In our day, few pastors are as globally influential as Tim Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Reason for God (2008). Less well-known is the important role played by neo-Calvinism in shaping Keller's thought and approach to pastoral ministry. Join us for a conversation with Tim, as we discuss his own journey towards neo-Calvinism, his views on the tradition's strengths and weaknesses, and its future in the United States and further afield. Sources: Timothy Keller, 'Neo-Calvinism and Pastoral Ministry,' in Cory Brock and Gray Sutanto, eds., The T&T Clark Handbook to Neo-Calvinism (forthcoming) Hans Rookmaaker, Modern Art and the Death of Culture (Crossway, 1994) Herman Bavinck, The Wonderful Works of God (Westminster Seminary Press, 2020) Herman Bavinck, Christian Worldview (Crossway, 2019) Louis Berkhof, Systematic Theology (Eerdmans, 1932) Willie James Jennings, The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race (Yale University Press, 2010) Eric Kaufmann, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth? Demography and Politics in the Twenty-First Century (Profile Books, 2010)

Why does neo-Calvinist theology talk in 'organic' terms? Join us for a discussion of unity-in-diversity from a distinctly Christian perspective.

An episode on Neo-Calvinism and Secularization. What is secularization? How does Neo-Calvinism relate to the secular? Is Neo-Calvinism responsible for secularization in the Netherlands--including a novel designation for Neo-Calvinist political theology as "Disestablished establishmentarianism" by Cory Brock. Our favorite summer books: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955) James Martin SJ, Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone (2021) Abraham Kuyper, Pro Rege. Living under Christ's Kingship, Volume 1 (2016) Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Nathaniel Gray Sutanto and Cory Brock (eds.), T&T Clark Handbook to Neo-Calvinism (forthcoming) Other references in the episode Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (2007) London Lyceum Podcast "A Protestant Political Theology Roundtable" (June 20, 2022)

In the final episode of season 1, we respond to questions submitted by Grace in Common listeners: 1) What's the difference between neo-Kuyperian and neo-Calvinist? 2) What does 'grace restores nature' mean? 3) How does the relationship between believing and belonging work in neo-Calvinism? 4) Is there a 21st century Herman Bavinck? 5) What about Herman Dooyeweerd? We close the series with a free book giveaway: share our episode on Twitter, along with a suggestion for a topic for season 2, to have a chance at winning the Klaas Schilder reader, and Bavinck's Christian Worldview. Sources cited: Abraham Kuyper, Pro Rege (2016) J.H. Bavinck, Personality and Worldview (2023) Tom Holland, Dominion (2019)

Join us for a conversation with Michael Allen, Professor of Systematic Theology at RTS Orlando, on the beatific vision - the Christian teaching that the goal of human existence is to 'see God'. In recent years, the neo-Calvinist tradition has faced critical questioning on the richness of its handling of this important doctrine. In this week's episode, we discuss those critiques, particularly in relation to Bavinck's Reformed Dogmatics. Works cited: Michael Allen, Grounded in Heaven: Recentering Christian Hope and Life on God (2018) Michael Allen, 'On Bavinck, the Beatific Vision, and Theological Practice,' Reformed Faith and Practice (2022). Hans Boersma, Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition (2018) Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 4 vols. (2003-8) Cory Brock, 'Revisiting Bavinck and the Beatific Vision,' Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies (2021) James Eglinton, Bavinck: A Critical Biography (2020)

Suggested Reading: Vincent Bacote, The Spirit in Public Theology (Baker Academic, 2005); 'Erasing Race', in Black Scholars in White Space, Anthony Bradley (ed.), (Pickwick, 2015); Reckoning with Race (Brill, 2021), 'Kuyper on Race' in Calvinism for a Secular Age, Rob and Jessica Joustra (eds.), (IVP, 2022).  Richard Mouw, Abraham Kuyper: A Short and Personal Introduction (Eerdmans, 2011) J. Kameron Karter, Race: A Theological Account (Oxford, 2009)

An episode on the occasion of the publication of the Klaas Schilder Reader. A Neo-Calvinist Bonhoeffer, a "loyal opposition in the Neo-Calvinist tradition", "a theology for the trenches of life". Who was this second generation neo-Calvinist? How did he differ from Kuyper and Bavinck? Join us in a conversation about possible weaknesses in the Neo-Calvinist tradition on sphere sovereignty, common grace, the church as institution etc. George Harinck, Marinus de Jong and Richard Mouw (eds.), The Klaas Schilder Reader: The Essential Theological Writings (Lexham Academic, 2022) https://lexhampress.com/product/213957/the-klaas-schilder-reader-the-essential-theological-writings  Marinus de Jong, “The Church is the Means, the World is the End: The Development of Klaas Schilder’s thought on the Church and the World (PhD Thesis, Kampen Theological University, 2019) https://www.tukampen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/proefschrift-Marinus-de-Jong-final-3.pdf Our essential Neo-calvinist reading list: Primary Sources Herman Bavinck, “The Catholicity of Christendom and Church” in: Calvin Theological Journal 27 (1992) https://sources.neocalvinism.org/.full_pdfs/bavinck_1992_catholicity.pdf  Herman Bavinck, “Modernity and Orthodoxy” in The Bavinck Review 7 (2016) https://sources.neocalvinism.org/.full_pdfs/bavinck_2016_modernism.pdf also in Bruce Pass (ed.), On Theology: Herman Bavinck's Academic Orations (Brill) Bavinck, “The Kingdom of God, The Highest Good” In: The Bavinck Review 2 (2011) https://sources.neocalvinism.org/.full_pdfs/bavinck_2011_kingdom.pdf  Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism (1898) https://sources.neocalvinism.org/.full_pdfs/kuyper/LecturesOnCalvinism.pdf  Abraham Kuyper, ”Conservatism and orthodoxy: False and True Preservation” in James Bratt (ed.), Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Eerdmans, 1998)  Abraham Kuyper, ”Uniformity and the Curse of Modern Life” in James Bratt (ed.), Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Eerdmans, 1998)  Secondary Sources Jessica Joustra and Robert Joustra (eds.), Calvinism for a Secular Age (IVP, 2022) https://www.ivpress.com/calvinism-for-a-secular-age James Eglinton, Herman Bavinck: A Critical Biography (Baker Academic, 2020) http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/bavinck/397260 James Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013) https://www.eerdmans.com/Products/6906/abraham-kuyper.aspx  Cory Brock and Nathanial Sutanto, Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction (Lexham, forthcoming) https://lexhampress.com/product/224276/neo-calvinism-a-theological-introduction 

What, if anything, does theology have to say about how we clothe our bodies? Join us for a conversation with neo-Calvinist cultural theologian Dr Robert Covolo, author of Fashion Theology, for a wide-ranging discussion on culture, fashion, and theology. Works cited: Robert Covolo, Fashion Theology (Baylor University Press, 2020) Abraham Kuyper, 'Uniformity: The Curse of Modern Life,' Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Eerdmans, 1998) David Friedrich Strauss, The Old Faith and The New: A Confession (1872) Friedrich Nietzsche, 'David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer,' Untimely Meditations (1873) Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh in Three Books (1831) Carl Trueman, The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Crossway, 2020) Charles Taylor, The Ethics of Authenticity (Harvard University Press, 2018)

In this episode, we discuss the current online controversy on the 'third way' - an approach to Christianity and culture currently most closely associated with Tim Keller, but most historically rooted in the neo-Calvinist tradition. Join us for American, Asian, and European perspectives on this American debate. Sources: James Wood, 'How I Evolved on Tim Keller,' First Things. Aaron Renn, 'The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism,' First Things. Chris Watkin, 'The Third Way is Dead. Long Live the Third Way!,' The Gospel Coalition. Rod Dreher, 'Tim Keller & Myxomatosis Christians,' The American Conservative. Gray Sutanto, 'The Limits of Christian Pluralism, and the Relevance of Neo-Calvinism for Indonesia,' Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Religion and Ethics. Gray Sutanto, 'The Ahok Affair: How Should Christians Respond?,' Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Religion and Ethics. Timothy Keller, Center Church (2012).

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