'Tegendraads gereformeerd' is een passende titel voor de biografie van de geliefde theoloog C. Graafland, inspirator van de gereformeerde gezindte. Prof. dr. C. Graafland werd in 1928 geboren in een piëtistisch-gereformeerd gezin. Na zijn predikantschap in Ameide en Tienhoven, Woerden, Veenendaal en Amsterdam, was hij van 1972-1993 bijzonder hoogleraar aan de Universiteit van Utrecht in de Gereformeerde Godgeleerdheid vanwege de Gereformeerde Bond. Hij groeide uit tot een spraakmakend en tegendraads theoloog. Hij was soms kritisch op de gereformeerde traditie. Toch is Graafland zijn leven lang overtuigd gereformeerd gebleven. Deze biografie toont zijn existentiële gerichtheid op het Woord.

Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676) on God, Freedom, and Contingency: An Early Modern Reformed Voice is the first study in English entirely devoted to the theology of Voetius, a leading figure of Reformed scholasticism. Andreas J. Beck examines Voetius's life and his concept of theology. Moreover, he provides a fresh and detailed analysis of Voetius's views on God, freedom, and contingency in the context of related early modern debates. Special attention is given to transconfessional relations and relevant backgrounds in patristic theology, medieval scholasticism, and the European Reformations. This study also advances our knowledge of scholarly practices in theological education at early modern Reformed universities in the Low Countries

his article takes up the production of ignorance in early modern academic information circulation by focusing on the question of how information changes from being present to being absent in the medium of the learned journal—in short, how knowledge becomes forgotten. To examine the processes behind this change, I have selected four exemplary late-seventeenth- to early-eighteenth-century scholars: Johannes Braun (1628–1708), Thomas Gale (1636–1702), Adriaan Reland (1676–1718), and Eusèbe Renaudot (1646–1720), and tracked their reception over the course of the eighteenth century, as indicated by patterns of references to them in learned journals. To this end, I chose four exemplary eighteenth-century learned journals, the [Nova] Acta Eruditorum, the Journal des Savants, the Maandelyke Uittreksels, of Boekzaal der geleerde waerelt, and the Philosophical Transactions, and searched digitally for all references to the four scholars between 1 January 1701 and 31 December 1800. Each journal page bearing at least one reference to one of these scholars is treated as a textual unit for the extraction of co-citation data. These co-citation data were then used as material for a diachronic network analysis of the reference patterns. The results show that the frequency of references made to all four scholars began to decline demonstrably in the middle of the eighteenth century and that by the last quarter they had become forgotten, that is, effectively “ignored.” These processes turn out to be context-sensitive and not determined by the quality of the contributions of those who became forgotten.

Adriaan Reland (1676-1718), Arabist, Cartographer, Antiquarian and Scholar of Comparative Religion covers the intellectual achievements of a remarkable man: Adriaan Reland, professor of Oriental languages (1701) and Hebrew Antiquities (1713) at the University of Utrecht from 1701 to 1718. Although he never travelled beyond the borders of his home country, he had an astonishingly broad worldview. The contributions in this volume illuminate Reland's many accomplishments and follow his scholarly trajectory as an Orientalist, a linguist, a cartographer, a poet, and a historian of comparative religions. Reland, although a devout Protestant, believed that religions should be examined objectively on their own terms with the help of reliable and authentic documents, which would dispel the prejudices of the past. Contributors: Lot Brouwer, Ulrich Groetsch,Toon van Hal, Jason Harris, Bart Jaski, Christian Lange, Richard van Leeuwen, Remke Kruk, Anna Pytlowany, Henk J. van Rinsum, Dirk Sacré, Arnoud Vrolijk, Tobias Winnerling and Jan Just Witkam.

This book examines the thinking of several Reformed theologians on theological issues that are, historically or by content, related to philosophy. Three Dutch authors from successive generations are considered in particular: Gisbertus Voetius (1589-1676), Petrus van Mastricht (1630-1706), and Anthonius Driessen (1684-1748). A diversity of issues in Christian doctrine is discussed. These include the relationship between theology and philosophy, creation, Divine providence, the human being, and Divine and natural law. By reconstructing the views of these three theologians, this book highlights similarities and differences within Reformed orthodoxy, both in doctrine and in relation to philosophy. The changes that thus become visible also suggest that biblical Christianity outlives the philosophical apparatus by whose assistence it is explained.

Net als andere bekende Hollandse bestuurs- en handelscentra was ook de stad Utrecht nauw betrokken bij de slavenhandel en slavernij. Maar hoe zag die verwikkeling - in de schaduw van steden als Amsterdam en Rotterdam - er eigenlijk uit? Hoe profiteerde Utrecht van de slavenhandel en de producten die uit slavenarbeid voortkwamen? Welke invloed had de bovenlaag van stedelijke bestuurders en investeerders op de levens van de vele tot slaaf gemaakten in Oost en West? En hoe zat het met de kerk? Waarom werd Utrecht een centrum van abolitionisme? Welke sporen van het koloniale verleden draagt de stad nu nog? En hoe gaan Utrechters vandaag de dag met de geschiedenis van slavernij om? In korte essays laten de schrijvers van Slavernij en de stad Utrecht vanuit steeds een ander perspectief hun licht schijnen op de Utrechtse betrokkenheid bij het mondiale slavernijverleden.

In zijn Utrechtse studentenjaren hield J.J.L. te Kate zich liever bezig met de letteren dan met zijn studie theologie. Hij richtte het satirische tijdschrift Braga op, waarin de contemporaine poëzie belachelijk werd gemaakt.