Category: Wolters, A.

Document: Al Wolters, "Rank and Worth" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 5 No. 4 (1983). Excerpt: Under the influence of a long Neoplatonic tradition, Christian thinkers of the West have tended to speak and think of degrees of "goodness" in reality. As we move up the hierarchical chain of being--from matter and body to soul, mind and spirit--we meet ever … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Rank and Worth – Al Wolters

Document: Al Wolters, "Ground Motive" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 6 No. 1 (1983). Excerpt: "Ground-motive" is an expression coined by the translators of Herman Dooyeweerd to render the Dutch word grondmotief. It designates a fundamental category in Dooyeweerd's thought, referring to the structure of the religious depth-dimension which underlies all human thought and culture. It may be helpful, especially … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Ground Motive – Al Wolters

Document: Al Wolters, "Theses on 'Word of God'" in ANAKAINOSIS, Vol. 6 No. 3 (1984). Excerpt: 1. For the purposes of this discussion, the uses of the phrase "Word of God" (and its equivalents) in Scripture can be broadly divided into three classes: a) "Word" (dabar, logos, rhema) = message from God in understandable language. This is by far … Continue reading ANAKAINOSIS: Theses on “Word of God” – Al Wolters