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Ausgabe:

Mai/2014

Spalte:

597-598

Kategorie:

Dogmen- und Theologiegeschichte

Autor/Hrsg.:

Echeverria, Eduardo

Titel/Untertitel:

Berkouwer and Catholicism. Disputed Questions.

Verlag:

Leiden u. a.: Brill 2013. VIII, 508 S. = Studies in Reformed Theology, 24. Geb. EUR 176,00. ISBN 978-90-04-24558-7.

Rezensent:

Herman Selderhuis

As a young student I read all 18 volumes of the dogmatic studies of Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996). I was fascinated by all the material he offered and I got dizzy by all the literature he referred too. Berkouwer held for many years the Chair in Dogmatics (1945–1974) at the Free University, Amsterdam, a position previously held by Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920) and Herman Bavinck (1854–1921). In spite of reading all these works, it was only towards the end of my studies that I came to see the developments in Berkouwers think­ing. Reading the book of Eduardo Echeverria (Sacred Heart Major Seminary Detroit, USA) did bring me back to these student years, but what is more important, did give me a much better grasp of the developments in Berkouwer’s thinking.
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