Arnold Albert van Ruler (10 December 1908 – 15 December 1970) was a Dutch minister and theologian. Van Ruler was born in Apeldoorn. He studied at the University of Groningen and was ordained as a minister in the Dutch Reformed Church. He obtained his PhD from the same institution in 1947 and became professor of theology at the University of Utrecht. For many years, he broadcast Bible meditations via

AVRO AVRO, short for Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep ("General Association of Radio Broadcasting"), was a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system. It was the first public broad ...

. Van Ruler was in favour of a theocracy. He was heavily influenced by Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker. van Ruler also emphasized the goodness of

creation Creation may refer to: Religion *'' Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing *Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it *Creationism, the belief that ...

. Van Ruler had five children, including

Betteke van Ruler Alberta Arnolda "Betteke" van Ruler (born 16 September 1948) is emeritus Professor of Communication Science at the University of Amsterdam. Biography Born in Hilversum, she was the youngest child of the theologian A. A. van Ruler. She is a s ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruler, Arnold van 1908 births 1970 deaths University of Groningen alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University 20th-century Dutch Calvinist and Reformed ministers 20th-century Calvinist and Reformed theologians Dutch Calvinist and Reformed theologians People from Apeldoorn