[PDF] Calvinism On The Peripheries eBook

Author : J.T. McNeill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 49,36 MB
Release : 1967-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199727996

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A comprehensive history of the Calvinist movement.

Author : Ian J. Shaw
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2003-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0191530581

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This valuable contribution to the debate about the relation of religion to the modern city fills an important gap in the historiography of early nineteenth-century religious life. Although there is some evidence that strict doctrine led to a more restricted response to urban problems, extensive local and personal variations mean that simple generalizations should be avoided. Ian J.Shaw argues against earlier prejudiced views and shows that high Calvinists played a vigorous and successful part in the response of early nineteenth-century churches to the process of urbanization. The study includes six substantial case studies of ministers and their churches in Manchester and London. Four high Calvinist ministers are considered, with two studies of ministers holding to an evangelical Calvinist doctrine also included to provide instructive contrasts. Detailed social analysis of the congregations is based upon extensive use of manuscript and printed sources, sermons, and local and denominational press.

Author : Darryl Hart
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300148798

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DIVDIVDIVThe first single-volume history of Reformed Protestantism from its sixteenth-century origins to the present/div/div/div

Author : Philip Benedict
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300127227

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This sweeping and eminently readable book is the first synthetic history of Calvinism in almost fifty years. It tells the story of the Reformed tradition from its birth in the cities of Switzerland to the unraveling of orthodoxy amid the new intellectual currents of the seventeenth century. As befits a pan-European movement, Benedict’s canvas stretches from the British Isles to Eastern Europe. The course and causes of Calvinism’s remarkable expansion, the inner workings of the diverse national churches, and the theological debates that shaped Reformed doctrine all receive ample attention. The English Reformation is situated within the history of continental Protestantism in a way that reveals the international significance of English developments. A fresh examination of Calvinist worship, piety, and discipline permits an up-to-date assessment of the classic theories linking Calvinism to capitalism and democracy. Benedict not only paints a vivid picture of the greatest early spokesmen of the cause, Huldrych Zwingli and John Calvin, but also restores many lesser-known figures to their rightful place. Ambitious in conception, attentive to detail, this book offers a model of how to think about the history and significance of religious change across the long Reformation era.

Author : Jessica R. Joustra
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 42,2 MB
Release : 2022-02-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1514001470

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Pastor, politician, and Dutch Neo-Calvinist theologian Abraham Kuyper's lectures on the role of Christian faith in politics, science, and art have become a touchstone of contemporary Reformed theology. Revisiting these lectures, Jessica and Robert Joustra bring together theologians, historians, scientists, and others to consider Kuyper's ongoing importance and complex legacy for today.

Author : Andrew Pettegree
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 1996-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521574525

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Calvinism was the most dynamic and disruptive religious force of the later sixteenth century. Its emergence on the international scene shattered the precarious equilibrium established in the first generation of the Reformation, and precipitated three generations of religious warfare. This collection of essays probes different aspects of this complex phenomenon at a local level. Contributors present the results of their detailed work on societies as diverse as France, Germany, Highland Scotland and Hungary. Among wider themes approached are the impact of Calvin's writings, Calvinism in higher education, the contrasting fates of reformed preachers in town and country, Calvinist discipline and apocalyptic thought, and the shadowy affinity of merchants and scholars who formed a critical part of the 'Calvinist International'.

Author : Crawford Gribben
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190456280

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Scholars have associated Calvinism with print and literary cultures, with republican, liberal, and participatory political cultures, with cultures of violence and vandalism, enlightened cultures, cultures of social discipline, secular cultures, and with the emergence of capitalism. Reflecting on these arguments, the essays in this volume recognize that Reformed Protestantism did not develop as a uniform tradition but varied across space and time. The authors demonstrate that multiple iterations of Calvinism developed and impacted upon differing European communities that were experiencing social and cultural transition. They show how these different forms of Calvinism were shaped by their adherents and opponents, and by the divergent political and social contexts in which they were articulated and performed. Recognizing that Reformed Protestantism developed in a variety of cultural settings, this volume analyzes the ways in which it related to the multi-confessional cultural environment that prevailed in Europe after the Reformation.