Spirituality and Social Ethics in John Calvin : A Pneumatological Perspective

by Chung, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780761817420
• ISBN10: 0761817425
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	v
Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction Calvin's Pneumatology: An Introduction	1	(12)
The Spirit In Cosmic Dimension	13	(12)
The Cosmic And Universal Dimension Of The Spirit	14	(5)
The Pneumatological Dimension Of Human Life	19	(3)
The Spirit As The Sanctifier Of Human Life	22	(3)
The Spirit In Relation To the Father And the Son	25	(18)
The Spirit In Trinitarian Context	26	(3)
The Spirit As The Bond Of The Father And The Son	29	(2)
The Spirit In Relation To Christ's Hypostatic Unity	31	(4)
The Filioque Controversy In Ecumenical Perspective	35	(8)
The Spirit As Communicator Of Christ For The Christian Life	43	(28)
The Spirit In Our Communion With Christ	43	(9)
Christian Life In Duplex Gratia	52	(9)
Christian Life In Election	61	(10)
The Spirit And The Law	71	(26)
The Law In Christian Ethics	72	(7)
Christian Ethics In The Decalogue	79	(5)
Christian Ethics In Discipleship	84	(6)
Christian Ethics And Freedom	90	(7)
The Spirit And The Church	97	(26)
The Holy Spirit In The Creation Of The Church	97	(1)
The Nature Of The Church	98	(4)
The Marks Of The Church	102	(4)
The Church And Economic Ethics	106	(10)
Church And State	116	(7)
Calvin, Democracy And Capitalism	123	(26)
Calvin And The French Calvinists	124	(5)
The Right Of Resistance In French Calvinism	129	(10)
A Critical Reevaluation Of The Weber Thesis	139	(10)
Conclusion	149	(12)
Appendix A The Lord's Supper Among Lutherans And Reformed Protestants From An Ecumenical Perspective	161	(14)
1. Introduction	161	(1)
2. Irreconcilability Between Sacramental Mode And Literal Mode in The Real Presence?	162	(10)
A. Christology In Controversy	162	(4)
B. The Concept Of The Substance In Controversy	166	(6)
3. Toward Ecumenical Unity	172	(3)
Appendix B References To Spirit Related Spiritual Terms In The 1559 Institutes And Selected Calvin Texts	175	(4)
Endnotes	179	(24)
Select Bibliography	203	(10)
Index	213