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Since its beginnings during the Protestant Reformation, Calvinism has spread throughout Europe and America and eventually to Africa and Asia. Today it is one of the largest schools of thought in Protestantism. In this Very Short Introduction, Jon Balserak explores how Calvinist ideas and practices arose, spread, and took root. Considering its influence on modern thought on everything from theology to money, politics, and the arts, Balserak also combats some of the common misconceptions about Calvinism, and outlines the Calvinist understanding of God, the world, humankind, and the meaning of life. He also addresses Calvinism in a twenty-first century context and considers the challenges it faces today.

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Jon Balserak is senior research fellow at University of Bristol and visiting lecturer at University of Illinois Chicago. His publications include John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet and Geneva's Use of Lies, Deceit, and Subterfuge, 1536-1563: Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France. He also authored the entries for ""Calvin, Jean"" and ""Calvinism"" in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 4th edition. He teaches on the Renaissance, Reformation, and western civilization. Russ Williams is a multi-award-winning UK broadcaster and journalist. Russ is a member of the UK Radio Academy Hall of Fame. For six years he was breakfast host for Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Radio with Jonathan ""Jono"" Coleman-the award-winning Russ & Jono's Breakfast Experience. - Recipient of numerous UK radio awards and well as two New York Radio awards - Sports TV host-football, snooker, rugby, and boxing - Author of How to Walk Yourself Healthy and Happy - Very experienced audiobook narrator across many genres-fiction, factual, educational, self-improvement, and numerous biographies - Loves: soccer, golf, Scandinavia, his dog, and peanut butter

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