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48 - The Reception of John Calvin in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

from Part VI - Calvin’s Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2019

R. Ward Holder
Affiliation:
Saint Anselm College, New Hampshire
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Summary

Through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first John Calvin has remained the subject of considerable theological and cultural debate as scholars and church leaders have struggled to distil the essence of his thought and to recognize its possible applications for the modern world. From liberal Protestants to Karl Barth, Baptists to the new Calvinists, a broad spectrum of interpreters, adherents, and critics have been attracted to the writings of the French reformer. Further, with the massive expansion of churches in the Global South and majority world Calvin’s works have found new audiences in varied ecclesiastical contexts, from Korea and China to Africa. Translations proliferate while virtually all the reformer’s works are now readily available online.

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Print publication year: 2019

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Suggested Further Readings

Backus, Irena, and Benedict, Philip, eds. Calvin and His Influence, 1509–2009. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.Google Scholar
Barth, Karl. The Theology of John Calvin, trans. Geoffrey Bromiley, W.. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.Google Scholar
Bratt, James D. Abraham Kuyper: Modern Calvinist, Christian Democrat. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2013.Google Scholar
Davis, Thomas J. John Calvin’s American Legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Gordon, Bruce. John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016.Google Scholar
McNutt, Jennifer Powell. Calvin Meets Voltaire: The Clergy of Geneva and the Age of Enlightenment 1685–1798. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2013.Google Scholar

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