How to make sino-reformed theology possible? Retrieving Abraham Kuyper’s proto-reformed contextual theology

Ximian Xu

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This article aims to retrieve Abraham Kuyper’s theology to develop Reformed theology in mainland China. It shall argue that Kuyper’s concern about the varying contexts where theology is practiced shows an underdeveloped proto-Reformed contextual theology. Nonetheless, his idea of common grace serves as a conceptual apparatus through which his proto-Reformed contextual theology can underpin the construction of Sino-Reformed theology, a Reformed theology that is organically united with the history of Christianity while taking root in Chinese culture and interacting closely with the Chinese context. Such a contextualised Reformed theology can make Reformed faith an indigenous plant in the garden of Chinese Christianity on the one hand and prove conducive to the development of an organic Reformed community and theology on the other.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)163-185
Number of pages23
JournalJournal of Chinese Theology
Volume8
Issue number2
Early online date28 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 28 Dec 2022

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Abraham Kuyper
  • Chinese theology
  • contextual theology
  • Reformed theology

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