Contents

Foreword by Mark A. Noll

Introduction

Technical Notes and Acknowledgements

I. Foundations, 1837-77

1. Heritage and Youth

2. Education

3. The Young Pastor

4. The Young Politician

5. Brighton and Breakdown

II. Constructions, 1877-97

6. Organizer

7. Political Theorist

8. Church Reformer

9. Theologian of the Church

10. Theologian of Culture

11. Christian Democrat

12. Culture Critic

III. Shadows, 1898-1920

13. Kuyper in America

14. Life and Death at the End of the Nineteenth Century

15. The Peak of Power

16. The Peoples of God

17. The Dilemmas of Christian Democracy

18. The End of the World

Bibliography

Notes

Index