Interpreting John Calvin

by Battles, Ford Lewis; Benedetto, Robert; H. H. Meeter Center for Calvin Studies

• ISBN13: 9780801020971
• ISBN10: 0801020972
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group

Summary

A leading Calvin scholar explores the origin, method, and structure of Calvin's theology.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	9	(4)
Foreword	13	(2)
Richard C. Gamble
Editor's Preface	15	(2)
Acknowledgments	17	(2)
Introductory Essays	19	(24)
I. John Hesselink
Donald K. McKim
Abbreviations	43	(4)
PART 1 The Origin and Structure of Calvin's Theology	47	(202)
1 Calvin's Humanistic Education	47	(18)
2 The Sources of Calvin's Seneca Commentary	65	(26)
3 The First Edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion (1536)	91	(26)
4 God Was Accommodating Himself to Human Capacity	117	(22)
5 Calculus Fidei: Some Ruminations on the Structure of the Theology of John Calvin	139	(110)
Part 2 Calvin's Poetry, Piety, and Morality	249	(94)
6 The Theologian as Poet: Some Remarks about the "Found" Poetry of John Calvin	249	(40)
7 True Piety According to Calvin	289	(18)
8 Notes on John Calvin, Justitia, and the Old Testament Law	307	(12)
9 Against Luxury and License in Geneva: A Forgotten Fragment of Calvin [1546-47]	319	(24)
Appendixes	343	(18)
1 The Chief Lineaments of Calvin's Religious Experience	343	(4)
2 The Antithetical Structure of Calvin's Institutes	347	(4)
3 Chief Motifs in Calvin's Institutes	351	(8)
4 Tabulation of Biblical Citations in the Institutes	359	(2)
Ford Lewis Battles Bibliography	361	(10)
Contributors	371	(2)
Index	373