Vollenhoven, D.H.

August 1, 2019 Steven Martins Vollenhoven, D.H.

Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science – D.H. Vollenhoven

Document: D.H. Vollenhoven, "Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science" (Free University of Amsterdam, n.d.). Excerpt: Your invitation to contribute to this Congress I gladly respond to. Not only because of the pleasant memories of my study‐days at Utrecht in 1946, but also and especially to strengthen our contact. For, if I see correctly, … Continue reading Faith: Its Nature and Structure, and its significance for Science – D.H. Vollenhoven

“All Christians who in their scientific work are ashamed of the Name of Christ Jesus, because they desire honour among people, will be totally useless in the mighty struggle to recapture science, one of the great powers of Western culture, for the kingdom of God. This struggle is not hopeless, however, so long as it is waged in the full armour of faith in him who has said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me,’ and again, ‘Take heart! I have overcome the world.'”

Herman Dooyeweerd,
20th-Century Christian philosopher