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The New Calvinism: A Sheep in Wolves' Clothing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

David Basinger
Affiliation:
Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Drive Rochester New York 14624, U.S.A.

Extract

Traditionally, Calvinists (those in the Reformed tradition) have placed a great deal of emphasis on their belief that

(1)God has total control over all earthly affairs.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1986

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1 See for example, Clark, Gordon, Religion, Reason and Revelation (Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Company, 1961) pp. 221241.Google Scholar

2 See, for example, Feinberg, John, Trinity Journal (1980): pp. 142152.Google Scholar

3 See, for example, Plantinga, Alvin, God Freedom and Evil (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977), pp. 3132.Google Scholar

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6 See Leibniz, , ‘The Theodicy’ in Philosophical Classics, ed. Kaufmann, Walter (Englewood, N.J.: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1961), pp. 260268Google Scholar. A popular contemporary version of this perspective can be found in Geisler, Norman, Philosophy of Religion (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1974), pp. 349377.Google Scholar

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