John Calvin

by John W. de Gruchy

Book Overview

2009 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of Calvin, the Reformed theologian whose legacy has played such an important role in the shaping of modern South Africa. The popular understanding of him as grim moralist, proponent of predestination and a tyrannical God is a caricature, but one that does spring from aspects of Calvin's legacy. In this book, De Gruchy attempts to restate the Reformed tradition as a transforming force, one that opposed slavery...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498216366
• ISBN13: 9781498216364
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"