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In this concise introduction to Calvin’s life and thought, Christopher Elwood offers an insightful and accessible overview of Calvin’s key teachings within his historical context. The trials and travails Calvin encountered as he ministered and taught in Geneva are discussed, with special attention given to theological controversies associated with the Trinity and predestination. Elwood indicates...

In looking at the story as Calvin presents it, we will follow the order of topics he devised. First, however, we need to look at what he put under the heading of theology. Calvin seems not to have called himself a theologian. Perhaps he associated the term with the professional scholastic university teachers he called “Sophists.” For them, Calvin suggested, theology was a process of “cold” and “arid” reasoning. Cool,
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