John Calvin

Christian Humanist and Evangelical Reformer

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: John W. de Gruchy ISBN: 9781621897507
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers Publication: July 5, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books Language: English
Author: John W. de Gruchy
ISBN: 9781621897507
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Publication: July 5, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books
Language: English

2009 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, the Reformed theologian whose legacy has played such an important role in the shaping of modern South Africa. The popular understanding of him as grim moralist, proponent of predestination and a tyrannical God is a caricature, but one that does spring from aspects of Calvin's legacy. In this book, De Gruchy attempts to restate the Reformed tradition as a transforming force, one that opposed slavery and apartheid and that participated in the struggle for liberation and transformation in this country. De Gruchy considers Christian humanism to be an alternative to both Christian fundamentalism and secularism, as being a Christian is all about being truly human in common with the rest of humanity, and has come to the conclusion that there is much to retrieve and celebrate in the Reformed tradition that is of importance for the ecumenical church and global society in the 21st century. The evangelical element in the title refers to the literal meaning of the word - good news - which is at the heart of being both Christian and human.

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2009 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, the Reformed theologian whose legacy has played such an important role in the shaping of modern South Africa. The popular understanding of him as grim moralist, proponent of predestination and a tyrannical God is a caricature, but one that does spring from aspects of Calvin's legacy. In this book, De Gruchy attempts to restate the Reformed tradition as a transforming force, one that opposed slavery and apartheid and that participated in the struggle for liberation and transformation in this country. De Gruchy considers Christian humanism to be an alternative to both Christian fundamentalism and secularism, as being a Christian is all about being truly human in common with the rest of humanity, and has come to the conclusion that there is much to retrieve and celebrate in the Reformed tradition that is of importance for the ecumenical church and global society in the 21st century. The evangelical element in the title refers to the literal meaning of the word - good news - which is at the heart of being both Christian and human.

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