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1138Talcott Parsons's Appraisal and Critique of Alfred MarshallSocial Research: An International Quarterly 48 (4 Winter): 816-851. 1981.This is a summarised version of my MSocSc Thesis "The development of 'The Structure of Social Action' in the Early Writings of Talcott Parsons" written in 1978 under the supervision of Professor David Bettison.
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832Research note: The Christian critique of phenomenologyPhilosophia Reformata 65 (2): 189-194. 2000.This research note is penned in honour of Johan Vander Hoeven on his retirement as Editor-in-Chief of Philosophia Reformata. It is to acknowledge his helpful contribution to the critical exposition of phenomenology. I first read his work almost 30 years ago and it challenged me to develop a sympathetic Christian critique of this philosophical movement. This note is to offer some reflection upon the Christian interpretation of phenomeology. In particular, it raises questions about how some famous…Read more
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988Some Contextual Reflections on 'Purpose in the Living World?'Philosophia Reformata 76 (1): 84-102. 2011.Jacob Klapwijk’s book Purpose in the Living World? (Cambridge 2998) is examined with special attention given to the scholarly background from out of which it emerges as a significant contribution to reformational philosophical reflection. As an initial step to clarify some important issues raised by Klapwijk’s critical comments about Dooyeweerd’s “essentialist” concept of species, the article probes facets of the way Jan Lever incorporated reformational philosophical concepts into his biological…Read more
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1066Dialectic of Enlightenment: Critical Theory and the Messianic LightThesis Eleven 108 (1): 133-135. 2012.A review of a 2010 translation of the inaugural address of Dr Jaap Klapwijk as professor of Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam in 1976.
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1229Deism and the absence of Christian sociologyPhilosophia Reformata 68 (1): 14-35. 2003.This article encourages a reconsideration of Christian sociology. It explains how deism makes a decisive impact in the theoretical foundations of the discipline. Dutch neocalvinistic philosophy in its North American immigrant setting after World War II issued a challenge which drew attention to the dogmas of deism implicit in sociology, but this challenge has not been met. Christian sociology, however, still retains its God-given vocation to find ways to encourage people everywhere to positively…Read more
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774Bernard Barber, Intellectual Pursuits: Toward an Understanding of Culture. Lanham MD & Oxford, England 1998: Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0847688607Philosophia Reformata 67 (2): 194-196. 2002.A review of Bernard Barber's book that compares his understanding of the academic vocation with that assumed by the Christian journal in which this review appears.
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952James W Skillen, In Pursuit of Justice: Christian Democratic Explorations. Lanham/ Washington DC 2004: Rowman and Littlefield/ Center for Public Justice. ISBN 074253524XPhilosophia Reformata 71 (2): 185-188. 2006.A review of James Skillen's book exploring the character of Christian democracy, what it is, what it has become, what it should be.
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683Eric L. Johnson & Stanton L. Jones , Psychology and Christianity. Four Views. Downers Grove 2000: InterVarsity Press. ISBN 0830822631Philosophia Reformata 68 (1): 91-93. 2003.This is a review of the symposium edited and published by Johnson and Jones
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1208“Jacob klapwijk’s invitation: Come to the party!” – Introduction by guest-editorPhilosophia Reformata 76 (1): 1-10. 2011.This is the Guest Editor's Introduction to a volume of Philosophia Reformata that considers Jaap Klapwijk's book in which he seeks to discuss evolutionary biology in relation to Christian philosophy.
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970Jan van der Stoep, Pierre Bourdieu en de politieke filosofie van het multiculturalisme. Kampen 2005: Kok. 268 pagina’s. ISBN 9043511986Philosophia Reformata 71 (2): 195-198. 2006.Review of Jan van der Stoep's published PhD dissertation on the work of Pierre Bourdieu.en de politieke filosofie van het multiculturalisme Kok Kampen 2005. My review is in English. van der Stoep's book is in Dutch with an English summary.
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1340Dr. Henk E. S. Woldring. Karl Mannheim: the Development of his Thought Philosophy, Sociology and Social Ethics. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1986.Philosophia Reformata 53 (1): 59-69. 1988.This is a review of Henk Woldring's book on Karl Mannheim.
