DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 - Volume 44, Issue 95, 2021

Abstract That horrendous Christmas flood: 1717 Hundred years Christmas flood 1817 Christmas night 1717 a heavy storm pounded on the coast of the Northern Netherlands and East Frisia. The consequences were disastrous. Thousands of residents drowned and extensive damage was done. Reverend Jacobus Isebrandus Harkenroht, who had personally experienced the storm surge, gave a sermon for his East Frisian municipa Read More

Abstract Eduard Gerdes’ visits of charity homes One of the most prolific Dutch authors of the nineteenth century is Eduard Gerdes (1821-1898). In an impressive study Christian Philanthropy in the Netherlands. Travel Reminiscences (1880) he presents himself as a visiting investigator of Dutch Christian charitable institutions. In this article his travels are reviewed with as conclusions: (1) ‘Christian’ in the title of the book means ‘o Read More

Abstract Rev. Leendert Schouten (1828-1905) and his Biblical Museum: On the relationship between faith, gospel proclamation, and scale models of the tabernacle and the temple mount The Biblical Museum of Schouten is an interesting phenomenon within the context of Dutch Protestantism. The Museum reflects the experience and religious identity of a nineteenth-century pastor in relation to material culture. A seemingly par Read More

Abstract The Reformed Churches in the Netherlands were opposed to the theory of evolution, for theological reasons. However, at schools preparing for higher and secondary education biology belonged to the standard curriculum. Christian education was no exception, using textbooks which, even if avoiding any theological controversy, supplied an adequate overview of contemporary biological perceptions of evolution Read More