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Johan Snel Abraham Kuyper, A Life in Journalism An Alternative Biography

We know Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) as the founder of the ARP and Member of Parliament and, of course, as the founder of VU Amsterdam and the Reformed Churches. He also wrote more than 200 books and, as a journalist, almost 30,000 articles. Nationally and internationally, he played a leading role in the development of journalism as an independent profession. In this alternative biography, Johan Snel takes readers back to that time, bringing this forgotten side of Abraham Kuyper back into the spotlight.

Available at Boom Geschiedenis

Marjan Groot Women in Design in The Netherlands 1880-1940

Women in Design in the Netherlands 1880-1940 provides an overview of the activities of mostly forgotten female designers. Personal documents show the idealism of women who chose an artisan craft. The book concludes with an extensive biographical lexicon, almost a hundred pages of short biographies and various appendices, including exhibition overviews.

Available at NAi Boekverkopers

Edwin Koster en Ivo van Hilvoorde (eds.) HOMO MOVENS Philosophy and science of sport and movement

Homo Movens: the moving human. What is sport and how can you differentiate it from other activities? When do the rules of the game conflict with societal norms and ethical principles? What does ‘movement’ mean when we talk about physical education? What are you actually doing when you conduct scientific research into sport and movement? And what characterises the field of human movement sciences as a discipline? This book shows that philosophy and science can tell us a great deal about sport and movement.

Available at VU University Press

Lorella Viola The Humanities in the Digital: Beyond Critical Digital Humanities

In light of the complete digitalisation of society, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, this open access book argues that our current model for knowledge production is inadequate due to the extreme complexity of the digital world.

This open access book can be read at Springer Link

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto en Cory Brock (eds.) T&T Clark Handbook of NEO-CALVINISM

This handbook from the Bloomsbury Collections is a genealogical introduction to the vibrant and modern branch of the reformed tradition. The contributions, including one from university historian Ab Flipse, reflect its global reach. The four chapters map out the theological roots, key original figures, historical contours, and the contemporary influence of neo-Calvinism in a variety of fields.

Available at bol.com

Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller and Angela Roothaan (eds.) Well-Being in African Philosophy Insights for a Global Ethics of Development

This collection, building on the work of African independence philosophers as well as oral traditions from a critical development studies perspective, offers fresh views on well-being, development, and morality, thus contributing to global ethics from an African vantage point.

Available at Rowman & Littlefield