![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am really not sure that I have much relationship to Dooyeweerd. Later he and his wife Anky were to become members of L' Abri Fellowship, leading its distinctive and influential work in the Netherlands. They waited years before getting engaged in the hope that she would return. At the time of the meeting with Schaeffer, Hans and Anky did not know of Riki Spetter's fate. Rookmaaker's questions had been sharpened by his agony over the fate of Jewish people, including his close friend. Both had been converted in isolation largely by reading through the Bible with philosophical questions in mind. The two men were shaped and enriched by each other's ideas and biblical understanding. ![]() A deep friendship was forged that, not surprisingly, began with a conversation, like so much in Francis Schaeffer's life. The range and depths of Hans Rookmaaker's brilliance can only now be gauged, with the publication of the six extensive volumes of his Complete Works, rangĀing from art criticism and theory, to learned philosophical aesthetics, to Bible study, to popular music and jazz. As Fran and Hans Rookmaaker paced the empty night streets, crossing the frequent canal bridges and eventually going to Hans's student lodging to continue their discussion, they found a meeting of minds, though much about them was different. ![]()
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