Contents

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Introduction: Revisiting Calvin: Analysis, Assessment, and Reception

Chapter One Calvin and the Early Christian Doctrine of the Trinity

Chapter Two The Two Means of Knowing God: Not an Article of Confession for Calvin

Chapter Three Calvin’s Modification of Augustine’s Doctrine of Original Sin

Chapter Four The Key Characteristics of a Christian Life: A Comparison of the Ethics of Calvin and Augustine and their Relevance Today

Chapter Five The Exegetical Background of Calvin’s View of the Government

Chapter Six Darwin’s Ambiguous Gift to Reformed Theology: The Problem of Natural Suffering and Calvin’s Meditation on the Future Life

Chapter Seven Calvin’s Concept of Penal Substitution: Acknowledgement and Challenge

Chapter Eight John Calvin’s Understanding of Christ’s Descent into Hell

Chapter Nine Calvin’s Contribution to a Common Ecclesial Spirituality

Chapter Ten John Calvin and the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper: A Contemporary Appraisal

Chapter Eleven Life as Pilgrimage: The Eschatology of John Calvin

Chapter Twelve Accommodation and Incarnation: A Favourite Concept of Calvin in the Theology of Oepke Noordmans

Chapter Thirteen Calvin and Human Dignity

Chapter Fourteen Calvin Studies in North America

Chapter Fifteen Calvin’s Theological Heritage in South Africa: Engaging an Ambivalent, Contested and Promising Legacy

Chapter Sixteen Calvin and France: A Paradoxical Legacy

Index