Calvin for the World: The Enduring Relevance of His Political, Social, and Economic Theology

by Rubén Rosario Rodríguez

Publisher:

Baker Academic

, 2024

Overview

John Calvin was arguably the most influential of the 16th-century Reformers. His supporters praise his transformative influence on the ecclesial, political, and economic spheres of modern life, while his detractors paint him as a ruthless proponent of theocracy. These conflicting images suggest there is more to Calvin than meets the eye.

In this volume, Rubén Rosario Rodríguez offers a creative engagement with Calvin’s theological and political thought and provides a critical reclamation of Calvin’s legacy. Rosario Rodríguez presents Calvin’s theology in historical context and explores his global impact by examining Calvin’s views on a broad range of social and cultural issues, such as political theology, migration and dislocation, nationalism, social welfare policies, revolution, racism, and religious pluralism. Rosario Rodríguez shows how Calvin’s theological legacy impacted the formation of the modern world, its worldview, and its social institutions and presents Calvin as an engaging interlocutor on contemporary matters of social, political, racial, and economic justice.

Key Features

• Provides a critical reclamation of Calvin’s legacy
• Examines Calvin’s views on a broad range of social and cultural issues
• Offers a creative engagement with Calvin’s theological and political thought

Product Details

• Title: Calvin for the World: The Enduring Relevance of His Political, Social, and Economic Theology
• Author: Rubén Rosario Rodríguez
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Calvin; Political and social views
• ISBNs: 9781493446292, 9781493446308, 1493446290, 1493446304
• Resource ID: LLS:CLVNWRLDNCNMCTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-27T18:07:13Z

About Rubén Rosario Rodríguez

Rubén Rosario Rodríguez (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary), an ordained Presbyterian minister, holds the Clarence Louis and Helen Steber Professorship in Theological Studies and directs the Mev Puleo Program in Latin American Politics, Theology, and Culture at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. His recent publications include Dogmatics after Babel, the T&T Clark Handbook of Political Theology, and Theological Fragments: Confessing What We Know and Cannot Know about an Infinite God. He has also done advocacy work with Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA).