Personality and Worldview (Hardback) by J H Bavinck and James Eglinton

An examination of worldview, worldvision, and the soul by Dutch Reformed Theologian J. H. Bavinck, translated into English for the first time

Modern evangelicals differ on their concept of "worldview." Many have varying definitions of it and some even consider it to be a wholly unhelpful term in understanding the world around them. This volume by Johan Herman Bavinck examines the relationship between the soul, each human's unique personality, and worldview—acknowledging the importance of worldview while recognizing the dangers if worldviews are misapplied.

Personality and Worldview by J. H. Bavinck, nephew and student of Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck, creates a distinction between a worldvision (which all people have) and a worldview (which only few have in a mature and wise way). Profoundly influenced by the works of St. Augustine, Bavinck challenges readers to allow the gospel to reshape their worldviews and their personalities as they pursue godly wisdom.

Translated into English for the first time by James Eglinton, Bavinck's accessible prose, personal applications, and more will greatly serve pastors, students, and laypeople alike.

Foreword by Timothy Keller: Keller writes, "I could not be happier that Johan Herman Bavinck's Personality and Worldview has been made accessible to the English-speaking world. It is an important work, perhaps even what we call a 'game-changer.'"

Edited and Translated by James Eglinton: An expert scholar and author on the Dutch neo-Calvinist tradition
Introduction by the Editor: Provides an overview of the book and a brief introduction to Johan Herman Bavinck's life
For Readers Who Enjoy Herman Bavinck: Works as a follow-up text to Herman Bavinck's Christian Worldview

Title

Personality and Worldview
Author(s)

J H Bavinck and James Eglinton
ISBN

9781433584831
Format

Hardback
Publisher

Crossway
Audience

Adults
Pages

208
Published

18/04/2023

J H Bavinck

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James Eglinton

James Eglington was appointed to the Meldrum Lectureship in Reformed Theology in 2013, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2020. Prior to joining the School of Divinity, a postdoctoral research fellow, and then senior researcher in systematic and historical theology, at the Theologische Universiteit Kampen. He holds undergraduate degrees in law (LLB Hons, Aberdeen) and theology (BTh Dist., Glasgow). His PhD, on the Dutch dogmatician Herman Bavinck, was written at the University of Edinburgh under the supervision of Prof. David Fergusson.

To date, the bulk of Eglington's research and writing has focused on neo-Calvinism, a form of Reformed Christianity that developed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the Netherlands, and that has continued to evolve in a range of international contexts. His first monograph, Trinity and Organism, was published by Bloomsbury in 2012 (Chinese translation published: 2019). Eglington was co-editor of Neo-Calvinism and the French Revolution (Bloomsbury, 2014), editor and translator of Herman Bavinck on Preaching and Preachers (Hendrickson, 2017), and co-editor and co-translator of Christian Worldview (Crossway, 2019). His second monograph, Bavinck: A Critical Biography, was published by Baker Academic in 2020, and won that year's History and Biography Book of the Year Prize in The Gospel Coalition 2020 Book Awards. It was also a finalist in the 2021 ECPA Book Awards.

Eglington serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Reformed Theology, published by Brill.

He maintain a strong interest in public theology, both theoretical and practical, and has previously written for The Times, The Herald, The Scotsman, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Christianity Today, The Gospel Coalition, and Nederlands Dagblad, and has taken part in broadcasts on BBC Alba and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal.

Eglington speaks, reads and writes English, Scottish Gaelic, Dutch and French.

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