Trinity or German idealism? Reconsidering the origins of Herman Bavinck's organic motif.

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      BAVINCK, Herman; SCHELLING, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von, 1775-1854
    • Abstract:
      This essay re-examines the origins of Herman Bavinck's organic motif. Contending with a central claim of the new interpretative paradigm in Bavinck studies, this article problematises the claim that Bavinck's organic motif does not draw on German idealism but derives solely from a classical western doctrine of the Trinity. This essay argues that the denial of Schelling's influence on Bavinck's organicism misconstrues the terms on which Bavinck forges his synthesis of orthodoxy and modernity, and cloaks the degree to which Bavinck allows philosophical constructs to determine the material content of his theology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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