On Dooyeweerd

On Dooyeweerd: a bibliography Complied by Steve Bishop

Bibliographies
1917-1960 Perspectif. Kok: Kampden, 1961. pp 71-86.
1961-194 in Philosophy and Christianity. De Gaay Fortman et al. (ed.) (1965). Pp 449-452.
Steve Bishop 2006. Dooyeweerd bibliography (1915-1986) An accidental blog 23 October
Steve Bishop 2006. On Dooyeweerd: a bibliography An accidental blog. 10 November [Precursor to this bibliography]
Bernard Zylstra. 1975. ‘Bibliography of the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea and related materials’. Mimeo, ICS. Partly published as an appendix in L Kalsbeek (1975)

Introductions to Dooyeweerd (in English)

Roy Clouser. 1991. The Myth of Religious Neutrality: An Essay on the Hidden Role of Religious Beliefs in Theories. University of Notre Dame Press: Notre Dame (2nd edn 2005)


L. Kalsbeek. 1975. Contours of Christian Philosophy: An Introduction to Dooyeweerd’s Thought. Wedge, Toronto.

Pierre-Charles Marcel 2013. The Transcendental Critique of Theoretical Thought, trans. Colin Wright. Volume 1 of The Christian Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Aalten, Netherlands: Wordbridge.

Pierre-Charles Marcel 2013. The General Theory of the Law-Spheres, trans. Colin Wright. Volume 2 of The Christian Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Aalten, Netherlands: Wordbridge.

J. M. Spier 1954. An Introduction to Christian Philosophy. Presbyterian and Reformed: Philadelphia.

Danie Strauss 2015.  Herman Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy.

S. T. Wolfe. 1978. A Key to Dooyeweerd. Presbyterian and Reformed: Philadelphia: P&R Publishing.

Pierre-Charles Marcel 2013. The Transcendental Critique of Theoretical Thought, trans. Colin Wright. Volume 1 of The Christian Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Aalten, Netherlands: Wordbridge Publishing.

Pierre-Charles Marcel 2013. The General Theory of the Law-Spheres, trans. Colin Wright. Volume 2 of The Christian Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Aalten, Netherlands: Wordbridge Publishing

André Troost 2012. What is Reformational Philosophy? An Introduction To The Cosmonomic Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Jordan Station: Paideia Press.

On Dooyeweerd (in English)

Steve Bishop & Gregory Baus You Should Know Herman Dooyeweerd. Laymen’s lounge.

Gregory Baus 2005. ‘Dooyeweerd’s societal sphere sovereignty: neither tax based nor laissez-faire‘ (VU Masters paper)

Tim Black A Transcendental Analysis and Critique of Dooyeweerd’s Distinction between Naïve and Theoretical Thought

Philip Blosser. 1993. ‘Reconnoitering Dooyeweerd’s theory of man‘ Philosophia Reformata 58 (2) 192-209 (a revised version of ‘Soul and body in the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd’ Tydskrif vir christelike Wetenskap 27 (1) (1991) 57-82)

Vincent Brummer. 1961. Transcendental Criticism and Christian Philosophy: A Presentation and Evaluation of Herman Dooyeweerd’s ‘Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. Wever: Franeker.

Vincent Brummer. ‘The dilemma of Christian Philosophy’. In De Gaay Fortman et al. (ed.) pp 166-177.

David Caudill. 2007. Christian Legal Theory: The Example of Dooyeweerd’s Critique of Romanist Individualism and Germanic Communitarianism in Property Law, 5 Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy 531-560.

Alan Cameron. 1997. Implications of Dooyeweerd’s legal philosophy for political theoryNuances[electronic] 5 (August) Pt 5.

Alan Cameron. 1997. ‘A Reformational Perspective on Law and Justice’. Chapter 13 in Signposts of God’s Liberating Kingdom: Perspectives for the 21st Century Vol. 1, 1997 (Potchefstroom: IRS.) , pp 189-204

Alan Cameron. 1998. Dooyeweerd’s jurisprudential method: legal causality as a case study. ALTA 1998 Conference Proceedings vol 2: 595-634.

Alan Cameron. 1998. Dooyeweerd on law and morality: legal ethics – a test case. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review 28 (1): 263-281.

Alan Cameron. 2000. ‘Implications of Dooyeweer’s encyclopedia of legal science’. In Strauss and Botting (ed.)

Alan Cameron.2000. Between norm and fact: the jurisprudence of Herman Dooyeweerd [unpub article].

Alan Cameron.2004. The Encyclopedia of the Science of Law: a provisional assessment of the Legal Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd.

Charles Cameron. 1991. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd’. In J. D. Douglas (ed.) From The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge Baker: Grand Rapids.

Jonathan Chaplin.1995. ‘Dooyeweerd’s Notion of Societal Structural Principles’. Philosophia Reformata60:16-36

Jonathan Chaplin. 2006. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd’. In New Dictionary Of Christian Apologetics (ed.) Campbell Campbell-Jack et al. Leicester: IVP.

Yong-Joon Choi. 2006. Dialogue and Antithesis: A Philosophical Study on the Significance of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Transcendental CritiqueCalifornia: Hermit Kingdom Press.
Gordon Clark. 19656. ‘Cosmic time’. Gordon Review (Feb): 94-96.

Roy Clouser. 1972. ‘Transcendental critique, ontological reduction, and religious belief in the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd.’ PhD Dissertation. University of Pennsylvania.

Roy Clouser. 1996. ‘A Sketch of Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy of Science’. In Facets of Faith and Science, Ed. J. Van der Meer. (Lanham: University Press of America, 1996), vol. 2: 81-98.

Roy Clouser. 1995. ‘The Uniqueness of Dooyeweerd’s Program for Philosophy and Science: Whence the Difference?’ In Christian Philosophy at the Close of the 20th Century, Ed. Griffoen & Balk (Netherlands: Kampen, Kok, 1995): 113-125.

Gordon H Clark. 1999. The Toronto school. Trinity Review (August)

A. L. Conradie. 1960. The Neo-Calvinist Concept of Philosophy. University Press: Natal, South Africa

Antoni Diller. 1975. The Christian philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd: Some observations on his transcendental critique of theoretical thought. Departemnt of Theology, University of Birmingham.

Antoni Diller. 1990. Herman Dooyeweerd – a profile of his thoughtSpectrum 22(2): 139-154.

 J. Douma. no date. Another Look at Dooyeweerd: Some Critical Notes Regarding the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea. Winnipeg: Premier Publishing.

W. F. De Gaay Fortman et al. (eds) 1965. Philosophy and Christianity: Philosophical Essays Dedicated to Professor Dr Herman Dooyeweerd. North-Holland: Amsterdam.

Jan Dengerink. 1965. ‘Hauriou and Dooyeweerd’. In De Gaay Fortman (ed.)

J. J. Duyvene de Wit. 1965. ‘The impact of Herman Dooyeweerd’s christian philosophy upon present daybiological thought’. In De Gaay Fortman (ed.)

John Frame. 1972. The Amsterdam Philosophy: A Preliminary Critique. Phillipsburg, NJ.
David H Freeman. 1958. ‘A new school of Christian philosophy’ Journal of Religion 38 (1958): 46-53

David H. Freeman. 1962. ‘The neo-Augustinianism of Hemran Dooyeweerd’ Recent Studies in Philosophy and Theology. Presbyterian & Reformed: Philadelphia. Pp 33-63.

David H. Freeman. 1962. ‘Some critical comparisons’ [Martain, Gilson, Dooyeweerd and Tillich]. Recent Studies in Philosophy and Theology. Presbyterian & Reformed: Philadelphia. Pp 90-111.

J. Glenn Friesen’s The mystical Dooyeweerd. Ars Disputandi part I and part II

J. Glenn Friesen Dooyeweerd and Bader: A response to D F M Strauss

J. Glenn Friesen’s translation of Dooyeweerd’s ‘De Kentheoretische Gegenstandsrelatie en de Logische Subject-Objectrelatie‘ Philosophia Reformata

J. Glenn Friesen.2005. ‘Individuality Structures and Enkapsis: Individuation from totality in Dooyeweerd and German Idealism’.

J. Glenn Friesen. 2005. Dooyeweerd, Spann and the Philosophy of Totality‘ Philosophia Reformata 70: 2-22

J. Glenn Friesen. 2005. Dooyeweerd versus Vollenhoven: The Religious Dialectic within Reformational Philosophy Philosophia Reformata 70: 102–132)

J. Glenn Friesen. 2006. ‘Kuyper, Dooyeweerd and the Quest for an Ecumenical Orthodoxy’ Lecture at Redeemer University College, Ancaster Ontario, November 15, 2005.

J. Glenn Friesen. 2006. Why did Dooyeweerd want to pull out his hair?.

J. Glenn Friesen. 2006. ‘The religious dialectic revisited part 1.’

J. Glenn Friessen 2006. Dooyeweerd versus Strauss: Objections to immanence philosophy within reformational thought

J. Glenn Friesen. 2006. Imagination, Image of God and Wisdom of God: Theosophical Themes in Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy

J. Glenn Friesen. 2006. ‘Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy of Aesthetics: A Response to Zuidervaart’s Critique’.

J. Glenn Friesen (ed.). 2007. ‘The Romantic Poetry of Herman Dooyeweerd Flores Mystic HD 1912-13’.

J. Glenn Friessen. 2009. 95 Theses on Herman Dooyeweerd Philosophia Reformata 74(1): 78-104.

J. Glenn Friessen. 2015. Neo-Calvinism and Christian Theosophy: Franz Baader, Abraham Kuyper, Herman Dooyeweerd. Calgary, ON.: Aevum Books. Interview with Friesen: part 1 and part 2

J. Glenn Friessen 2016. Dooyeweerd’s Idea of Modalities: The Pivotal 1922 Article Philosophia Reformata, 81 (2):113-155.

Gerit Glass. 2002. Churchland, Kandel and Dooyeweerd on the Reducibility of Mind States. Philosophia Reformata 67: 148-172

Henry R. Van Til. 1955. ‘Anniversary : The First 25 Years of Prof. Herman Dooyeweerd’ Torch and Trumpet4.6 (Feb/March 1955): 6–8.

Sander Griffoen and Bert M Balk (eds). 1995. Christian Philosophy at the Close of the Twentieth Century: Assessment and Perspective . Kampden: Kok.

Chris van Haeften 2018. Dooyeweerd’s ‘Dilemma’ Revisited

Hart, H. 1977. Herman Dooyeweerd 1894-1977. Link

Hendrik Hart. 1985. ‘Dooyeweed’s Gegenstand theory of theory’. In McIntire (ed.)

Hendrik Hart. 2000. ‘Notes on Dooyeweerd, reason and order’. In Strauss and Botting (ed.)

H. Hart, J. van der Hoeven and N Wolterstorff. 1983. Rationality in the Calvinian Tradition. University Press of America: Lanham.

Andrew Hartley. 2004. The Philosophy of the Law Idea and the Role of the Prescientific in Statistical InferenceJournal of the ACMS (December)

R D Henderson. 1994. Illuminating Law: The Construction of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy. Free University: Amsterdam.


Irving Hexham. 1984. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd’. In Evangelical Dictionary of Theology: 330-331.

Arthur F. Holmes. 1964. ‘Dooyeweerd: some questions and an alternative’. Reformed Journal 14 (Jan): 11-14.

Arthur F. Holmes. 1963. ‘Dooyeweerd: his philosophic method’ Reformed Journal 13 (Nov): 14-16.

Arthur Holmes. 1971. Christian philosophy of science: unfinished businessJournal of the American Scientific Association 23 (March): 4-6.

Arthur Holmes. 1974 edn. Christian philosophy. Encyclopaedia Britanica Vol 4: 555-556.

Ronald Jaeger. 1964. ‘Dooyeweerd and the irony of rationalism’ The Reformed Journal (Sept): 9-13; (Oct): 16-21.

Dirk W. Jellma.1954. ‘The philosophy of Vollenhoven and Dooyeweerd’ Calvin Forum 19 (Apr): 169-172; (May):192-194.

Rob Joustra. 2004. Progress and Differentiation: A Critical Exposition on the Philosophy of History of Herman Dooyeweerd and Christopher Dawson

Earl William Kennedy. 1973. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd on history: an attempt to understand him’ Fides et Historia 6: 1-21.

Jacob Klapwijk. 1980. The struggle for a Christian philosophy: another look at Dooyeweerd. Reformed Journal 30 (Feb): 12-15; (Mar): 20-24.

Jacob Klapwijk. 1980. Dooyeweerd’s Christian philosophy: antithesis and critique. Reformed Journal 30 (3): 20-24.

Robert D. Knudsen. 1954. The idea of Christian scientific endeavor in the thought of Herman Dooyeweerd.Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 6 (2): 8-12.

Robert D. Knudsen. 1962. ‘Dooyewerd’s philosophic method’. Lecture delivered at the annual philosophy conference, Wheaton College. (mimeo)

Robert D. Knudsen. 1979. Dooyeweerd’s doctrine of science. Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation31 (September): 209-212.

Robert D. Knusden.1986. The transcendental perspective of Westminster’s apologetic. Westminster Theological Journal. 48 (2): 223-239.

Robert D. Knudsen. 2000. ‘The religious foundation of Dooyeweerd’s transcendental method’. In Strauss and Botting (ed.)

Richard Kroner. 1954-5 A new critique of theoretical thought. Review of Metaphysics 8 (3) 321-4.

David T. Koyzis Dooyeweerd Revised

John Kraay. 1979-80. ‘Successive conceptions in the development of the Christian philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd’ Philosophia Reformata 44: 137-49; 45: 1-46.

T. H. Leith.1972. Notes on the presdisposition of scientific thought and practiceJournal of the American Scientific Affiliation 24 (June): 51-57.

Rosanne Lopers ‘Philosopher Dooyeweerd dies at 83Calvin College Chimes

J. J. Louet Feisser. 1965. ‘Kant without end? The critique of Kant in the work of Dooyeweerd in De Gaay Fortman et al. (eds) 1965

Paul Marshall. 1985. ‘Dooyeweerd’s empirical theory of rights.’ In McIntire (ed.)

C. T. McIntire. 1985a. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd in North America’. In Reformed Theology in America, D F Wells (ed). Eerdmans: Grand Rapids.

C. T. McIntire (ed.). 1985b. The Legacy of Herman Dooyeweerd: Reflections on Critical Philosophy in the Christian Tradition. University Press of America: Toronto.

C. T. McIntire. 1985c. ‘Dooyeweerd’s philosophy of history’. In McIntire (ed.).

Robert MacLarkey. 1991. ‘Reformational social philosophy and sociological theory’. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 43: 96-102 [response by Heddendorf ].

Hugo Meynell. 2003. The philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd: a transcendental Thomist appraisal. Faith and Philosophy 20: 265-87.

Ronald Nash. 1962. Dooyeweerd and the Amsterdam Philosophy. Eerdmans: Grand Rapids.

James H. Olthuis.1985. ‘Dooyeweerd on religion and Faith’. In McIntire (ed.).

James H. Olthuis. 2006. Spiritual convergence and philosophical differences. Redeemer conference.

C. Orlebeke. 1954. What is calvinistic philosophy? Calvin Forum 19: 139-140.

Paul Otto. 2005. ‘In the twilight of Dooyeweerd’s corpus’Philosophia Reformata 70 (1)

W J Ouweneel. 1993. ‘Supratemporality in the Transcendental Anthropology of Herman Dooyeweerd’Philosophia Reformata 58: 210-220.

Jim Payton and Rob Joustra ‘The vindication of tradition: a response‘ 24 (Sept): 11-17.

Theo Plantinga. 2009. Understanding Dooyeweed better than he understood himselfPhilosophia Reformata 74:

Jack Roeda. 1969. ‘Structure and revolution: Herman Dooyeweerd and Helmut Thielicke’. Stromata 15 (Oct): 3-7.

Mark Roques. Crocodiles and Christian philosophy.

Richard Russell. 1991. In defence of Dooyeweerd and of Christian philosophySpectrum 23 (2): 147-159.

Calvin Seerveld. 1965. ‘Dooyeweerd’s contribution to the historiography of philosophy’ in De Gaay Fortman (ed.)

Calvin Seerveld.1996. Dooyeweerd’s idea of “historical development”: Christian respect for cultural diversity. Westminster Theological Journal 58(1): 41-61

Calvin Seerveld. 1985. ‘Dooyeweed’s legacy for aesthetics: modal law theory’. In McIntire (ed.)

Norman Shepherd. 1971. The doctrine of Scripture in the Dooyeweerdian philosophy. Outlook 21 (Feb): 18-21; (March): 20-23.

James W. Skillen. 1973. The development of Calvinistic political theory in the Netherlands: with Special reference to the thought of Herman Dooyeweerd. PhD Dissertation. Duke University.

James Skillen. 1979. Herman Dooyeweerd’s contribution to the philosophy of social scienceJournal of the American Scientific Affiliation 31: 20-24.

Henry J. Stob. 1977. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd’. Reformed Journal 27 (Apr): 2-3.

Pete Steen. 1961. The supra-temporal self-hood in the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Master’s Dissertation. Westminster Theological Seminary.

Pete Steen. 1983. The Structure Of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Thought. Wedge: Toronto.

D. F. M. Strauss. 1983. Dooyeweerd and Modern Mathematics Reformational Forum no .2 pp.5-17.

D.F.M. Strauss. 1995. The Significance of Dooyeweerd’s Philosophy for the Modern Natural Sciences. In: S. Griffioen & M. Balk (eds)

D.F M Strauss. 2004. Intellectual Influences upon the Reformational Philosophy of DooyeweerdPhilosophia Reformata 69: 151-181.

D.F.M. Strauss. 2006. Appropriating the legacy of Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven.(Paper presented at the symposium ‘Dooyeweerd or Vollenhoven: Does It Make a Difference?’, Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, April 7, 2006).

D.F.M. Strauss. 2006. The Best Known but least Understood part of Dooyeweerd’s PhilosophyJournal of Christian Scholarship 42 (1 & 2):61-80).

D.F.M. Strauss 2009. Derrida, Dooyeweerd and Habermas on Justice, legal validity and the force of law.

D.F.M. Strauss 2011. Bernays Dooyeweerd and Godel.

D. F. M. Strauss 2014. A new conception of the state in the legal and political philosophy of Dooyeweerd

D. F. M. Strauss 2014. Dooyeweerd’s legal and political philosophy A response to the challenge of historicism.

D.F.M. Strauss 2014. Genesis of a new conception of the state in the political philosophy of Dooyeweerd.

D.F. M. Strauss 2015. Dooyeweerd’s philosophy entails no support for Apartheid whatsoever.

D.F. M. Strauss 2015. Theology and Philosophy – Milbank and Dooyeweerd.

D. F. M. Strauss and Michelle Botting (eds). 2000. Contemporary Reflections on the Philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. Edward Mellen: Lewiston.

Chris van Haeften 2020. The Inner Man

Dale K. Van Kley. 1975. ‘Dooyeweerd as historian’. In G. Marsden and F. Roberts (ed.) A Christian View of History? Eerdmans: Grand Rapids.

Cornelius Van Til. 1953. Review of A New Critique of Theoretical Thought, Vol. I. Westminster Theological Journal 16: 180–83.

Cornelius Van Til.1977. Herman Dooyeweerd (a personal tribute). Westminster Theological Journal. 39 (2): 319-27

Cornelius Van Til. 1971. ‘Response’ to H. Dooyeweerd ‘Cornelius Van Til the transcendental critique of theoretical thought’ In E Gehan (ed.) In E R. Goheen (ed.) Jerusalem and Athens: Critical Discussions on the Philosophy and Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til. Presbyterian & Reformed: Nutley, NJ.

Cornelius Van Til. 1971. Richard Korner on Herman Dooyeweerd. In Truth and Reality: Philosophical Perspectives on reality Dedicated to Professor H. G. Stoker. De Jong’s Bookshop: Braamfontein, South Africa.

Nick Van Til. 1973. ‘Dooyeweerd’s “history” and the historian‘. Pro Rege 2 (Dec): 7-15.
C A Van Peursen. 1965. Does ‘meaning’ make sense? Some remarks on the ‘antithesis’ in the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd. In De Gaay Fortman et al (ed.)

M.E. Verburg. 2015. Herman Dooyeweerd: The Life and Work of a Christian Philosopher. (Translated and edited by H.D. Morton and H. Van Dyke.) Jordan Station, ON: Paideia Press.

Brian J Walsh and Jon Chaplin.1983. ‘Dooyeweerd’s contribution to a Christian philosophical paradigm’.Crux 19 (1): 8-22.

Nicholas Wolterstorff ‘Dooyeweerd: an appreciation’ unpublished (written in the mid-1960s and presented to a Calvin Faculty Forum)

Al Wolters. 1983. ‘Dutch neo-calvinism: worldview, philosophy and rationality’. In Hart et al. (1983)

Al Wolters. 1985. ‘The intellectual milieu of Herman Dooyeweerd’. In McIntire (ed.) (1985).

Colin Wright. 1999. ‘Dooyeweerd made easy (well … easier)’Christianity and Society IX (1): 21-27.

Colin Wright 1999. Any questions: Dooyeweerd made easier. Christianity & Society

William Young. 1966. ‘Herman Dooyeweerd. In P. E. Hughes (ed.) Creative Minds in Contemporary Theology. Eerdmans, Grand Rapids : 270-306.

William Young. ‘The nature of man in the Amsterdam philosophy’ Westminster Theological Journal 22: 1-12.

William Young. 1952. Toward a reformed philosophy: the development of a Protestant philosophy in Dutch Calvinistic thought since the time of Abraham Kuyper Grand Rapids: Piet Hein.

Lambert Zuidervaart 2004. The great turning point: religion and rationality in Dooyeweerd’s transcendental critiqueFaith and Philosophy 21 (1) : 65-89.

Lambert Zuidervaart. 2006. Reformational philosophy after Dooyeweerd and Vollenhoven. (paper presented at the symposium ‘Dooyeweerd or Vollenhoven: Does It Make a Difference?’, Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario, April 7, 2006).

Uko Zylstra. 1981. ‘Dooyeweerd’s concept of classification in biology’. In Life is Religion: Essays in Honor of H. Evan Runner. Paideia: St Catherine’s.

Study guides to Dooyeweerd’s work
Steve Bishop In the Twilight of Western Thought
Steve Bishop Roots of Western Culture – under construction
Steve Bishop Christian Theory of Society Institutions
Steve Bishop Christian Idea of the State — under construction
Paul Robinson New Critique of Theoretical Thought – under construction
Steve Bishop Roots of Western Culture – under construction

Rudi Hayward’s YouTube videos on Dooyeweerd’s Roots of Western Culture

Richard Gunton’s YouTube videos  on Dooyeweerd’s Secularization of Science 

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