Bavinck and a Christian View of Science

In 1904, the same year Herman Bavinck published Christian Worldview, Bavinck published a book titled Christelijke wetenschap (Christian Science) in which he commented on a movement to “build science . . . on the foundation of the Christian faith.” Cory Brock joins us to speak about this book and Bavinck’s views on the subject. Dr. Cory C. Brock is assistant minister of St. Columba’s Free Church and part-time lecturer in theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of Orthodox yet Modern: Herman Bavinck’s Use of Friedrich Schleiermacher and co-author of Neo-Calvinism: A Theological Introduction. Chapters 00:00 Introduction06:22 A Different Type of “Christian Science”15:38 The Antithesis and Scientific Presuppositions19:42 The Trinity and Creation23:58 The Image of God and the Hope of Christian Science31:12 Theology as Queen and Servant of Science38:40 Science in the New Heavens and New Earth43:14 Sin, Knowledge, and the Christian University49:01 Non-Christians and Science59:03 Conclusion Participants: Camden Bucey, Cory Brock, Ryan Noha