Calvinism: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, trans. by Ford Lewis Battles, 2 vol. (1960); and Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology, trans. by George M. Giger, ed. by James T. Dennison, 3 vol. (1997), are good translations of important works of Calvinist theology. William J. Bouwsma, John Calvin: A Sixteenth-Century Portrait (1988), is a useful introduction to the life and age of Calvin. T.H.L. Parker, Calvin: An Introduction to His Thought (1995); Robert V. Schnucker (ed.), Calviniana: Ideas and Influence of Jean Calvin (1988); and Menna Prestwich (ed.), International Calvinism, 1541–1715 (1985), provide insight into Calvin’s theology and its influence. Calvinist political thought is treated in Quentin Skinner, “Calvinism and the Theory of Revolution,” in The Foundations of Modern Political Thought, Volume Two: The Age of Reformation (1978), pp. 189–358; and especially Harro Höpfl, The Christian Polity of John Calvin (1982).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Calvinism. | Jul 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Encyclopedia of Religion and Society - Calvinism. | Oct 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The influence of Calvinism on politics (PDF). | May 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Liberty University - Scholars Crossing - Calvinism and Missions (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Yale University - Reflections - Calvinism and Capitalism: Together Again? | Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Five Points of Calvinism: Retrospect and Prospect. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CARM - What is Calvinism? | Sep 17, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan Library Digital Collection - The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project - Calvinism. | Jul 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Catholic Online - Calvinism. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Gospel Coalition - Why are Calvinists so Mean? | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Calvinism. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learn Religions - Calvinism Vs. Arminianism. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Christianity.com - What is Calvinism? - Understanding the History and Denominational Doctrine. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Calvinism. | Nov 21, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Calvinism. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Added information on the theology of John Calvin, as espoused in his Institutes of the Christian Religion. | May 28, 2020 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 24, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 24, 2017 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Calvinism. | Jun 18, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Calvinism. | Jun 18, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 28, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: OrthodoxPhotos.com - Calvinism, the Reformed Church, and Presbyterianism. | Apr 17, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 15, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 12, 1998 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |