The Subject of Education: Disruptive Dilemma in Abraham Kuyper and Ellen White Thought

The nature of education receives attention and public discussion as it is one dominant core of the cosmological system. However, it echoes to other public squares such as; the state, political power, culture, and religion, contains multi-layered of identity, and against a post-modernism era, which is a very disruptive period that could impact its nature. Abraham Kuyper is known as a public theologian, who offers wide works of education in Europe-Reformed tradition, while Ellen White, a central figure in American-Adventist, even worldwide, contributes unique perspectives. This article conducts qualitative research, attempts to interpret the works of Kuyper and White and reconstructs their idea in order to answer the intention of this research. Eventually, this essay shares the agreement between them concerning God's glorification and adoration as the intention of education, further, demonstrating the diversity where White maintains the holistic approach of education in which Kuyper against it. Moreover, this research attempts to uncover how both figures define the role of state over education.

Adamson, education is man's natural tendencies, the process of getting knowledge and referring to God, by forcing the process to be actual and effective and he extends his work by supporting the right of a woman and the poor to receive education. 9 Therefore, the obstacles in his times fall to the issue of gender and proletarian-bourgeois.   Akers, "Proper Education," in Adventist Education, General Conference, 1989, 8. 15 James D. Bratt, ed., Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader (Michigan, Grand Rapids: dilemma in education. A sensitive interpretation approach will evaluate their works.
The analysis shall proceed on descriptive and analysis basis. Afterwards, re-structure their thinking in order to give critics and gains contributive idea from them. In the next stage, this essay tries to construct conversation between Kuyper and White in order to display the similarity, diversity and positive donations for the tension. Lastly, a conclusion will be grounded based on the analysis of their thoughts.

Abraham Kuyper
In his public address delivered at the inauguration of Free University, entitled "Sphere Sovereignty," Kuyper  Education stands as a single sphere and separated from others, remain to its sphere, and vital as creates a sphere in which truth reign supreme. The scholarship does not search its own sake, rather, uncovers God's wisdom and expresses into human thought and language, even it has no benefits for personal lives. 20 The intention should be ended in the adoration to God,21 God, as the leader of all sovereignty, reserve the exaltation and glorification, education should direct back to God. Where Christian allegiance commits to certain absolute truth, in secular education sense, doubts are the leader of scholarly inquiry that may offer alternatives to universal problems and questions. In contrast, some specific identity of Christian allegiance relates to undoubted matter, received as the truth that needs no more clarification. 28 Of course, the examination takes place in the core of Christian faith, but the intention is to develop the beliefs, and not to shake or re-arrange the core of the doctrine. 26 Graham,The Kuyper Center Review,Volume 5: Church and Academy,138. 27 Ibid, 139-140. Kuyper assumes truth as the lower level of science due he doubts on the educational process in which passed by the truth itself. Therefore, false enforcement of truth consequently leads to such misconstruction and miss-framework of knowledge. Here he suggests that truth must experience the reality of the scientific process to avoid any disruption in Education.

In order to ground clear ideas on how
Kuyper and White regard the disruption in education, here below prepar-ed a table that could help to echo a general idea and follows by description and expla-nation of the purification of education of any influences.
These mean, either partial or holistic approach consist of dangers that may disrupt education, the dilemma takes place concerning to treat education partially or comprehensively.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to say thank you for Christar A. Rumbay, who contributes his analysis on the idea of Allen White and thoughtful comments throughout this research. Your contribution is extremely valued for the perfectness of this article.