Publisher's Description: This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics. The study, the first of its kind, is concerned with how Calvin actually uses philosophical ideas in his work as a theologian and biblical commentator. The book also includes a careful examination of those ideas of Calvin to which the Reformed Epistemologists appeal, to find grounds and precedent for their development of 'Reformed Epistemology', notably the sensus divinitatis and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. God 'in Se' and 'quoad nos'
2. The Trinity
3. The Extra
4. Providence and Evil
5. The Soul
6. Free Will
7. Divine Accommodation
8. Natural Theology and the Sensus Divinitatis
9. Revelation
10. The Angels
11. The Power Dialectic
12. Equity, Natural Law, and Common Grace
13. Faith, Atonement, and Time

448 Pages
Published September 2006

About the Author: Paul Helm, J. I. Packer Professor of Philosophical Theology, Regent College, Vancouver