Includes bibliographical references and index.

Generation to generation : the forming of a theologian -- Bavinck's youth : a diamond in the rough -- The separatist enrolls at Leiden : the decision heard throughout Holland -- Franeker : Bavinck's only pastorate -- Professor in Kampen (1883/1892) : phase 1 -- One of Kuyper's confidants and Hanny's husband -- A tear in a laugh, Kampen (1892/1896) : phase 2 -- Bavinck and Kuyper : the medic and the general -- Dark chapter in the anti-revolutionary party's history : the Seinpost debacle -- The last years in Kampen (1896/1902) : phase 3 -- The Synod of Groningen : 1899 and its aftermath -- Saying good-bye to Kampen -- The first years in Amsterdam (1902/1914) -- First years in Amsterdam -- Bavinck the politician -- On broader terrain : did Bavinck change theologically later in life? -- Preparing to be with the Lord.