Tag: John Calvin

Reviving the Christian Dignity of Politics

Adam M. Carrington — June 20, 2022

Reviving the Christian Dignity of Politics

With contemporary politics in the gutter, how can Christians dignify the enterprise?

Between Two Graves: Calvin on the Waters Above and Below

Rhys Laverty — June 17, 2022

Between Two Graves: Calvin on the Waters Above and Below

On rainfall and death.

Calvin and the Resignification of the World: Creation, Incarnation, and the Problem of Political Theology in the 1559 Institutes: A Review

Bruce Gordon — May 20, 2022

Calvin and the Resignification of the World: Creation, Incarnation, and the Problem of Political Theology in the 1559 Institutes: A Review

Calvin's theology exists not in the abstract, but in material, contextual and embodied forms that ebb and flow.

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 3

Steven Wedgeworth — March 28, 2022

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 3

We could say that Calvin is Puritan in personal tastes and eventual goals but that he is Anglican in basic principles and ecclesiastical polity.

Discovering Calvin’s Ecclesiology

Tadataka Maruyama — March 17, 2022

Discovering Calvin’s Ecclesiology

What did the great Reformer believe about the Church?

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 2

Steven Wedgeworth — March 1, 2022

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 2

This post is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 3 here. Earlier, I introduced Calvin’s commentary on the 16th century Church…

The Beatific Vision: Keeping Theology Theological

Hans Boersma — February 22, 2022

The Beatific Vision: Keeping Theology Theological

Both Catholics and Protestants are wrong when they think the Beatific Vision is just for Catholics.

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 1

Steven Wedgeworth — February 15, 2022

Calvin on the Church of England – Part 1

This post is Part 1 of a three part series. You can read Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. John Durel was a Franco-Anglican minister who became a key…

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part I: The Liturgical “Dark Age” and Second Temple Judaism

Andrew Koperski — February 14, 2022

Baptismal Trajectories in Early Christianity, Part I: The Liturgical “Dark Age” and Second Temple Judaism

Can we find a fresh explanation for differing baptismal practices in the early church?

Calvin’s Complex Ecumenism

James R. Wood — August 24, 2021

Calvin’s Complex Ecumenism

With "catholicity" resurgent among Reformed Christians, John Calvin's ecumenism demands a closer examination.