DNK : Documentatieblad voor de Nederlandse kerkgeschiedenis na 1800 - Volume 45, Issue 96, 2022

Abstract C.W.M. van de Velde, a wanderer in the Holy Land Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), a naval officer, cartographer and painter, was an adherent of the international evangelical Réveil movement. Leaving the Indies to prevent a (homosexual) scandal (1847), he stayed for some time in South Africa and translated pietist booklets. In 1851 and 1852 he travelled through the Near East, and published a trav Read More

Abstract ‘… a Roman Catholic Bavinck’. Brother Sigebertus Rombouts and the pedagogy of Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck Shortly after the death of Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921), the Roman Catholic educator Brother Sigebertus Rombouts (1883-1962) published a study guide on his pedagogical writings, intended for Catholic teachers. Rombouts praised the Christian principles in Bavinck’s system of Read More

Abstract The Pastoral Letter of the Dutch Reformed Church of 1941 The defeat of the Dutch army in 1940 was followed by five years of German occupation. As Dutch churches were not directly under control of the state, they retained the freedom to present their critical views to the occupier. This article analyses an early public request by the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) to withdraw antisemitic policies, followed by Read More

Abstract Arnold Albert van Ruler (1908-1970) was one of the leading theologians in the Dutch Reformed Church in the second half of the twentieth century. After having worked as a minister in Kubaard (1933-1940) and Hilversum (1940-1947) he was professor at the University of Utrecht (1947-1970). Characteristic for van Ruler is his way of networking among students and ministers. At least three examples can be given. Severa Read More