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Jon Balserak
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- Intellectual History, French History, Reformation History, Medieval France, Early Modern France, John Calvin, and 33 moreFrench Wars of Religion, Medieval History, Religion and Politics, Renaissance Studies, Erasmus, Early Modern Intellectual History, Early Modern History, History, Medieval Studies, History of the Book, Book History, Early Modern Era, French Reformation, Anabaptist Studies, History of Terrorism, Trending papers on academia-edu, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Digital Humanities, Digital Edition, Printing (Reformation Studies), Peter Martyr Vermigli, Perceptions of the Past, Reformation Studies, Reformation Theology, Calvinism, Reformed theology, Early Modern Literature, History of the Reformation, Philipp Melanchthon, Medieval Jewish biblical exegesis, Ramism, John Bunyan, and International Criminal Lawedit
- I teach and study the history of Christianity in the Renaissance and Early Modern period, with special attention to t... moreI teach and study the history of Christianity in the Renaissance and Early Modern period, with special attention to the Reformations in France and Geneva, dissimulation and lying, the history of prophecy, the interpretation of the Bible, and John Calvin and Calvinism.
I have recently edited _A Companion to the Reformation in Geneva_ which will be published by Brill in 2021. It contains nineteen chapters by a superb collection of scholars.
I serve as book review editor for 'Reformation & Renaissance Review.'
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Research Interests: Christianity, French History, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, French Reformation, and 15 moreCalvinism, Reformation Theology, Reformed Theology and Ethics, History of the Reformation, Church History, John Calvin, French Wars of Religion, Reformation, History of Calvinism, Protestant Reformation, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Jean Calvin, Coup D`etats, French Wars of Religion, Huguenots, and Genevan Theology
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Research Interests: Theology, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Philosophical Theology, Reformation History, and 24 moreReformation Studies, Calvin, English Reformation, Calvinism, Reformation Theology, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Reformed Epistemology, History of the Reformation, Biblical Theology, Reformation and Post-Reformation, John Calvin, Reformed theology, Reformed Apologetics, Reformation, Reformed Biblical Theology, Reformed scholasticism, History of Calvinism, Dutch Reformed Church, neo-Calvinism, 16th and 17th Reformed Orthodoxy, Reformed Baptist, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Reformed Dogmatics, and Reformed Orthodoxy
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the German monk and reformer Martin Luther posting his theses (October 31, 1517), the contributors of this volume invite us to expand our understanding of “the Reformation” by an examination of... more
On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the German monk and reformer Martin Luther posting his theses (October 31, 1517), the contributors of this volume invite us to expand our understanding of “the Reformation” by an examination of aspects of Reform which are lesser known than Luther to probe some less-explored corners of the Reformation. To be sure, Martin Luther himself receives attention in this volume. But the aim of this book is really to take the occasion provided by the increased attention paid to the Reformation during the year 2017 to explore other theologians, movements, and ideas. The expanding of the scholarly mind and opening up of new vistas often overshadowed by larger figures, like Luther, can only be good for the study of the Reformation and Early Modern era.
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In this Very Short Introduction, Jon Balserak explores major ideas associated with the Calvinist system of thought. Beginning during the Protestant Reformation in cities like Zurich, Geneva, and Basel, Calvinism—also known as Reformed... more
In this Very Short Introduction, Jon Balserak explores major ideas associated with the Calvinist system of thought. Beginning during the Protestant Reformation in cities like Zurich, Geneva, and Basel, Calvinism—also known as Reformed Theology—spread rapidly throughout Europe and the New World, eventually making its way to the African Continent and the East. Balserak examines how Calvinist thought and practice spread and took root, helping shape church and society. Much of contemporary thought, especially western thought, on everything from theology to civil government, economics, the arts, work and leisure, education, and the family has been influenced by Calvinism. Balserak explores this influence. He also examines common misconceptions and objections to Calvinism, and sets forth a Calvinist understanding of God, the world, humankind, and the meaning of life.
Preface
Chapter 1 Calvinism – What’s in a Name?
Chapter 2 Conversion
Chapter 3 Culture
Chapter 4 Church
Chapter 5 Knowledge
Chapter 6 Covenant
Chapter 7 Humanity and New Humanity
Chapter 8 God and Hell
Chronology
Further Reading
Preface
Chapter 1 Calvinism – What’s in a Name?
Chapter 2 Conversion
Chapter 3 Culture
Chapter 4 Church
Chapter 5 Knowledge
Chapter 6 Covenant
Chapter 7 Humanity and New Humanity
Chapter 8 God and Hell
Chronology
Further Reading
Research Interests: American History, 17th Century & Early Modern Philosophy, History of Ideas, Theology, Early Modern History, and 108 moreHistorical Theology, History of Christianity, Systematic Theology, Philosophical Theology, History of Science, Korean Studies, South Korea, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvin, English Reformation, Calvinism, Reformation Theology, Theological Interpretation of Christian Scripture, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Neocalvinism, Early Modern Europe, Reformed Epistemology, Presbyterianism, Protestantism, Early Modern Church History, Political Theology, Church History, Korean History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Reformed theology, Doctrines of Grace, Karl Barth, Puritans, Early Modern Christian Theology, Abraham Kuyper, Monism, English Puritanism, Hugo Grotius, Religious Studies, Dutch History, Early Church History, Christian Theology, John Knox, Reformed Apologetics, Reformation, Reformed Biblical Theology, Reformed scholasticism, History of Calvinism, Puritan Studies, American Puritanism, Dutch Reformed Church, neo-Calvinism, North Korean defectors & Christianity, Arminius, Relation of Reformed Orthodoxy to the Church Fathers, 16th and 17th Reformed Orthodoxy, Patristics in Reformed orthodoxy, Systematic and Historical Theology, Neo-Orthodox Theology, Intellectual history of Calvinism, History of science and ideas, Reformed Baptist, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Doctrine of God, Christology, Soteriology, Historical Theology, Biblical Studies, Dogmatic Theology, Analytic Theology, Continental Theology, Biblical Theology, Thomas F. Torrance, Karl Barth, John Calvin, Systematic Theology, New Calvinism, Puritanism, Reformed Dogmatics, Evangelical Calvinism, Calvinism in Robinson Crusoe, Arminianism, Covenanters, Westminster Assembly, Reformed Liturgy, British evangelical history, Baptist history, Calvinistic Baptists, Charles Hodge, Calvinist Art, Richard Baxter, Theology of Karl Barth, James Hogg and Calvinist background, Scottish Presbyterianism, International Calvinism, Synod of Dordt 1618-1619, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Theodore Beza, Jean Calvin, Théodore De Bèze, Reformed Systematic Theology, Andrew Fuller, John Gill, Presbyterian Church History, theology of John Calvin, Westminster Confession, Calvinist Women, Catholic and Reformed, Early Modern Intellectual History and the History of Ideas, Reformed Orthodoxy, Korean Christianity, B.B. Warfield, History of the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Church In Transylvania, J Gresham Machen, Puritan Theology, American Calvinism, Calvinism in Indonesia, Amyraldianism, Jacob Arminius, Reformed Confessions, Southern Presbyterianism, Free Church of Scotland, neo-Calvinist ethics, and Scottish Covenanters
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This book examines John Calvin’s sense of vocation. 1) It begins with an analysis of thinking on prophecy in early, medieval, and Reformation theology. 2) It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition... more
This book examines John Calvin’s sense of vocation.
1) It begins with an analysis of thinking on prophecy in early, medieval, and Reformation theology.
2) It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition that focused on scriptural interpretation.
3) It argues Calvin believed his prophetic authority was the same as Isaiah and Jeremiah, and suggests that he may have held himself to be infallible in matters related to Christian doctrine.
4) It argues that starting from about 1555, Calvin began to conceive the idea of encouraging one of the French 'lesser magistrates' (the princes of the blood royal) to rise up in armed conflict against the sitting French king with the aim of taking the throne.
5) Thus, it argues that when that did happen in 1562 when Louis of Condé gathered troops in Orléans and declared their intentions to liberate King Charles IX from the evil councillors surrounding him, this had Calvin's fingerprints on it -- Calvin was to a significant degree responsible for this turn of events.
6) Calvin pursued this plan, I argue, as one of a number of approaches to winning France for the gospel. In this way, the volume explores Calvin's sense of vocation and the impact this had on his political thought.
1) It begins with an analysis of thinking on prophecy in early, medieval, and Reformation theology.
2) It finds Calvin within a non-mystical, non-apocalyptic prophetic tradition that focused on scriptural interpretation.
3) It argues Calvin believed his prophetic authority was the same as Isaiah and Jeremiah, and suggests that he may have held himself to be infallible in matters related to Christian doctrine.
4) It argues that starting from about 1555, Calvin began to conceive the idea of encouraging one of the French 'lesser magistrates' (the princes of the blood royal) to rise up in armed conflict against the sitting French king with the aim of taking the throne.
5) Thus, it argues that when that did happen in 1562 when Louis of Condé gathered troops in Orléans and declared their intentions to liberate King Charles IX from the evil councillors surrounding him, this had Calvin's fingerprints on it -- Calvin was to a significant degree responsible for this turn of events.
6) Calvin pursued this plan, I argue, as one of a number of approaches to winning France for the gospel. In this way, the volume explores Calvin's sense of vocation and the impact this had on his political thought.
Research Interests: Religion, Christianity, History, European History, Military History, and 224 moreIntellectual History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Social Movements, Social Psychology, European Studies, Military Science, Military Ethics, Military Law, French Literature, Self and Identity, History of Ideas, French History, Peace and Conflict Studies, Theology, Renaissance History, French Studies, Terrorism, Political Theory, International Terrorism, Early Modern History, Historical Theology, War Theory, History of Christianity, Political Psychology, Systematic Theology, Refugee Studies, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Religion and Politics, Renaissance, Conflict, War Studies, Revolutions, Medieval Theology, French Revolution, Old Testament Prophecy, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Radical Reformation, French Reformation, Calvin, Bullinger, Zurich, Zwingli, Calvinism, Wars of Religion, Reformation Theology, Preaching, Anabaptism, Printing (Reformation Studies), Reformed Theology and Ethics, Political Violence and Terrorism, Just War, Civil War, Aquinas, Religious Pluralism, History Of Political Thought (Political Science), History Of Political Thought (Political Science), Medieval and Renaissance, Swiss History, Early Modern Europe, Medieval Church History, Religious Conversion, Political History, History of Political Violence, Power and Authority in the Middle Ages, History of Terrorism, Presbyterianism, Intellectual History of the Renaissance, Protestantism, Mediation, European Politics, Covenant Theology, Theology and Culture, National Identity, History of the Reformation, Catholic Theology, Thomas Aquinas, Anabaptist Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Reformation and Post-Reformation, Early Modern Era, Early Modern Literature, Cultural History of War, History of Political Thought, Intelligence and Espionage, Church Reform, History of Political and Institutional Reform, Just War Theory, Language and Identity, Politics and Religion, Conflict Resolution, Early Modern Church History, Prophets, Political Theology, Laws of War, Northern Renaissance, Narrative and Identity, Church History, Theology of Thomas Aquinas, Early Modern Intellectual History, French Politics, Personal Identity, John Calvin, Renaissance literature, Intellectual and cultural history, Power and authority in the Early Modern period, Military and Politics, Early Modern France, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Reformed theology, War and society, French Wars of Religion, Anabaptist Studies, French Renaissance Literature, French Revolution and Napoleon, Early Modern Political Thought, Peace Studies, French history and politics, Religious History, War and violence, French Wars of Religion (Literature), Religious Persecution, European Medieval History, European intellectual history, France, Early Modern Catholicism, Ethnic Conflict and Civil War, Biblical Medieval Exegesis, Reformational Philosophy, French, Books of the Twelve Prophets, Military, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, War, French Protestantism, Conflict Analysis, Mercenaries in Medieval and Rennaissance Italy, Martin Bucer, Religious Studies, Political Identity, Huguenot, Rebellion, Ecclesiastical History, Political Warfare, Terrorism, Religious Extremism, Medieval Military History, Late Medieval History, Reformation, Militias, Early Modern Astrology and Prophecy, History of Political Ideas, Revolution, History of Calvinism, History of Exegesis, Fifteenth and Sixteenth century culture, Late Medieval History: Military Orders, Crusades, Ecclesiastical History, Terrorism and Counter-terrorism, Early Modern, Dutch Reformed Church, neo-Calvinism, Littérature Française, Resistance Theory, History of Revolutions, Mercenaries, Protestant Reformation, Prophecy, Geneva, Social Conflict, Medieval Prophecy, Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/"Old Testament", Biblical Prophecy, Historical Theology of the Catholic and Protestant Reformations, Catholic Church History, Theories and Methodologies of Political and Social Sciences; Researches on War and Peace, Conflicts and Mediations, Religious and Cultural Identity, Sixteenth-Century Education, Religious Conflict, Counter-Reformation, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Early Modern Huguenot Churches, Republic of Letters, Huguenots, Sixteenth Century History, Wolfgang Musculus, Swiss Reformation, Prophecy and Apocalypticism, Heinrich Bullinger, Religiously/ideologically-motivated violence, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Covenanters, Cessation of Prophecy, Covenants in the Old Testament, Arms Trade and Transnatinal Terrorism, Wars: Dynamics of Wars, Civil Wars, Militias & Guerrilla Warfare, Protestantism in XVI century, Terrorist, Ulrich Zwingli, the theology of Ulrich Zwingli, Scottish Presbyterianism, International Calvinism, Reformed Presbyterian Church, Terrorist and Religion, Église Réformée, French Intellectual History, Ancient Mercenary Service, Jean Calvin, Religious Warfare, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Obedience and Rebellion In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Presbyterian Church History, The History of Ideas, Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence, Sixteenth Century Political Thought, French Huguenots, Peace Education and Curriculum Development, Nonviolent Action Strategies, Ethics In War Collateral Damage and Just War Theory, Early Modern Intellectual History and the History of Ideas, Geneva Bible, Wars of Independence, and Free Church of Scotland
Calvin lectured on the Minor Prophets from 1555/6 to 1559, beginning at the time of the implementation of the Peace of Augsburg. He saw the era in which he lived – particularly the period following the calling of the Council of Trent... more
Calvin lectured on the Minor Prophets from 1555/6 to 1559, beginning at the time of the implementation of the Peace of Augsburg. He saw the era in which he lived – particularly the period following the calling of the Council of Trent (1545) and the enforcing of the Augsburg Interim (1548) – as like that of Elijah; a fundamentally troubled era for the church. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of these lectures, their context, audience, and aims. It argues that they were integral not simply to his training of ministers for France but to Calvin’s endeavors to call the faithful remnant out of a corrupt Roman Church and to re-establish the Christian Church in France (and Europe).
Research Interests: European History, Military History, Intellectual History, Cultural History, European Studies, and 28 moreFrench History, Renaissance History, Early Modern History, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Renaissance, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, French Reformation, Early Modern Europe, Power and Authority in the Middle Ages, European Politics, History of the Reformation, Reformation and Post-Reformation, Early Modern Catholic Studies, Early Modern Church History, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Power and authority in the Early Modern period, Early Modern France, French Wars of Religion, History of Nationalism, Books of the Twelve Prophets, Reformation, Prophecy, Historical Theology of the Catholic and Protestant Reformations, and Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition
The collected papers from the International Congress on Calvin Research, Seoul, South Korea, 1998. This includes W. H. Neuser’s welcome from the Praesidium and an opening address from Chul-Ha Han. Plenary sessions: Michael Beintker, J.... more
The collected papers from the International Congress on Calvin Research, Seoul, South Korea, 1998. This includes W. H. Neuser’s welcome from the Praesidium and an opening address from Chul-Ha Han. Plenary sessions: Michael Beintker, J. William Naphy, Robert M. Kingdon, David F. Wright, and Heiko Oberman. Seminars: Kyung-Y. Burchill-Limb, Yang Ho Lee, Wilhelmus H. Th. Moehn, Max Engammare, Peter Opitz, Pieter C. Potgieter, and Donald Sinnema.
Research Interests: History, European History, Intellectual History, European Studies, French History, and 10 moreEarly Modern History, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Early Modern Europe, History of the Reformation, Early Modern Church History, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, and Reformed theology
This book is the first monograph devoted to the theme of divine accommodation in the writings of John Calvin to appear in any language. The work offers careful analysis of the topic along several different lines. It analyzes the character... more
This book is the first monograph devoted to the theme of divine accommodation in the writings of John Calvin to appear in any language. The work offers careful analysis of the topic along several different lines. It analyzes the character of Calvin’s thinking on accommodation. It gives an account of the ways in which accommodation expresses itself in his writings. It probes the question of the penetration of accommodation into Calvin’s theology and particularly its implications for his doctrine of God. And it compares Calvin’s handling of accommodation with that of other exegetes in order to set his thinking in context.
In pursuing these matters, Dr Balserak provides a rigorous consideration of many of the individual places in Calvin’s corpus where he discusses accommodation. This enables him to set out a summary of the basic qualities which characterize Calvin’s handling of the motif. The addition of chapters on the relationship of Calvin’s thought on accommodation to his use of the potentia absoluta/ordinata distinction and on the influence of accommodation on his views on the truth and applicability of Scripture allows this study to examine its topic from different angles. The result is a work which offers a substantial reassessment of Calvin's thinking on divine accommodation.
In pursuing these matters, Dr Balserak provides a rigorous consideration of many of the individual places in Calvin’s corpus where he discusses accommodation. This enables him to set out a summary of the basic qualities which characterize Calvin’s handling of the motif. The addition of chapters on the relationship of Calvin’s thought on accommodation to his use of the potentia absoluta/ordinata distinction and on the influence of accommodation on his views on the truth and applicability of Scripture allows this study to examine its topic from different angles. The result is a work which offers a substantial reassessment of Calvin's thinking on divine accommodation.
Research Interests: History, European History, Intellectual History, French History, Early Modern History, and 9 moreReformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvinism, Early Modern Church History, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, French Wars of Religion, and Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition
The Genevan Reformation was subjected to a trenchant ethical critique during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anabaptists, and Radicals who identified both Calvin and Beza as unscrupulous, dishonest,... more
The Genevan Reformation was subjected to a trenchant ethical critique during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anabaptists, and Radicals who identified both Calvin and Beza as unscrupulous, dishonest, and immoral. By contrast, modern scholars have paid little attention to such matters. They have either stated explicitly that both men were upright and honest in their lives and ministries or implied it. A handful of scholars have, however, alluded to dishonest conduct on their parts. The present article takes up this topic in detail, looking particularly at Geneva’s ministry to France. It contends that duplicity characterized Calvin and Beza’s French ministry between 1536 and 1563. It commences by examining their understanding of mendacity, which provides the standard for our analysis of their ministry. After outlining what Calvin and Beza did to support and strengthen Calvinist churches in France, the article sets forth and explains the system Calvin devised to hide their ministry from the French Catholic government and probably from the Nicodemites as well. This system depended on lies, deceit, and simulation.
Research Interests: Ethics, French History, Theology, French Studies, Early Modern History, and 15 moreRenaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, French Reformation, Calvinism, Reformation Theology, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Deception / Lying (Deception Lying), History of the Reformation, Early Modern France, Reformed theology, France, Reformation, and Protestant Reformation
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The 'Turk' was greeted in various ways, but generally with hostility by Early Modern Europeans. The advancing army of Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Vienna in 1529, prompting apocalyptic fear from Christians throughout Europe. Martin... more
The 'Turk' was greeted in various ways, but generally with hostility by Early Modern Europeans. The advancing army of Suleiman the Magnificent attacked Vienna in 1529, prompting apocalyptic fear from Christians throughout Europe. Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon, Nicolas Senecker, etc identify the Turks with prophecy (e.g. Gog and Magog from Ezekiel 38 and 39 and the little horn of the beast in Daniel 7) and interpreted their approach towards Europe accordingly. They also identified a need for deeper knowledge of Islam. This prompted a number of publications including Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter’s Mahometis Abdallae filii theologia dialogo explicata, ... Alcorani epitome and Theodore Bibliander's Machumetis Saracenorum principis, eiusque successorum vitae, ac doctrina, ipseque Alcoran, both of which were published in 1543. This paper examines both of these works but particularly Bibliander's Machumetis Saracenorum. It explores the reasons why Bibliander produced it through a comparison of it with Bibliander's earlier Ad nominis Christiani socios consultatio, qua nam ratione Turcarum dira potentia repelli possit ac debeat a populo Christiano.
Research Interests: Translation Studies, Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Renaissance, and 27 moreTextual Scholarship, Textual Criticism, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Reformation Theology, Biblical Studies, History of the Reformation, Islamic Studies, Islamic History, Islam, Reformed theology, Turkey, Islam, and the West, Early Modern print culture, Islamic Theology, Textual Criticism and Editing, Reformation, Early Modern Astrology and Prophecy, Medieval to Early Modern Islamic World, Koran, Translation of Islamic Religious Texts, Counter-Reformation, Swiss Reformation, Textual Criticsm, Quran's Translations, Islamic Thought and Theology, Koran & Koran Exegesis, and Islamic texts translation
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“John Calvin (Institutio Christianae religionis; Institution de la religion chrétienne; Praelectiones in Danielam; Sermons sur le V. livre de Moyse, nommé Deutéronome)” in Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History 1500-1900 (Leiden: Brill, 2014), vol 6: 700-713 -- attached is a draft.more
Research Interests: History of Ideas, French History, French Studies, Early Modern History, Apocalypticism, and 25 moreReformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Early Modern Europe, Islamic Studies, Early Modern Literature, History of Islam, Early Modern Church History, History of the Islamic World, Early modern Ottoman History, Islamic History, Early Modern Intellectual History, Islam, John Calvin, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Reformed theology, Early Modern Political Thought, Medieval Islamic History, History of Islamic Civilization, Geneva, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Jean Calvin, and Early Modern Intellectual History and the History of Ideas
Research Interests: American Catholicism, Early Modern History, European Catholicism, Catholic Studies, Reformation History, and 52 moreReformation Studies, Radical Reformation, German Reformation, French Reformation, English Reformation, Catholic Reform, Tridentine Catholicism, Reformation Theology, Scottish Reformation, Catholic Social Teaching, Early Modern Europe, Papacy (Medieval Church History), History of the Reformation, Catholic Theology, History of Roman Catholicism, Reformation and Post-Reformation, Early Modern Literature, Early Modern Catholic Studies, Post-Reformation Catholicism, Early Modern Intellectual History, Catholicism in Reformation England, Medieval Canon & Roman Law, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Reformed theology, Counter-Revolution in France, Early Modern Catholicism, Reformational Philosophy, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Catholic Moral Theology, The English Reformation, Reformation, Papal Primacy, Catholic Church, Papal History, Protestant Reformation, Council of Trent, Historical Theology of the Catholic and Protestant Reformations, Catholic Church History, Counter-Reformation art, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Bible in the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Martin luther and the Reformation, Catholic Reformation, Counter-Reformation, Catholic Liturgy, Dei Verbum and Council of Trent, Roman Catholic Canon Law, Counter Reformation Italy, Early Modern History - History of Art - Religious Art and Catholic Reform - Folk Art and Popular Culture - Artists and Workshop - Wood Carved and Paintings In Rural Parishes - France XVIIe-XIXe S., Early Modern Catholicim, and Early Modern English Catholicism
Research Interests: History of Ideas, French Studies, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Renaissance, and 13 moreRenaissance Philosophy, Neo-latin literature, Latin Language and Literature, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Medieval Latin, Neo-Latin Rhetoric, Neo-Latin, Medieval Latin & Neo-Latin, Late Medieval and Renaissance History, Renaissance; neo latin litterature, Neo Latin Literature, Early Modern and Neo-Latin Literature, and Theological studies
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Research Interests: Christianity, History, European History, Military History, Intellectual History, and 32 moreCultural History, Legitimacy and Authority, History of Ideas, French History, Early Modern History, Historical Theology, History of Christianity, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformation Theology, Early Modern Europe, Power and Authority in the Middle Ages, History of the Reformation, French Renaissance, Reformation and Post-Reformation, Problem of Religious Authority, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Power and authority in the Early Modern period, Early Modern France, Reformed theology, History of Nationalism, Early Modern Catholicism, Tradition, Reformation, Europe, Authority, Historical Studies, and Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition
Research Interests: History, European History, History of Science and Technology, Intellectual History, Early Modern History, and 10 moreHistory of Science, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvinism, Science, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), and Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition
Research Interests: History, European History, Intellectual History, History of Ideas, French History, and 22 moreEarly Modern History, War Studies, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, Calvinism, Political Violence and Terrorism, Political History, Political Violence, History of the Reformation, History of Political Thought, Early Modern Church History, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Intellectual and cultural history, Power and authority in the Early Modern period, Early Modern France, Early Modern Political Thought, Ecclesiastical History, Reformation, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, and Huguenots
This article examines Peter Martyr Vermigli’s understanding of prophecy. It takes as its starting point an apparent self-contradiction found in Vermigli’s position on whether prophets still exist in the Early Modern era and uses this to... more
This article examines Peter Martyr Vermigli’s understanding of prophecy. It takes as its starting point an apparent self-contradiction found in Vermigli’s position on whether prophets still exist in the Early Modern era and uses this to explore his views within their historical and religious contexts. It argues that Vermigli’s understanding seems, in part, to have been developed in response to the Anabaptist problem which continued to trouble the church in the 1540s and 1550s in Zurich, Strasbourg, and England. The Anabaptists, Vermigli clearly felt, took inappropriate advantage of biblical texts like 1 Corinthians 14: 3, 26-32 (which was used by Zwingli and others in the 1520s in articulating a prophetic model of ministry) to claim that they themselves were the true prophets. If they were not stopped, Vermigli believed the Anabaptists would overturn all order in the Christian church. Against this backdrop, he argued that the prophetic office had served its purpose and has now ceased. In tandem with this, however, he stated that he believed prophets still existed in his own day. To explain the presence of this belief, the article points to medieval elements found in Vermigli’s handling of prophecy. In particular, it discovers that he held the position, found in thinkers like Aquinas, that prophets can be raised up by God throughout the history of the church on an ad hoc basis in order to reform the church when the ordinary teaching ministry has failed in its duties. Thus, the article expounds Vermigli’s nuanced position on the locus and demonstrates the various sources which contributed to its development.
Research Interests: History, European History, Intellectual History, Early Modern History, English History, and 15 moreReformation History, Reformation Studies, Swiss History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern Church History, Church History, Early Modern Intellectual History, Early Modern Astrology and Prophecy, Prophecy, Strasbourg, Peter Martyr, Swiss Reformation, Prophecy and Apocalypticism, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Swiss Renaissance
Research Interests: Early Modern History, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Stoicism, and 11 moreJohn Calvin, Reformed theology, Jonathan Edwards, Religious Studies, Reformed Apologetics, Marilynne Robinson, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Puritanism, Religious Psychology, Robert Murray M'Cheyne, and Scottish Calvinism
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Research Interests: Intellectual History, French History, Theology, Early Modern History, Historical Theology, and 23 moreSystematic Theology, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, French Reformation, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformation Theology, Early Modern Europe, History of the Reformation, French Renaissance, Reformation and Post-Reformation, Early Modern Literature, Prophets, Political Theology, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Reformed theology, French history and politics, Reformation, Reformed scholasticism, neo-Calvinism, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, and Jean Calvin
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Latin Literature, Rhetoric, Theology, Renaissance History, and 27 moreEarly Modern History, Historical Theology, Systematic Theology, Renaissance Studies, Renaissance Humanism, Medieval Latin Literature, Calvin, Calvinism, Neo-latin literature, Early Modern Literature, Church History, Latin Language and Literature, Early Modern Intellectual History, John Calvin, Renaissance literature, Reformed theology, Ecclesiastical History, Reformed scholasticism, Neo-Latin, Medieval Latin & Neo-Latin, Systematic and Historical Theology, Neo-Latin studies, Renaissance; neo latin litterature, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Neo Latin Literature, International Calvinism, and theology of John Calvin
This paper examines early Reformed thought on the nature of the Christian church. The paper will look at the reforming work in Zurich of figures like Leo Jud, Oswald Myconius, and Heinrich Bullinger, but its primary focus will be on... more
This paper examines early Reformed thought on the nature of the Christian church. The paper will look at the reforming work in Zurich of figures like Leo Jud, Oswald Myconius, and Heinrich Bullinger, but its primary focus will be on Ulrich Zwingli, whose writings and leadership in the 1520s and early 1530s (until his untimely death in 1531) were pivotal to developing distinctively Reformed emphases on the church. In assessing his work, the paper will also glance briefly at the reforming work seen in cities such as Basel, Bern, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Mulhouse, and Geneva and the writings of figures like Johannes Oecolampadius and Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt.
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This article examines Peter Martyr Vermigli’s understanding of prophecy. It takes as its starting point an apparent self-contradiction found in Vermigli’s position on whether prophets still exist in the Early Modern era and uses this to... more
This article examines Peter Martyr Vermigli’s understanding of prophecy. It takes as its starting point an apparent self-contradiction found in Vermigli’s position on whether prophets still exist in the Early Modern era and uses this to explore his views within their historical and religious contexts. It argues that Vermigli’s understanding seems, in part, to have been developed in response to the Anabaptist problem which continued to trouble the church in the 1540s and 1550s in Zurich, Strasbourg, and England. The Anabaptists, Vermigli clearly felt, took inappropriate advantage of biblical texts like 1 Corinthians 14: 3, 26-32 (which was used by Zwingli and others in the 1520s in articulating a prophetic model of ministry) to claim that they themselves were the true prophets. If they were not stopped, Vermigli believed the Anabaptists would overturn all order in the Christian church. Against this backdrop, he argued that the prophetic office had served its purpose and has now ceased. In tandem with this, however, he stated that he believed prophets still existed in his own day. To explain the presence of this belief, the article points to medieval elements found in Vermigli’s handling of prophecy. In particular, it discovers that he held the position, found in thinkers like Aquinas, that prophets can be raised up by God throughout the history of the church on an ad hoc basis in order to reform the church when the ordinary teaching ministry has failed in its duties. Thus, the article expounds Vermigli’s nuanced position on the locus and demonstrates the various sources which contributed to its development.