Berkouwer emphasizes that his
reinterpretation of election "has nothing to do with a devaluation of
divine sovereignty. It is not motivated by respect for the autonomy of
the free man" (A Half Century of Theology, p. 95). He sought to affirm
divine election while avoiding the dangers of determinism. Describing
the process by which he reached this position, he wrote, "in the Bible's
radical and open character, I found a way of speaking that is not
defined by some darksome eternal background, but by the way of history"
(A Half Century of Theology, p. 100; Divine Election, p. 71) - "I did
not have to posit indeterminism over against determinism" (A Half
Century of Theology, p. 101).
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