Sovereign Grace The Place and Significance of Christian Freedom in John Calvin's Political Thought

Name: Sovereign Grace The Place and Significance of Christian Freedom in John Calvin's Political Thought
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ISBN: 9780195125061

ISBN-10: 0195125061

ISBN-13: 9780195125061

Edition: 1999

Authors: William R. Stevenson, William R. Stevenson

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The Reformation thinker John Calvin had significant and unusual things to say about life in public encounter, things which both anticipate modern thinking and, says William Stevenson, can serve as important antidotes to some of modern thinking's broader pretensions. This study attempts to give a coherent picture of Calvin's political theory by following the stream that flows from Calvin's fascinating short essay "On Christian Freedom," which constitutes one coherent chapter in Book Three of the Institutes of the Christian Religion. Stevenson argues that a full examination of this essay yields not only a more thorough explication of Calvin's political ideas proper but also a more complete…

Book details

List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.41" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


A Note on Sources and Translations


Introduction Why Calvin? Why Now?



The Irreducible, Yet Partial, Individual



The Irreducible Individual



Corporate Action, but under Judgment



Action in the World



Action Under Judgment



Cultural Dissociation and the Tutelage of History



Progress and Revolution



Historical Pedagogy


Conclusion: Freedom as a Woven Cord, Sheathed in Sovereign Grace


Notes


Bibliography


Index