Book contents
- John Calvin in Context
- John Calvin in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I France and Its Influence
- Part II Switzerland, Southern Germany, and Geneva
- Part III Empire and Society
- Part IV The Religious Question
- Part V Calvin’s Influences
- Part VI Calvin’s Reception
- 42 International Calvinism
- 43 Calvin Legends
- 44 Calvin and Calvinism in Early Modern England, Scotland, and Ireland
- 45 Calvinism in the Early Modern Netherlands and the Dutch Atlantic World
- 46 Calvin in Asia
- 47 Calvin’s Theological Legacy from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Centuries
- 48 The Reception of John Calvin in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
47 - Calvin’s Theological Legacy from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Centuries
from Part VI - Calvin’s Reception
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Book contents
- John Calvin in Context
- John Calvin in Context
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I France and Its Influence
- Part II Switzerland, Southern Germany, and Geneva
- Part III Empire and Society
- Part IV The Religious Question
- Part V Calvin’s Influences
- Part VI Calvin’s Reception
- 42 International Calvinism
- 43 Calvin Legends
- 44 Calvin and Calvinism in Early Modern England, Scotland, and Ireland
- 45 Calvinism in the Early Modern Netherlands and the Dutch Atlantic World
- 46 Calvin in Asia
- 47 Calvin’s Theological Legacy from the Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Centuries
- 48 The Reception of John Calvin in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
Calvin’s legacy from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries is not monolithic. His is a multifarious legacy, perhaps fitting for a towering figure whose life and writings exhibit such a breadth of interest and talent. The complexity also reflects the fact that, beginning with his contemporaries and continuing through the subsequent centuries, supporters and opponents alike have had their way with Calvin, and they have done so in a variety of times and places. This brief essay can only scratch the surface and address some of the highlights of Calvin’s reception during these three centuries, with a few opinions cited along the way.
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- John Calvin in Context , pp. 418 - 426Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019
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Suggested Further Readings
Bademan, R. Bryan. “‘The Republican Reformer’: John Calvin and the American Calvinists, 1830–1910.” In Sober, Strict, and Scriptural: Collective Memories of John Calvin, 1800–2000, ed. de Niet, Johan, Paul, Herman, and Wallet, Bart. Brill’s Series in Church History 38. Leiden, The Netherlands, and Boston: Brill, 2009, 267–291.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Davis, Thomas J., ed. John Calvin’s American Legacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.Google Scholar
Gordon, Bruce. John Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion: A Biography. Lives of Great Religious Books. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Maag, Karin Y. “Hero or Villain? Interpretations of John Calvin and His Legacy.” Calvin Theological Journal 41: 2 (2006): 222–237.Google Scholar
Muller, Richard A. “Demoting Calvin: The Issue of Calvin and the Reformed Tradition.” In John Calvin, Myth and Reality: Images and Impact of Geneva’s Reformer, ed. Burnett, Amy Nelson. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2011, 3–17.Google Scholar
Muller, Richard A. Calvin and the Reformed Tradition: On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2012.Google Scholar
Sierhuis, Freya. The Literature of the Arminian Controversy: Religion, Politics, and the Stage in the Dutch Republic. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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