Roots of Western Culture
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Roots of Western Culture is a philosophical work by Herman Dooyeweerd that analyzes the religious and ideological foundations shaping Western civilization.
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| Roots of Western Culture canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| author | Herman Dooyeweerd ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
antithesis between Christian and non-Christian ground motives
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religious ground motive ⓘ religious root of theoretical thought ⓘ sphere sovereignty of law-spheres ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Netherlands ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critique of autonomy of theoretical reason
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historical development of Western worldview ⓘ relation between faith and culture ⓘ religious presuppositions of theoretical thought ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian philosophy
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Reformational philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Christian worldview studies
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Reformational philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Reformational philosophy movement
philosophy of culture in Reformed circles ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Greek form-matter motive
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analysis of medieval nature-grace motive ⓘ analysis of modern nature-freedom motive ⓘ critique of humanism ⓘ critique of secularism ⓘ discussion of Christian ground motive of creation-fall-redemption ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Abraham Kuyper
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Calvinism ⓘ Neo-Calvinism ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch Neo-Calvinism
Herman Bavinck ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian worldview
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Western civilization ⓘ history of Western thought ⓘ ideological foundations of Western culture ⓘ philosophy of culture ⓘ religious foundations of culture ⓘ religious ground motives ⓘ worldview analysis ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Dutch ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Calvinist philosophy
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Reformational philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationForm | collection of essays ⓘ |
| publisher | Wedge Publishing Foundation ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective |
Christian
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Reformed ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Christian intellectuals
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students of philosophy ⓘ students of theology ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
ancient Greek culture
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medieval Christendom ⓘ modern Western culture ⓘ |
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