More than one hundred years ago, Abraham Kuyper and his followers recognized that knowledge (curriculum) and behavior (pedagogy) are embedded in our core beliefs about the nature of God, humanity, and the world. In the two convocation addresses inclu More than one hundred years ago, Abraham Kuyper and his followers recognized that knowledge (curriculum) and behavior (pedagogy) are embedded in our core beliefs about the nature of God, humanity, and the world. In the two convocation addresses included in this volume, Kuyper outlines his views on this reality to the students of the Vrije Universiteit (Free University) in Amsterdam in 1889 and 1900.Kuyper, who acted as rector of the University during these years, believed the task of Vrije Universiteit was to be an "Opposition School," having "based itself on a centuries-old worldview and stood for a viable alternative to the reigning paradigms of the day," as Nelson D. Kloosterman describes it.Indeed, these addresses came at a time when Christians had finally begun to earn a place in the public square and in the halls of the university. Vrije Universiteit was to be a place of religious liberty and rigorous scientific study, Kuyper believed — where the "divine purpose of scholarship for human culture" could be fulfilled. Kuyper offers these views with his typical incisive analysis, but also with good humor and common sense that are likely to inspire us today. ...Continua Nascondi
