Barend Johannes (Bennie) van der Walt was born on 12 April 1939 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
He studied Theology and Philosophy at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and the Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He holds a ThB in Theology and a doctor’s degree in Philosophy. From 1970 – 1974 he was senior lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Fort Hare; from 1975 to 1999 director of the Institute for Reformational Studies at the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education and since 1980 he was also professor in Philosophy at the same university. He retired in 2002.
He has written many articles and books, organised a number of national and international conferences, and lectured in different parts of the world. He was involved with IAPCHE from its inception in 1975 and served for different terms on its council up to 2000.
Koers 75(1) was a Festschrift for Bennie van der Walt.
His most recent book is:
Thomas Aquinas and the Neo-Thomist Tradition: A Christian Philosophical Assessment
Potchefstroom: ICCA, 2017.
ISBN: 978-1-86822-685-6
Available from the author: benniejvanderwalt<at>gmail.com
Reformational Studies: an annotated bibliography of B J van der Walt edited and compiled by Steve Bishop 1st edn Feb 2009.
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