Reconsidering John Calvin

Randall C. Zachman

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139059466

Randall C. Zachman places Calvin in conversation with theologians such as Pascal, Kierkegaard, Ezra the Scribe, Julian of Norwich and Karl Barth, and attends to themes in Calvin's theology which are often overlooked. Zachman draws out Calvin's use of astronomy and great concern to see ourselves in comparison to the immensity of the universe, acknowledging in wonder and awe our nothingness before God. Throughout, Zachman presents a Calvin who seeks a route out of self-deception to self-knowledge, though Kierkegaard shows that it is love, and not judgment, that most deeply reveals us to ourselves. The book discusses Calvin's understanding of the election of the Jews and their relationship to God, and further reconsiders Calvin's understanding of judgment and how the call to love our neighbour is undermined by the formation of alliances.

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Frontmatter
pp i-v

Contents
pp vii-vii

Abbreviations
pp viii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-5

1 - The beauty and terror of the universe
pp 6-34

2 - The bond and critique of all social union
pp 35-61

3 - The one elect people of God
pp 62-90

4 - The restoration of Israel by gospel and law
pp 91-119

5 - The comfort and the challenge of love
pp 120-151

6 - Hoping for all others, fearing for myself
pp 152-178

Conclusion
pp 179-205

Index
pp 206-212

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