Home›Sources›James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)SourcesJames D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)James D. BrattCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bratt-abraham-kuyper-modern-calvinist-christian-democrat.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bratt-abraham-kuyper-modern-calvinist-christian-democratCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-james-d-bratt-abraham-kuyper-modern-calv, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/bratt-abraham-kuyper-modern-calvinist-christian-democrat}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXJames D. Bratt's biography of Abraham Kuyper, published by Eerdmans in its Library of Religious Biography series, is the first full length English language life of Kuyper, tracing his work as a Reformed minister, journalist, political leader and educational founder, including his 1880 founding of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam as the institutional expression of the neo Calvinist theology Kuyper spent his career developing.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (8 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedJames D. BrattPublisherWell-attestedEerdmansPublication YearWell-attested2013Source TypeWell-attestedacademic biographyAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1An Eerdmans academic biography by James D. Bratt, a historian of American religion, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable university press religious biographies, used here for the founding's place in Kuyper's wider neo Calvinist program, corroborated by VU Amsterdam's own institutional history.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmsterdam, Cities Well-attested This source names Amsterdam directly: "founding of the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam as the institutional expression of the neo Calvinist theology Kuyper spent his career developing."Source James D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)James D. Bratttier 1Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.Spread Events, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested6SourcesJames D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)Holds1SourcesJames D. Bratt, Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat (Eerdmans, 2013)General References1Spread EventsAbraham Kuyper Founds the Free University of AmsterdamComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year