Paul Helm

Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

John Calvin has been the subject of widespread misunderstanding and misinterpretation. He is a figure whom other theologians either seek to "capture" to endorse their own, often very different, positions or whom they seek to vilify. Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed attempts to "re-situate" Calvin by providing a mid-level introduction to his thought. As befits the series, special attention is given to Calvin's thought, not on his character or career. The focus here is not only on Calvin's theological positions, but also on the philosophy intertwined within them, the significance of which is often overlooked.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567431813
• Artikelnr.: 38228870

Autorenporträt

Paul Helm is J. I. Packer Professor in Theology and Philosophy at Regent College, Vancouver, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Orientation
who Calvin was
Calvin and 'Calvinism'
idolising and demonising
recent scholarhip
anachronism
philosophy. 2. Knowledge of God and self
"Sensus Divinitatis"
Revelation
'Reformed' epistemology 3. God in Trinity 4. Jesus Christ, his person and his work 5. Grace and faith
the will
predestination
faith and assurance
justification and sanctification (two
fold righteousness) 6. Ethics
natural law/common grace
the revealed law and its 'uses'
what is valuable
intention 7. Church and State
word and sacrament
Two Kingdoms
magistrate
resistance 8. Calvin and Calvinism
Kendall
Puritanism
Scholasticism
Warfield Further Reading Index