| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) |
| Contents |
A Note on Sources and Translations; Contents; Introduction: Why Calvin? Why Now?; PART I: The Irreducible, yet Partial, Individual; 1. The Irreducible Individual; 2. The Individual as Part of the Whole; PART II: Corporate Action, but under Judgment; 3. Action in the World; 4. Action under Judgment; PART III: Cultural Dissociation and the Tutelage of History; 5. Progress and Revolution; 6. Historical Pedagogy; Conclusion: Freedom as a Woven Cord, Sheathed in Sovereign Grace; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W |
| Summary |
The Reformation thinker John Calvin had significant and unusual things to say about life in public encounter, things which both anticipate modern thinking and, says William Stevenson, can serve as important antidotes to some of modern thinking's broader pretensions. This study attempts to give a coherent picture of Calvin's political theory by following the stream that flows from his fascinating short essay, "On Christian Freedom," one chapter in the magisterial Institutes of the Christian Religion. Stevenson argues that a full examination of this essay yields not only a more thoroug |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-195) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 -- Political and social views
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| SUBJECT |
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 fast |
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Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 16th century
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Anthropology.
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Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines
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Political and social views
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Vrijheid.
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Genade.
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Protestantisme.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195352290 |
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0195352297 |
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