Courage in Politics: The Challenge for Christian Politicians

Authors

Egbert Schuurman

Publication Date

6-2016

Document Type

Feature Article

Abstract

Editor’s Note: This article was presented by Dr. Egbert Schuurman as the annual Groen van Prinsterer Lecture for 2011, sponsored by the ChristenUnie or Christian Union, a political party in the Netherlands. The lecture series is named after Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer (1801–1876), the father of modern Dutch Christian politics. Egbert Schuurman, P.Eng., Ph.D., was senator for the Christian Union in the Dutch parliament from 1983 through 2011.

This text was translated by Herbert Donald Morton and edited by Harry Van Dyke.

First Page

20

Last Page

32

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Recommended Citation

Schuurman, Egbert (2016) "Courage in Politics: The Challenge for Christian Politicians," Pro Rege: Vol. 44: No. 4, 20 - 32.
Available at: https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/pro_rege/vol44/iss4/4