- H. Evan Runner
Howard Evan Runner, often referred to as H. Evan Runner, (
January 28 ,1916 inOxford, Pennsylvania –March 14 ,2002 ) was professor of philosophy atCalvin College ,Grand Rapids, Michigan , USA from 1951 until his retirement in 1981.He was a graduate of Wheaton College in
Wheaton, Illinois ,Westminster Theological Seminary inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania (where he was deeply influenced by the thought of ProfessorCornelius Van Til ), and The Free University ofAmsterdam ,The Netherlands . It was at the Free University that he was taught byHerman Dooyeweerd andD. H. Th. Vollenhoven , whose ideas relating to the construction of a whole new way of doing philosophy Christianly from a Biblical basis radically changed the direction of his life, and whose teachings he later brought to North America. Runner's dissertation applied D. H. Th. Vollenhoven's problem-historical method toAristotle 's "Physics". Runner had also studied atHarvard University , where he was a Junior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, and at theUniversity of Pennsylvania , where he engaged in intensive studies in Greek andPhilosophy .Early in his career at Calvin College he organised the
Groen van Prinsterer Society (known popularly as the 'Groen Club'), which brought him together with students specifically interested in discussing issues relating Christianity to culture, and the necessity Runner saw of Christian cultural organization. He was also greatly influential in the setting up of the Association for Reformed Scientific Studies (ARSS) in 1956 - which later became theAssociation for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship (AACS). The AACS eventually became theInstitute for Christian Studies (ICS). The ICS's first senior members were all students of Runner.Works
*"The Relation of the Bible to Learning" Reprint: Toronto: Wedge, 1974.
*"Scriptural Religion and Political Task" Reprint: Toronto: Wedge, 1974.
*'ARSS and its reorganization' "Calvinist Contact" 1962: 5-7
*'Dooyeweerd's Passing: An Appreciation' "The Banner" April 22, 1977: 20-23.
*'Interview with Dr. H. Evan Runner' by Harry Van Dyke andAlbert M. Wolters in "Hearing and Doing" pp.333-361
*"Vollenhoven's History of the Presocratic Philosophers" [http://www.freewebs.com/presocratics/]
*"Verbonds-geschiedenis (Promise and Deliverance) by S.G. De Graaf - Translated by H. Evan Runner and his wife Ellen.Festschrifts
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Bernard Zylstra , "Preface to Runner," In "The Relation of the Bible to Learning" (Paideia Press, 1982, 5th edn) [http://herunner.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/zysla-on-runner/ extract]
*John Kraay & Anthony Tol (eds), "Hearing and Doing: Philosophical Essays dedicated to H. Evan Runner" (Wedge, 1979)
*"Life Is Religion: Essays in Honor of H. Evan Runner" (Paedia Press, 1981)External links
*Al Wolters [http://wrf.ca/comment/article.cfm?ID=33 The importance of H. Evan Runner]
*Harry Van Dyke [http://wrf.ca/comment/article.cfm?ID=43 H. Evan Runner and the Groen Club]
*Theodore Plantinga [http://www.redeemer.on.ca/~tplant/m/MCB.HTM H. Evan Runner: Man of Passion, Man of Conviction]
* H. Evan Runner Blog [http://herunner.wordpress.com/ Lecture notes etc.]
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