Princeton Theological Seminary Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology=== The key aspect of the Abraham Kuyper Center for Public Theology is the Abraham Kuyper Collection of Dutch Reformed Protestantism in the library's Special Collections, which focuses on the theology and history of [[Dutch Reformed Protestantism]] since the nineteenth century and features a sizable assemblage of primary and secondary sources by and about [[Abraham Kuyper]]. The center maintains in partnership with the [[Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam]] an online [http://www.kuyperresearch.org/ database of secondary literature about Abraham Kuyper]. The center has also established an annual event organized to award the Abraham Kuyper Prize for Excellence in Reformed Theology and Public Life, during which the recipient delivers an address. The Abraham Kuyper Consultation, a series of further lectures, takes place on the following day. In 2017, there was a controversy surrounding the plan to award the Kuyper Prize to [[Tim Keller (pastor)|Tim Keller]], then Pastor of [[Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)|Redeemer Presbyterian Church]] in New York City. A group of students and faculty protested that Keller should not receive the award due to his non-affirming views regarding [[LGBT clergy in Christianity|LGBTQ]] and women clergy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/blog-post/does-teaching-submission-encourage-abuse|title=Does teaching submission encourage abuse?|work=The Christian Century|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043025/https://www.christiancentury.org/blog-post/does-teaching-submission-encourage-abuse|archive-date=2017-10-28|url-status=live}}</ref> President Barnes initially defended awarding Keller the prize before changing his position.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/princeton-seminary-cancels-award-tim-keller-not-his-lecture|title=Princeton Seminary cancels award to Tim Keller, but not his lecture|work=The Christian Century|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043037/https://www.christiancentury.org/article/princeton-seminary-cancels-award-tim-keller-not-his-lecture|archive-date=2017-10-28|url-status=live}}</ref> Keller withdrew himself from consideration for the prize and still delivered his lecture. While drawing support from some quarters, the decision to not award Keller the prize also drew criticism in the [[The Wall Street Journal|''Wall Street Journal'']]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-seminary-snubs-a-presbyterian-pastor-1490309996|title=A Seminary Snubs a Presbyterian Pastor|last=Thorp|first=Case|date=2017-03-23|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028043333/https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-seminary-snubs-a-presbyterian-pastor-1490309996|archive-date=2017-10-28|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[The Washington Post|''Washington Post'']].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/04/12/princeton-seminarians-were-outraged-over-tim-keller-heres-kellers-point-i-wanted-my-peers-to-hear/|title=Perspective {{!}} Princeton seminarians were outraged over Tim Keller. Here's Keller's point I wanted my peers to hear.|last=Service|first=Jeff Chu {{!}} Religion News|date=2017-04-12|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028093238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/04/12/princeton-seminarians-were-outraged-over-tim-keller-heres-kellers-point-i-wanted-my-peers-to-hear/|archive-date=2017-10-28|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page