- Authors
Pass, Bruce R.
- Abstract
In this essay, I trace the main contours of Herman Bavinck's account of divine providence, outlining its unique features. I then highlight ways that Bavinck's parliamentary speeches which touch on the subject of colonial policy in the Dutch East Indies expose a hidden risk in his formulation of this doctrine. In conversation with recent reflections on this doctrine, I then argue that this problem is not insurmountable. By way of conclusion, I suggest ways that it might be overcome so that the more promising features of Bavinck's doctrine of providence might be retrieved.
- Subjects
DIVINE providence; BAVINCK, Herman; GOD; DUTCH colonies; CHRISTIANITY
- Publication
International Journal of Systematic Theology, 2024, Vol 26, Issue 3, p314
- ISSN
1463-1652
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ijst.12686