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Author: James B. Sauer
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncluding an annotated translation and commentary on John Calvin's Letter to Sachinus on Lending at Interest, this volume argues that neither theoretical nor confessional approaches to the relationship of faith to ethics can adequately address the issues involved.
Author: Kathryn D. Blanchard
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-07-06
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 1621890694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the publication of Max Weber's classic, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, it has long been assumed that a distinctly Protestant ethos has shaped the current global economic order. Against this common consensus, Kathryn D. Blanchard argues that the theological thought of John Calvin and the Protestant movement as a whole has much to say that challenges the current incarnation of the capitalist order. This book develops an approach to Christian economic ethics that celebrates God's gift of human freedom, while at the same time acknowledging necessary, and indeed vital, limitations in the context of material and social life. Through sustained interaction with such unlikely dialogue partners as Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, Deirdre McCloskey, and Muhammad Yunus, this book shows that the virtues of self-denial, neighbor love, and sympathy have been quite at home in the capitalism of the past, and can be again. Though self-interest has enjoyed several decades as the unquestioned ruling principle of American economics, other-interest is steadily coming back into view, not only among Christian ethicists, but among economists as well. This book explores the important implications of this shift in economic thinking from a theological perspective.
Author: Donald K. McKim
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-06-17
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780521016728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr Donald K. McKim gathers together an international array of major Calvin scholars to consider phases of Calvin's theological thought and influence. Here, historians and theologians meet to present a full picture of Calvin's contexts, the major themes in Calvin's writings, and the ways in which his thought spread and has increasing importance today. The chapters serve as guides to their topics and provide further readings for additional study. This is an accessible introduction to the significant Protestant reformer and will appeal to the specialist and non-specialist alike.
Author: Kirk M. Summers
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 433
ISBN-13: 0190280077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMorality after Calvin examines the development of ethical thought in the Reformed tradition immediately following the death of Calvin, using Theodore Beza's Cato Censorius Christianus (1591) as a point of departure. The book examines the theology that drove the disciplinary activity at Geneva in the latter half of the sixteenth century.
Author: David W. Jones
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780761827498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the early years of the sixteenth century, the Church experienced a dramatic shift in its moral perception of the practice of usury. Leaders of the continental Protestant Reformation (Lutheran, Calvinist, and Anabaptist) all grappled with the Roman Catholic Church's moral teaching on the practice of lending money at interest. Although these three theological streams addressed the same moral problem, at relatively the same time, they each responded differently. Reforming the Morality of Usury examines how the leaders of each major stream in the continental Protestant Reformation adopted a different approach to reforming moral teaching on the practice of usury.
Author: H. J. Selderhuis
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2009-08-05
Total Pages: 597
ISBN-13: 0802862306
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch on French theologian John Calvin is flourishing around the world, and his quincentennial in 2009 has given such research even greater momentum. Designed to support and stimulate this research, The Calvin Handbook gathers contributions from internationally renowned scholars. Offering a comprehensive view of Calvin s life, his theology, and the history of his reception, this handbook is a uniquely helpful resource on Calvin for readers of every interest level.
Author: Skip Worden
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2010-12-16
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 0739139851
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSkip Worden shows the profound transformation of Christian thought on economics from the beginning of the Commercial Revolution to the fifteenth-century Renaissance. Worden explains how the general antagonism toward the pursuit of wealth before the Commercial Revolution turned into Protestant theologians' fighting against the prevailing view of a pro-wealth paradigm during the fifteenth century.
Author: Sung Wook Chung
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 0664233465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis latest offering by noted theologian Sung Wook Chung examines the ways in which John Calvin continues to impact the global evangelical movement in the twenty-first century. This useful collection is perhaps most distinguished by the diversity of its contributors. Literally spanning the globe, the group of scholars whose work is included represents a wealth of viewpoints from various traditions including Dutch neo-Calvinism, the French Reformed tradition, Scottish-American Presbyterianism, Anglicanism, Congregationalism, the Baptist tradition, Calvinist Dispensationalism, Asian Reformed tradition, African American Reformed tradition, and Latin American Evangelicalism. Together, they offer an enlightening glimpse into the historical Calvin and project that understanding on the evangelical movement of the future.
Author: Derek Thomas
Publisher: Mentor
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781857929225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book of Job stands in the centre of one of the most complicated problems of life, the interaction between divine sovereignty and human responsibility, one that has provoked much tortuous thought by both Calvinists and Arminians.
Author: Stuart D.B. Picken
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0810872242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCalvinism is named after 16th century Reformer, John Calvin whose overall theology is contained in his Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559). Calvin's theology and ecclesiology provided the foundation upon which the Reformed Churches of Europewere built. It was a comprehensive and carefully expounded alternative to the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church and was designed to expose their weaknesses and present a view of the Christian Faith that was a reformed version of the old faith. TheHistorical Dictionary of Calvinism relates the history of its founder John Calvin, the Reformed Church, and the impact that Calvinism has had in the modern world along with an account of modern and contemporary developments within the religious, political, and social culture it has created. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries on concepts, significant figures, places, activities, and periods. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Calvinism.
