Books:
Clouser, Roy. 2005: The Myth of Religious Neutrality (2nd edition).
Details: Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press. (1st edition, 1991, Notre Dame Press).
Comment: Somewhat more than an introduction to Dooyeweerd’s thought. In it Clouser expounds and defends Dooyeweerd’s views.
Wolfe, S. 1978: A Key to Dooyeweerd.
Details: Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing.
Comment: Wolfe’s book is an introduction to Dooyeweerd’s modal theory and consequently it is much narrower in scope than the other books.
Kalsbeek, L. 1975: Contours of a Christian Philosophy: An Introduction to Herman Dooyeweerd’s Thought.
Details: Toronto: Wedge.
Comment: The sub-title accurately describes the book.
Spier, J.M. 1973: An Introduction to Christian Philosophy.
Details: Translated by David Hugh Freeman. Nutley, NJ: Craig Press. (1st edition, 1954, Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing; 2nd edition, 1966, Craig Press).
Comment: The Christian philosophy in the title is that of Dooyeweerd. Spier was a pastor of the Reformed Church in the Netherlands, and he studied philosophy and theology at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.
Spier, J.M. 1953: What is Calvinistic Philosophy?
Details: Translated by Fred H. Klooster. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids, MI.
Comment: A book of just 86 pages, written for those who do not have “the desire, opportunity or ability to make a thorough study of the Calvinistic philosophy which has been unfolded in the writings of its originators, Professors Dr. H. Dooyeweerd and Professor Dr. D. H. Th. Vollenhoven, and as it has been summarized in [Spier’s An Introduction to Christian Philosophy].” (p. 5).
Articles:
Strauss, D.F.M. 2006: 'The Best Known But Least Understood Parts of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy'.
Details: To appear in: Journal for Christian Scholarship. Available online here.
Comment: Strauss is the world's leading Dooyeweerd expert. This article takes into critical account the exchange between Rene van Woudenberg's 2003 article ''Aspects' and 'functions' of individual things' and Henk Geertsema's 2004 reply, 'Analytic and Reformational Philosophy'.
Details: Faith and Philosophy, 21, pp. 65-89. Available online here.
Comment: Written in response to the Lonergan scholar Hugo Meynell's 2003 article 'The Philosophy of Dooyeweerd: A Transcendental Thomist Appraisal' (Faith and Philosophy, 20, pp. 265-87). Provides an introduction to Dooyeweerd's transcendental critique, and usefully contains many references in the footnotes.
Geertsema, Henk, G. 2004: ‘Analytic and Reformational Philosophy’. Critical Reflections regarding R. van Woudenberg's Meditation on 'Aspects' and 'Functions''.
Details: Philosophia Reformata, 69, pp. 53-76.
Comment: Written in response to Rene van Woudenberg's 2003 article ''Aspects' and 'functions' of individual things' (Philosophia Reformata, 68, pp. 1-13). Geertsema provides an excellent exposition of Dooyeweerd's thought.
Clouser, Roy. 2003: ‘Reason and Belief in God’.
Details: Philosophia Reformata, 68, pp. 36-68. Available online here.
Comment: In response to Eduardo Echverria's 2000 article 'Fides et Ratio' (Philosophia Reformata, 65, pp. 72-104) Clouser provides a summary of Dooyeweerd's position on the impact of the fall on human reason, faith and knowledge, perspectivalism with regards to the regulation of theories by religious belief, metaphysics, religious language, and God.
Details: Philosophia Reformata, 67, pp. 173-185.
Comment: Before applying Dooyeweerd’s philosophy to the issue of causality, the author provides a clear and concise summary of Dooyeweerd’s theories of the modal aspects, of entities, and of religion.
Clouser, Roy. 1996a: ‘On the General Relation of Religion, Metaphysics and Science’.
Details: Published in Facets of Faith and Science, Volume 2 (The Role of Beliefs in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences: An Augustinian Perspective), pp. 57-80. Edited by Jitse M. van der Meer. Lanham/ New York/ London: University Press of America, 1996. Available online here.
Comment: When read in conjunction with Clouser 1996b provides an excellent introduction to Dooyeweerd’s thought.
Clouser, Roy. 1996b: ‘A Sketch of Dooyeweerd's Philosophy of Science’.
Details: Published in Facets of Faith and Science, Volume 2 (The Role of Beliefs in Mathematics and the Natural Sciences: An Augustinian Perspective), pp. 81-98. Edited by Jitse M. van der Meer. Lanham/ New York/ London: University Press of America, 1996. Available online here.
Comment: When read in conjunction with Clouser 1996a provides an excellent introduction to Dooyeweerd’s thought.
Theses:
Choi, Yong Joon. 2000: Dialogue and Antithesis: A Philosophical Study on the Significance of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Transcendental Critique.
Details: Ph.D. thesis supervised by Professor J.J. Venter, Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir Christelike Hoer Onderwys. Available online here.
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