The present study deals with the 'image of society' of Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920). Kuyper was a Dutch theologian, founder of the Free (Calvinistic) University, leader of the Antirevolutionary Party and editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper (De Standaard). In our study we try to find answers to the following questions: 1. What is the societal value-orientation of Kuyper and what valueorientation does he reject? 2. What is the meaning of this value-orientation for Kuyper's religious-political movement? (with reference to the Calvinistic section of the population). 3. What are the consequences of this value-orientation for the relation between the Dutch society as a whole and the Calvinistic section which is a part of it? The following diagram may serve as an illustration of this relation. ... Zie: Summar
