Herman Bavinck and the Problem of New Wine in Old Wineskins

Recent years have witnessed a flowering in Bavinck studies and a new focus on the synthetic character of Bavinck's theology. Bavinck's epistemology represents a prime example of this synthetic character, as Bavinck recasts the principia of Reformed Orthodoxy in a trinitarian framework, whi...

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Published inInternational journal of systematic theology : IJST Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 432 - 449
Main Author Pass, Bruce
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2015
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Bavinck, Herman
Christianity
Epistemology
Theology
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Summary:Recent years have witnessed a flowering in Bavinck studies and a new focus on the synthetic character of Bavinck's theology. Bavinck's epistemology represents a prime example of this synthetic character, as Bavinck recasts the principia of Reformed Orthodoxy in a trinitarian framework, which in turn is used to address a residual problem of post‐Enlightenment philosophy. While ingenious, certain inconsistencies emerge on account of the sheer complexity of Bavinck's principia. This article explores two inconsistencies that have been identified in the secondary literature and the extent to which these inconsistencies threaten the coherence of Bavinck's epistemology as a whole.
Bibliography:ark:/67375/WNG-HBKB6J4W-2
ArticleID:IJST12118
istex:B35CCE9FFE5051666CF22F8330614C8B254A25C0
ISSN:1463-1652
1468-2400
DOI:10.1111/ijst.12118