Overview

John Calvin was arguably the most influential of the sixteenth-century Reformers. His supporters praise his transformative influence on the ecclesial, political, and economic spheres of modern life, while his detractors paint him as a ruthless proponent of theocracy. These conflicting images suggest there is more to Calvin than meets the eye.In Calvin for the World, Ruben Rosario Rodriguez offers a creative engagement with Calvin's theological and political thought and a critical reclamation of the Reformer's legacy. Rosario Rodriguez presents Calvin's theology in historical context and explores his global impact by examining his views on a broad range of social and cultural issues, including those that pertain to political theology, migration and dislocation, nationalism, social welfare policies, revolution, racism, and religious pluralism. This book shows how Calvin's theological legacy impacted the formation of the modern world, its worldview, and its social institutions and presents Calvin as an engaging interlocutor on contemporary matters of social, political, racial, and economic justice.This book will be ideal for professors and students of theology for use in courses on Calvin, the Reformation, and church history. It will also be of interest to pastors and church leaders.

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Author:   Rubén Rosario Rodríguez
Publisher:   Baker Publishing Group
Imprint:   Baker Academic, Div of Baker Publishing Group
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781540966216

ISBN 10:   1540966216
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   15 October 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction: Why Calvin? Why Now? 1. Calvin's Theology of Public Life The Biblical Foundations of Governance Calvin on Civil Government The Reception of Calvin's Political Thought 2. Calvin, Proto-liberationist? Understanding Latin American Liberation Theology The Pastoral Praxis of Archbishop Romero John Calvin's Emancipatory Theology 3. The Undocumented Calvin Refugees in Geneva A Theology of Exile Calvinist Missionaries in Sixteenth-Century Brazil The Reformed Tradition's Migratory Identity 4. Calvin's Vision for an Ecumenical and Transnational Church Calvin's ""High"" Ecclesiology and the Idolatry of Rome The Promise of Communion Ecclesiology Plural Ministries in Calvin's Ecclesiology Martin Bucer's Influence on Calvin's Ecclesiology 5. The Cosmopolitan Calvin and Religious Intolerance The Question of Religious Toleration Jews and Muslims in the Protestant Reformation The Case of Michael Servetus Christianity and the Problem of Other Religions 6. A Scattered Inheritance--Calvin's Reception in Latin America Understanding the Latin American Context Protestantism and Democracy in Latin America Presbyterian Missions in Latin America Cotton Mather's Spanish Catechism 7. Calvin against Apartheid Calvinism Black Resistance to Apartheid Calvin's Role in the Church Struggles Sacramental Theology and Human Liberation Conclusion Indexes"

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Rubén Rosario Rodríguez (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary), an ordained Presbyterian minister, holds the Clarence Louis and Helen Steber Professorship in Theological Studies and directs the Mev Puleo Program in Latin American Politics, Theology, and Culture at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. His recent publications include Dogmatics after Babel, the T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology, and Theological Fragments: Confessing What We Know and Cannot Know about an Infinite God. He has also done advocacy work with Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA).

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