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Steven Martins Taylor, E.

The Christian Philosophy of Law, Politics & the State – E.L.H. Taylor

Document: E.L.H. Taylor, The Christian Philosophy of Law, Politics & the State (Nutley, NJ.: The Craig Press, 1969). Excerpt: What indeed has Christianity to say to the temporal activities and institutions of modern men? What is the relation of the Christian to the modern world? What is the nature of political obligation and the limit of political authority? … Continue reading The Christian Philosophy of Law, Politics & the State – E.L.H. Taylor

Steven Martins Taylor, E.

Reformation or Revolution – E.L.H. Taylor

Document: E.L.H. Taylor, Reformation or Revolution (Nutley, NJ.: The Craig Press, 1970). Excerpt: A madman once ran into the market place calling out, "I seek God." The bystanders, typifying the majority of modern Western men who do not live as if they really believed in the living God of the Bible, were vastly amused and said to the … Continue reading Reformation or Revolution – E.L.H. Taylor

Steven Martins Taljaard, J.

Social Theory & Practice – J.A.L. Taljaard

Document: J.A.L. Taljaard, Social Theory & Practice (n.d.). Excerpt: The time has come for students, colleagues and friends to pay homage to Jan Adriaan Louw Taljaard, one of the South African pioneers in philosophy, dedicated to the task of elaborating a vision of reality according to the spirit of God's Word, and committed to a Christian order of … Continue reading Social Theory & Practice – J.A.L. Taljaard

Steven Martins Strauss, H.J.

Politics, Economic Dilemmas and Trade-Unionism – H.J. Strauss

Document: H.J. Strauss, Politics, Economic Dilemmas and Trade-Unionism (n.d.). Excerpt: Any familiarity at all with the patterns of power distribution in modern society reveals to us the proverbial battle between capital and labour, employer and employee. Accordingly, any informed inhabitant of any of our western industrial lands has heard of workers’ associations and is able to converse with … Continue reading Politics, Economic Dilemmas and Trade-Unionism – H.J. Strauss

Steven Martins Strauss, D.F.M.

Man and his World – D.F.M. Strauss

Document: D.F.M. Strauss, Man and his World (Bloemfontein, South Africa: N.G. Sendingpers, 1991). Excerpt: Although our school system and school curriculums only refer to philosophy here and there, philosophy is actually the mother-science from which all other sciences originated - including the subjects given at school. Normally, the matriculated scholar is only vaguely aware of thinkers … Continue reading Man and his World – D.F.M. Strauss

Steven Martins Strauss, D.F.M.

Being Human in God’s World – D.F.M. Strauss

Document: D.F.M. Strauss, Being Human in God's World (Bloemfontein, South Africa: University Press, 1998). Excerpt: From time immemorial human beings were perplexed by the mighty complexity of the world we live in. Although a sense of wonder and awe accompanied the human consciousness almost throughout the gradual development of understanding ourselves and reality, the adventurous fascination … Continue reading Being Human in God’s World – D.F.M. Strauss

Steven Martins Steen, P.J.

The Structure of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Thought – Peter J. Steen

Document: Peter J. Steen, The Structure of Herman Dooyeweerd's Thought (Jordan Station, ON.: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1970). Excerpt: This dissertation is not intended to repudiate Dooyeweerd's basic position. It is rather an attempt from within his own school to seek to analyze a problem which is admittedly a difficult problem. Much of the criticism is really … Continue reading The Structure of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Thought – Peter J. Steen

Steven Martins Smit, M.C.

Writings on God and History – M.C. Smit

Document: M.C. Smit, Writings on God and History, Vol. 1 (Jordan Station, ON.: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1987). Excerpt: There is a general feeling that Roman Catholic theology and philosophy are basically unchanging quantities. No matter what theological or philosophical handbook one picks up, its content, it is generally thought, amounts always to the same thing; it is … Continue reading Writings on God and History – M.C. Smit

Steven Martins Seerveld, C.

Anakainosis: The Status of Aesthetic Theory in English-speaking Canada – Calvin Seerveld

Document: Calvin Seerveld, ANAKAINOSIS: The Status of Aesthetic Theory in English-speaking Canada (Toronto, ON.: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1977). Excerpt: Although the data is not plentiful for assessing the status of philosophical aesthetics in English-speaking Canada, certain points may be fairly stated: (1) Aesthetics is formally taught as a philosophical discipline. Introductory courses and intermediate seminars follow … Continue reading Anakainosis: The Status of Aesthetic Theory in English-speaking Canada – Calvin Seerveld