Calvin today : reformed theology and the future of the church /

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Imprint:London ; New York : T&T Clark International ; c2011.
Description:xi, 223 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8643833
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Other authors / contributors:Welker, Michael, 1947-
Weinrich, Michael.
Mòˆller, Ulrich, 1956-
ISBN:9780567136930
0567136930
Notes:"A Continuum imprint"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I. Faith
  • Faith: Introduction
  • "For the Glory of God": Learning the Future of the Church from Paul
  • Calvin as a Model for Theological Interpretation of Scripture, illustrated with his Exegis of Tim. 4:1-5
  • Contemplating the Living Image of God in Creation
  • How Calvinism travelled to America: The story of Susanna Bell
  • Calvin, Children and the Church
  • Inconvenient, because Consistent Theology: John Calvin and Karl Barth
  • II. Ecumenism
  • Ecumenism - Introduction
  • Calvin's Concept Of the Church and Present-day Ecumenical Challenges
  • The World Alliance of Reformed Churches today and the John Calvin Legacy
  • Not without the World Council of Churches: A contribution to the history of the Catholic-reformed international bilateral dialogue
  • Calvin's Theology: an Ecumenical Challenge
  • Can Scripture interpret itself? Thoughts on the relationship between the interpretation of Scripture and Church ministry in Calvin's theology
  • III. Public Responsibility Public Responsibility - Introduction
  • On Self-love. Impulses from Calvin and Calvinism for Life in Society?
  • Meditatio futurae vitae - A spiritual challenge for Church and society?
  • Calvin's Interpretation of the Church as the Communion of the Saints - a Challenge and an Opportunity for Present-day Reformed Churches
  • Calvin's Doctrine of the "Civil Government": Its Orienting Power in Pluralism and Globalization