Herman Dooyeweerd

A digital bibliography of Herman Dooyeweerd
Compiled using Dr. Harry Van Dyke's bibliography and digital resources prepared by Dr. Steve Bishop

Resources in English

1947

1947d
“Introduction to a Transcendental Criticism [sic] of Philosophic Thought.”

Translation of a lecture delivered to French students in Amsterdam under the title “Introduction à une critique transcendentale de la pensée philosophique.”
The Evangelical Quarterly 19 (1947): 42–51.

1948

1948e
Transcendental Problems of Philosophic Thought: An Inquiry into the Transcendental Conditions of Philosophy. Pp. ix, 80.

Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1948.

1951

1951a
“The contest about the concept of sovereignty in modern jurisprudence and political science.”

Free University Quarterly 1 (1951): 85–106.
Translation of 1950f.
Translation (Spanish), see 2014a.

1953

1953e
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. I: The Necessary Presuppositions of Philosophy.

Translated by Dr. David H. Freeman and William S. Young. Pp. xxxix, 566.
Amsterdam: H. J. Paris, and Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1953.
Translation (with the author’s revisions) of 1935d.
Reprints: 1969b and 1984b.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd. Series A, Volume 1 (1997).

1954

1954o
The Secularization of Science.

Translated by Robert Knudsen.
Christian Studies Center, 1954.
Translation of 1954f.
Reprint: 1966e and 2020d.

1955

1955a
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. II: The General Theory of the Modal Spheres.

Translated by David H. Freeman and H. de Jongste. Pp. xxxix, 598.
Amsterdam: H. J. Paris, and Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1955.
Reprint: 1984c.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd. Series A, Volume 2 (1997).

1957

1957b
“Del Vecchio's Idealistic Philosophy of Law Viewed in the Light of a Transcendental Critique of Philosophical Thought.”

Review article of Giorgio del Vecchio, Lehrbuch der Rechtsphilosophie, 2nd ed. (Basel, 1951).
Philosophia Reformata 22 (1957): 1–20, 101–24.

1957d
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. III: The Structures of Individuality of Temporal Reality.

Translated by David H. Freeman and H. de Jongste. Pp. xxxiii, 784.
Amsterdam: H. J. Paris, and Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1957.
Reprint: 1984d.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, Series A, Volume 3 (1997).
Reprint of Vol. III, pp. 411–51 in Political Philosophy. Ed. by Daniël Strauss. The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, Series D, Volume 1 (2004), pp. 75–103.

1958

1958i
“The criteria of progressive and reactionary tendencies in history.”

In Verslag van de plechtige viering van het 150-jarig bestaan der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen met de teksten der bij die gelegenheid gehouden redevoeringen en voordrachten, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, 6–9 May 1958, pages 213–28.
Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandse Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1958.
NOTE: The Dooyeweerd Archief contains offprints in each language.

Published simultaneously in Dutch, French and English.
For the Dutch version, see 1958d.
For the French version, see 1958j.

1959

1959d
“Creation and Evolution.”

Review of J. Lever, Creatie en evolutie (Wageningen, 1956).
Translation of: 1959b.

1959e
"The Christian Concept of Nature."

Paper read at a meeting of the International Association of Reformed Faith and Action, held at the Free University of Amsterdam, July 21, 1959. Typescript, with glosses in the author’s handwriting.

1960

1960a
In the Twilight of Western Thought: Studies in the Pretended Autonomy of Philosophical Thought.

Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company. Pp. xviii, 195.
An errata sheet was distributed with this edition identifying a number of typographical mistakes.
Second edition: 1965b.
Third edition incorporated into the Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd: 1999a.
Translation (Japanese), see 1970b.
Translation (Korean), see 1994c.
Translation (French), see 2018b.
Translation (Portuguese), see 2019a.
Translation (Spanish), see 2021b.

1960e
“What is man?”

International Reformed Bulletin, no. 6 (1960): 4–16.
NOTE: Billed as “an improved translation” of the last chapter of In the Twilight of Western Thought.

1960f
“Christianity, humanism and the European future.”

Delta; a review of arts, life and thought in the Netherlands 3.4 (1960/61): 39–41.

1965

1965b
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1965. Pp. xviii, 195.
The second edition of 1960a.
This book took into account the errors identified in the first edition including a misplaced paragraph.
Reprints: 1968c, 1972b, 1975c, 1980a.
For translations, see 1960a.

1966

1966e
“The Secularization of Science.”

Translated by Robert D. Knudsen.
International Reformed Bulletin  9 (1966): 2-18.
Translation of 1954f.
See also 1954o.
Reprint: 2020d.

1968

1968a
The Analogical Concepts.

Trans. by Robert D. Knudsen.
Typescript, 1968. Pp. 21.
Translation of 1954i.
Reprint: 2020c.

1968b
The Christian Idea of the State.

Translated by John Kraay.
Nutley, NJ: Craig, 1968. Pp. xiv, 51.
Translation of 1936e.
Reprint: 1975b.
Translation (Spanish), see 2014a.

1968c
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1968. Pp. xviii, 195.
Second edition of 1960a.
Reprint of 1965b.
Further reprints: 1972b, 1975c, 1980a.
For translations, see 1960a.

1969

1969b
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. I: The Necessary Presuppositions of Philosophy.

Translated by Dr. David H. Freeman and William S. Young.
Philadelphia: The Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1953.
Translation (with the author’s revisions) of 1935d.
Reprint of 1953e.
Reprint: 1984b.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd. Series A, Volume 1 (1997).

1971

1971b
“Cornelius van Til and the Transcendental Critique of Theoretical Thought.”

In E. R. Geehan, ed., Jerusalem and Athens: Critical Discussions on the Theology and Apologetics of Cornelius Van Til (Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1971). Pp. 74–89.

1971c
"Sociology and Law and its Philosophical Foundations."

In Truth and Reality: Philosophical Perspectives on Reality = Waarheid en werklikheid: Wysgerige perspektiewe op die werklikheid (dedicated to Professor Dr. H.G. Stoker in celebration of his 70th birthday).
Braamfontein, 1971.

1972

1972b
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1972. Pp. xviii, 195.
Second edition of 1960a.
Reprint of 1965b.
Further reprints: 1975c, 1980a.
For translations, see 1960a.

1973

1973a
“Introduction by the Editor-in-Chief.”

In The Idea of Christian Philosophy: Essays in Honour of D. H. Th. Vollenhoven. Special issue of Philosophia Reformata 38 (1973). Ibid., 1–16.

1975

1975b
The Christian Idea of the State.

Translated by John Kraay.
Nutley, NJ: Craig, 1975.
Translation of 1936e.
Reprint of 1968b.

1975c
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1975. Pp. xviii, 195.
Second edition of 1960a.
Reprint of 1965b.
Further reprint: 1980a.
For translations, see 1960a.

1976

1976a
“The Epistemological Gegenstand-Relation and the Logical Subject-Object Relation.”

Review article of D. F. M. Strauss, Begrip en Idee. Diss. Free University. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1973.
Philosophia Reformata 1 (1976): 1–8.
English summary of 1975a.

1979

1979a
Roots of Western Culture: Pagan, Secular, and Christian Options.

Translated by John Kraay. Edited by Mark Vander Vennen and Bernard Zylstra.
Toronto: Wedge Publishing Foundation, 1979.
Translation (Korean), see 1994b.
Translation (Portuguese), see 2015a.
Translation (Spanish), see 1998a and 2024c.

1979b
"The Problem of the Relationship of Nature and Grace in the Calvinistic law-idea."

Anakainosis 1:4 (1979): 13-15.

1979c
"God’s Revelation in Creation Ordinances."

Anakainosis 2:1 (1979): 13-15.
An extract from the second chapter of Roots of Western Culture (see 1979a).

1980

1980a
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Nutley, NJ: Craig Press, 1980. Pp. xviii, 195.
Second edition of 1960a.
Reprint of 1965b.
For translations, see 1960a.

1982

1982a
"Dooyeweerd Commemorates Kuyper (1937)."

Anakainosis 5:1 (1982): 9-13.
Exerpts from Dooyeweerd's 1937 speech on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Kuyper.

1983

1983a
“The limits to state interference in the world of enterprise (as seen from a Biblical perspective).”

Address to Patrimonium, local Amsterdam, 17 April 1931.
Translated by Magnus Verbrugge.
Journal of Christian Reconstruction 10.1 (1983): 115–27.

1984

1984a
"Augustine on 'Substance'."

Anakainosis 6:4 (1984): 12-15.
An excerpt from the third part of "De idee der individualiteits-structuur en het Thomistisch substantiebegrip" (see 1943a).

1984b
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. I: The Necessary Presuppositions of Philosophy.

Translated by Dr. David H. Freeman and William S. Young.
Jordan Station, ON: Paideia, 1984.
Reprint of 1953e.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd. Series A, Volume 1 (1997).

1984c
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. II: The General Theory of the Modal Spheres.

Translated by David H. Freeman and H. de Jongste.
Jordan Station, ON: Paideia, 1984.
Reprint of 1955a.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd. Series A, Volume 2 (1997).

1984d
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought. Vol. III: The Structures of Individuality of Temporal Reality.

Translated by David H. Freeman and H. de Jongste.
Jordan Station, ON: Paideia, 1984.
Reprint of 1957d.
Republished in The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, Series A, Volume 3 (1997).
Reprint of Vol. III, pp. 411–51 in Political Philosophy. Ed. by Daniël Strauss. The Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd, Series D, Volume 1 (2004), pp. 75–103.

1986

1986a
A Christian Theory of Social Institutions

Translation of 1962c.

1999

1999a
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd (Series B, Volume 4).
Edited by James K. A. Smith.
Under the general editorship of D. F. M. Strauss.
Edwin Mellen Press, 1999.
The third edition of 1960a.
For the second edition, see 1965b.
The third edition did not take into account the errors found in the first edition.
Reprint: 2012d.
For translations, see 1960a.

2005

2005a
"The Dilemma for Christian Philosophical Thought and the Critical Character of the Wijsbegeerte der Wetsidee."

Translated by C. van Haeften.
Translation of 1936b.

2007

2007a
"Center and Periphery: The Philosophy of the Law-Idea in a changing world"

Philosophia Reformata 72 (2007): 1-19.
Translated by Dr. J. Glenn Friesen.
Translation of 1964a.

2012

2012d
In the Twilight of Western Thought.

Collected Works of Herman Dooyeweerd (Series B, Volume 4).
Edited by James K. A. Smith.
Under the general editorship of D. F. M. Strauss.
Paideia Press, 2012.
Reprint of the third edition (1999a).
For the second edition, see 1965b.
For the first edition, see 1960a.
For translations, see 1960a.

2013

2013a
"The Essence of Christianity."

Translated by Harry Van Dyke.
Translation of 1942i.

2013b
"Kuyper’s Philosophy of Science."

In Steve Bishop and John Kok (ed.), On Kuyper: A Collection of Readings on the Life, Work & Legacy of Abraham Kuyper (Sioux Center: Dordt Press, 2013), pp. 153-77.
Translated by D. F. M. Strauss; edited by John H. Kok.
Translation of 1939a.

2018

2018a
"The Dilemma for Christian Philosophical Thought and the Critical Character of the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea."

Philosophia Reformata 83:2 (2018), 267-78.
Translation of 1936b.

2020

2020a
"The Theory of Analogy in Thomistic Philosophy and in the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea."

Philosophia Reformata 85:1 (2020), 91–107.
Translation of 1942b.

2020b
"The Four Basic Religious Themes in the Development of Philosophical Thinking in the West: A Contribution to the Determination of the Relation between Theoretical and Religious Dialectic."

Philosophia Reformata 86:1 (2020), 112–29.
Translation of 1941e.

2020c
The Analogical Concepts.

Paideia Monographs.
Translated by Robert D. Knudsen.
Jordan Station, ON: Paideia Press, 2020.
Translation of 1954i.
Reprint of 1968a.

2020d
The Secularization of Science.

Paideia Monographs.
Translated by Robert D. Knudsen.
Jordan Station, ON: Paideia Press, 2020.
Translation of 1954f.
Reprint of 1954o / 1966e.

2021

2021a
"Report from the Dr Abraham Kuyper Foundation regarding Compulsory Vaccination."

Translated by Ruben Alvarado.
Translation of 1924a.

2022

2022a
"The Significance of the Philosophy of the Law Idea for the Theory of Human Society."

Philosophia Reformata 87:1 (2022), 108–21.
Translation of 1937d.

2023

2023a
"Nontheoretical Presuppositions in Science and Scholarship: Critique of an Uncritical Critique."

Philosophia Reformata 88:1 (2023), 86–92.
Translation of 1938h.

2023b
"Cultural Pessimism."

Translation of a radio address on Monday 25 April 1938 and as published in Mededeelingen 3(1) May 1938 pp.1-4.
Translation of 1938c.

2024

2024a
"The Transcendental Critique of Philosophical Thought and the Foundations of the Philosophical Community of Thought in the West."

Philosophia Reformata 89:1 (2024), 144–59.
Translation of 1941a.

2024b
"Freedom of Education and the Other Spheres of Life."

Translated by Steve Bishop and Harry Van Dyke.
Translation of 1939k.

Undated

f
"Sociology of Law and Its Philosophical Foundations."

A stenciled lecture.
Translated by Robert Knudsen.
Translation of 1964b.

g
“The Theory of Man in the Philosophy of the Law Idea.”

32 Theses.
Translation of 1942g.

h
A.R.J.A. [Antirevolutionaire Jongerenactie].

Translated by Harry van Dyke.
Column in De Standaard
Tues. 29 Nov. 1932.

i
"The Doctrine of Man according to the Philosophy of the Cosmonomic Idea."

Translation of: 1954j.

j
"Brunner’s view of law entailed in his work: 'The Divine Imperative'."

Translation of 1935c.

k
"An Old Debt to a Pariah."

Translated by J. Glenn Friesen.
Translation of 1916h.