Ep 21: Two Kingdoms and Christian Cultural Activity

Summary – Two Kingdoms and Christian Cultural Activity

A discussion of a Reformed Two Kingdoms view, and the possibility of a distinctively Christian view of the believer’s cultural activity according to an orthodox Neo-Calvinism, in contrast with a Scholastic view. Key points from episodes 4 and 19 are summarized, and the Two Kingdoms view being addressed is described. The use of the term Scholasticism is explained against an objection. And a key difference between Neo-Calvinism and a Scholasticized view is variously illustrated.

Main Points of Discussion

*Usually we catch these things, but Gregory didn’t catch his mispronunciation of philological til later.

Additional Resources

• Episode 4: How Should Christians View Culture and What Are Some Mistaken Views?
• Episode 19: The Myth Of Religious Neutrality
• See David VanDrunen’s more scholarly book Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms (2009)
  and his more popular-level book Living in God’s Two Kingdoms (2010)
• “Five Versions Of Two Kingdoms and Foundations For Christian Cultural Activity” by Gregory Baus
• Info on Meredith G. Kline
  Especially see his book Kingdom Prologue (1993)
• Michael Beck’s book Covenant Lord and Cultic Boundary (2023)
• The Catholic Encyclopedia (1912) entry on “Scholasticism”
• See the first two chapters (93 pages) of Herman Dooyeweerd’s Reformation And Scholasticism In Philosophy, Volume 2 (1950) for historical background on the development of Neo-Calvinism and its criticism of Scholastic views.
• For example of a non-Christian’s view of limited civil governance from creational revelation, see Murray Rothbard’s For A New Liberty (1973)
  and Ethics Of Liberty (1982) audio