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College Voices tells the story of Christ's College Aberdeen, a
theological college of the Church of Scotland, from its beginnings
in the 1840s to the present day. This is a rich and colourful
story, vividly told, and peopled with many fascinating characters
and stories. Hundreds of young men, and later women, have passed
through the doors seeking to meet the demands of the College and
authorities to become ministers for the Free Church, the United
Free Church and, since 1929, for the Church of Scotland. Written by
the College's administrator, who saw how the personalities of
teachers and students alike shone through the formal language of
minute books and other records, College Voices relates how the
College grew and evolved alongside the history not only of Scotland
but of the world. It demonstrates the effects on ministerial
training of two world wars, and is honest about times when the
College was threatened by closure and scandal.
Nathaniel Gray Sutanto offers a fresh reading of Herman Bavinck's
theological epistemology, and argues that his Trinitarian and
organic worldview utilizes an extensive range of sources. Sutanto
unfolds Bavinck's understanding of what he considered to be the two
most important aspects of epistemology: the character of the
sciences and the correspondence between subjects and objects.
Writing at the heels of the European debates in the 19th and 20th
century concerning theology's place in the academy, and rooted in
historic Christian teachings, Sutanto demonstrates how Bavinck's
argument remains fresh and provocative. This volume explores
archival material and peripheral works translated for the first
time in English. The author re-reads several key concepts, ranging
from Organicism to the Absolute, and relates Bavinck's work to
Thomas Aquinas, Eduard von Hartmann, and other thinkers. Sutanto
applies this reading to current debates on the relationship between
theology and philosophy, nature and grace, and the nature of
knowing; and in doing so provides students and scholars with fresh
methods of considering Orthodox and modern forms of thought, and
their connection with each other.
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