RECONSIDERING JOHN CALVIN

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Randall C. Zachman is Professor of Reformation Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Image and Word in the Theology of John Calvin (2007) John Calvin as Teacher Pastor and Theologian (2006) and The Assurance of Faith: Conscience in the Theology of Martin Luther and John Calvin (2005). He is also the editor of John Calvin and Roman Catholicism: Critique and Engagement Then and Now (2008) and with Howard P. Louthan of Conciliation and Confession: The Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform 14151648 (2004).Places Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Barth and Kierkegaard and reconsiders his understanding of judgment and love.Places John Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal Kierkegaard Barth Ezra the Scribe and Julian of Norwich to examine our place in the immensity of the universe our love of enemies Gods love for the Jews and our contemplation of the love and wrath of God.Places John Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal Kierkegaard Barth Ezra the Scribe and Julian of Norwich to examine our place in the immensity of the universe our love of enemies Gods love for the Jews and our contemplation of the love and wrath of God.Randall C. Zachman places Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal Kierkegaard Ezra the Scribe Julian of Norwich and Karl Barth and attends to themes in Calvins theology which are often overlooked. Zachman draws out Calvins use of astronomy and great concern to see ourselves in comparison to the immensity of the universe acknowledging in wonder and awe our nothingness before God. Throughout Zachman presents a Calvin who seeks a route out of selfdeception to selfknowledge though Kierkegaard shows that it is love and not judgment that most deeply reveals us to ourselves. The book discusses Calvins understanding of the election of the Jews and their relationship to God and further reconsiders Calvins understanding of judgment and how the call to love our neighbour is undermined by the formation of alliances.Introduction: 1. The beauty and terror of the universe: John Calvin and Blaise Pascal: 2. The bond and critique of all social union: John Calvin and Soren Kierkegaard on the image of God: 3. The one elect people of God: John Calvin and Karl Barth on the Jews: 4. The restoration of Israel by Gospel and law: Calvin and Ezra the Scribe: 5. The comfort and the challenge of love: John Calvin and Soren Kierkegaard: 6. Hoping for all others fearing for myself: John Calvin and Julian of Norwich: Conclusion.

Data Publikacji: 2011-12-22
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