210--Abraham Kuyper Conference

Two hits in one day!  This is to atone partially for the many times I've failed to show up. But it's even more because of the importance I am attaching to the event I am about to advertise today.

There is this conference about Abraham Kuyper I want you to know about.  If you have liked the perspective of this blog so far, then you will be interested in this Kuyper guy. If I have been successful in luring you towards my website < www.SocialTheology.com >, then you will have felt something of the wholistic perspective that this Kuyper guy blessed us with. He is not the only one who upheld a wholistic perspective on religion in general and on Christianity in particular, but few there are whose work has developed into a global, international, school of thought and community of scholars and social activists like Kuyper did--without having any idea, let alone plan, that this would be the case post mortem. 

Anyhow, there's been a series of twenty annual conferences called Kuyper Conference. They have generally been held at Princeton University, one of the Ivy League schools in the eastern USA. The one this year will be held at Calvin College and Seminary, both of them my Alma Maters. If you're anywhere near Grand Rapids, MI, I strongly urge you to try to make it. Even if you're far away, if you want a life-changing experience in your religious and spiritual life, you should try to attend. I live in Vancouver BC, some 4,000 clicks away, but, the Lord willing, I will be there.

Here follows the info you need:

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The annual Kuyper Conference, which began in 1998 at Princeton Theological Seminary, was founded to acknowledge the stream of Calvinist thought represented by Abraham Kuyper, Dutch theologian and statesman (1837-1920), and to explore the tradition he helped to form, commonly known as neocalvinism.

The Kuyperian movement, originally primarily associated with Dutch Calvinists in the Netherlands and North America, is now growing globally. The 21st annual Kuyper Conference will focus on this international expansion as we examine The Future of African Public Theology on April 30-May 1, 2018 at Calvin College & Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The event will pursue a conversation between African public theologians from a variety of perspectives and Reformed Christian scholars from several continents about the state of African public theology, the need for it, and the promise it holds for informing Christian thinking and practice on the African continent and beyond.

The Conference is intended to advance scholarship, as well as to foster personal and professional networks of scholars, pastors, ministry professionals, civic leaders, and practitioners with interests in Kuyper and the neocalvinist tradition. Conference participation is open to anyone who is interested in the topics considered at this event.

Proposals for concurrent sessions on a variety of topics are welcome (see the Call for Papers). The two-day event will also include plenary sessions featuring prominent African theologians, as well as roundtable discussions on various topics related to Kuyperian thought. The conference registration fee of $75 ($45 for students) includes all of the event sessions, as well as lunch and a reception on Monday and coffee breaks throughout the event.

For more information about the Conference, including overnight accommodations and the event schedule, go to https://calvin.edu/events/kuyper-conference/