Exploring Neo-Calvinism: Foundations for Cultural Apologetics

GRAY SUTANTO & CORY BROCK

6 Weekly Sessions

U.S Time: Weekly starting Tuesday, May 26, 2025 — Tuesday June 30, 2025.
1:00 to 2:30 p.m. ET
Noon to 1:30 p.m. CT
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. PT
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. UK 

The Neo-Calvinist theological tradition has been prominent in recent articulations of cultural apologetics among Christians. The translation of Herman Bavinck’s corpus into English, the subsequent scholarly work engaging his thought, and the influence of the tradition on Tim Keller has served to reignite enthusiasm surrounding the study of the tradition. In this Keller Center Cohort, one of the world’s leading scholars in Neo-Calvinist thought will expose participants to chosen texts from the tradition to introduce them to the tradition’s key theological contributions and principles for cultural apologetics.

The cohort will be styled as hour-long lectures, with a discussion to follow. Topics will include doctrines like general revelation, the creator/creature distinction and analogical reasoning, antithesis and common grace, and the catholicity of Christianity. To maximize participation, short readings will be assigned for each week.

We are now in late registration mode and there are no longer books available to be shipped.

Herman Bavinck:
Reformed Dogmatics
Christian Worldview
Christianity and Science
Philosophy of Revelation
“Kingdom of God, the Highest Good,” 1881 (38 pgs)
“The Pros and Cons of a Dogmatic System,” 1881 (14 pgs)
“The Catholicity of Christianity and the Church,” 1888 (33 pgs)
“Common Grace,” 1894 (27 pgs)
“Modernism and Orthodoxy” 1911 (41 pgs)

Abraham Kuyper:
“Uniformity: The Curse of Modern Life”
“Modernism: A Fata Morgana in the Christian Domain”
“The Natural Knowledge of God”

J.H. Bavinck:
“Religious Consciousness and Christian Faith”

Gray Sutanto:
“Herman Bavinck on the Image of God and Original Sin” (16 pgs)
“Neo-Calvinism on General Revelation: A Dogmatic Sketch”
“A History of Neo-Calvinism Examined And Explained”
“5 Principles for Reading Herman Bavinck”
“Bavinck Warned that Without Christianity, Racism and Nationalism Thrive”

James Eglinton:
“Herman Bavinck: 100 Years On”
“Why Befriend Your Opponents: Bavinck on ‘Critical Friendship’”
“Everyone has a Worldview, and Almost No One Has a Worldview”

Are you on a church staff or considering this cohort as a group at a church? If so, we want you to check out this brief PDF that has three ideas of how to utilize this cohort as a group AND it also has instructions for deep discounts. It is our hope that these online learning cohorts will be a blessing to the church. As a result, we never want finances to hinder someone from participating. If you want to participate in this cohort and have a need, please send us an email and tell us more about your circumstances. 

* We are unable to offer refunds for The Keller Center cohorts 

* Late registration closes on May 25, 2025

* All sessions will be recorded and available for on demand streaming or download

* If you have any questions pertaining to signing up for your cohort, group rates, or church rates email kellercohort@tgc.org.