Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was a leading Dutch figure in education, politics, and theology. He was a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, was appointed to Parliament, and served as prime minister. Kuyper also founded the Free University (VU) in Amsterdam, a political party, and a denomination, in addition to writing on a dizzying array of subjects.
"'Every square inch of the whole of reality.' Looking back on my
undergraduate experience, there was one belief that caught me, took
all of me, and over the years formed me; Abraham Kuyper's famous
words captured that conviction, his passion becoming mine. The
heart of this new English translation of Pro Rege is that same
vision, viz. that Christ is King over the entire life of the world.
But that is a contentious, difficult belief in any age, in every
age. In the early years of the 21st century, full as they are of
pluralization, secularization, and globalization, we feel certain
that a biblically-born faith has never been more difficult to work
out in the public life of the world. While our moment in history
has its complex, even immense challenges, the great gift of
Kuyper's magisterial work is the profound way that he took on these
same questions in his time and place. With historical and
sociological insight, with psychological and philosophical
attentiveness, reading the world as he read the Word, he set forth
an exhaustively-imagined account of the sovereignty of God over all
things in heaven and on earth. Theologically rich, biblically
grounded, Kuyper was passionately committed to helping ordinary
people in ordinary places understand the meaning of their faith for
life, always speaking to "the real world in which most people live
their daily lives." Pro Rege is a masterpiece, and my hope is that
people all over the world will become his students, entering into
his wisdom about the perennial challenge of understanding the world
and our place in it.
--Steven Garber, Principal, The Washington Institute for Faith,
Vocation & Culture; author of Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for
the Common Good
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