Calvinism: A History

Hart, Darryl G

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This briskly told history of Reformed Protestantism takes these churches through their entire 500-year history—from sixteenth-century Zurich and Geneva to modern locations as far flung as Seoul and Sao Paulo. D. G. Hart explores specifically the social and political developments that enabled Calvinism to establish a global presence.

Hart's approach features significant episodes in the institutional history of Calvinism that are responsible for its contemporary profile. He traces the political and religious circumstances that first created space for Reformed churches in Europe and later contributed to Calvinism's expansion around the world. He discusses the effects of the American and French Revolutions on ecclesiastical establishments as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century communions, particularly in Scotland, the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany, that directly challenged church dependence on the state.

Raising important questions about secularization, religious freedom, privatization of faith, and the place of religion in public life, this book will appeal not only to readers with interests in the history of religion but also in the role of religion in political and social life today.

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    Hardcover
  • ISBN
    9780300148794
  • Page Count
    352
  • Publisher
    Triliteral LLC
  • Publication Date
    July 2013

Endorsements (6)

“Calvinism covers its imposingly diverse subject with scholarly precision and the kind of charity and balance one hopes for in any historian....In Calvinism, Mr. Hart skillfully combines political and institutional history, on the one hand, and theological developments and the history of ideas, on the other.”

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Barton Swaim

Wall Street Journal (European Edition)

“Hart is good at explaining how political factors as well as theological ideas influenced the spread of Calvinism [...] This is a good survey of the history of Calvinism but readers need to be aware that the same opinions that have made hart a trenchant commentator on American religion are on display here.”

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Paul Richardson

Church of England Newspaper, 21st July 2013

“This sweeping overview of the spread of Calvinism in Europe and lands beyond is most welcome. Hart helpfully describes the ways this understanding of Christian faith, associated with John Calvin and others, spread internationally and since the sixteenth century has become the faith of millions. Succinct, clearly-written, and showing conversance with historical and theological developments, this book will be a valuable guide for students and scholars.”

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Donald K. McKim

editor, The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin

“Darryl Hart has written a very useful book on a very big subject. For a religious tradition that has been both lionised and despised, Hart provides a nuanced sense of internal developments, internal differences, and (more recently) worldwide expansion. His ability to document the surprising adaptability of Calvinism - alongside the steady focus of Calvinists on divine sovereignty, salvation in Christ, and the transformation of creation - is the most striking of the book's many virtues.”

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Mark Noll

author, Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction

“Brimming with insight and expansive in treatment, Darryl Hart's account of Calvinism briskly tells the story of a tradition that emerged in the Reformation, one with a distinctive vision of God, creation, and humanity. The pages are populated by reformers and refugees, Princeton professors and contemporary Asian congregations, offering a movingly human narrative of a branch of Christianity that transformed and was transformed by history while resolutely holding to cherished beliefs. A great read.”

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Bruce Gordon

author, Calvin

“One of the best introductions to the history and ideas of Calvinism, packed with insight and wisdom.”

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Alister McGrath

author, Christian Theology: An Introduction

About the Author

D. G. Hart is visiting professor of history, Hillsdale College, and former director of the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, Wheaton College. He is author of more than a dozen books, including most recently From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism.

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Listen to a lecture by D. G. Hart entitled John Calvin and American Calvinsim.
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Publisher's Description

This briskly told history of Reformed Protestantism takes these churches through their entire 500-year history—from sixteenth-century Zurich and Geneva to modern locations as far flung as Seoul and Sao Paulo. D. G. Hart explores specifically the social and political developments that enabled Calvinism to establish a global presence.

Hart's approach features significant episodes in the institutional history of Calvinism that are responsible for its contemporary profile. He traces the political and religious circumstances that first created space for Reformed churches in Europe and later contributed to Calvinism's expansion around the world. He discusses the effects of the American and French Revolutions on ecclesiastical establishments as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century communions, particularly in Scotland, the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany, that directly challenged church dependence on the state.

Raising important questions about secularization, religious freedom, privatization of faith, and the place of religion in public life, this book will appeal not only to readers with interests in the history of religion but also in the role of religion in political and social life today.

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