Calvinism

A History

Darryl Hart

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Yale University
30 June 2013

Religion & beliefs; History of religion; Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches

The first single-volume history of Reformed Protestantism from its sixteenth-century origins to the present

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 São 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.

By: Darryl Hart
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 726g
ISBN: 9780300148794
ISBN 10: 0300148798
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 30 June 2013
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 previous books, including most recently From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin.

Reviews for Calvinism: A History

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 skilfully combines political and institutional history, on the one hand, and theological developments and the 'history of ideas, ' on the other. --Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal --Barton Swaim Wall Street Journal (08/23/2013)

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A History

Darryl Hart

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