Calvin and the Reformed Tradition: On the Work of Christ and the Order of Salvation

by Richard A. Muller

Overview

Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several significant second-generation formulators. Muller argues that the Reformed tradition is a diverse and variegated movement not suitably described either as founded solely on the thought of John Calvin or as a reaction to or deviation from Calvin, thereby setting aside the old "Calvin and the Calvinists" approach in favor of a more integral and representative perspective. Muller offers historical corrective and nuance on topics of current interest in Reformed theology, such as limited atonement/universalism, union with Christ, and the order of salvation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801048708
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/15/2012
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Richard A. Muller (PhD, Duke University) is senior fellow of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research and P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author of numerous books, including The Unaccommodated Calvin, After Calvin, and Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics. He also serves as the editor for the Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought series.

Table of Contents

Contents
1. From Reformation to Orthodoxy: The Reformed Tradition in the Early Modern Era
2. Was Calvin a Calvinist?
3. Calvin on Christ's Satisfaction and Its Efficacy: The Issue of "Limited Atonement"
4. A Tale of Two Wills? Calvin, Amyraut, and Du Moulin on Ezekiel 18:23
5. Davenant and Du Moulin: Variant Approaches to Hypothetical Universalism
6. The "Golden Chain" and the Causality of Salvation: Beginnings of the Reformed Ordo Salutis
7. Union with Christ and the Ordo Salutis: Reflections on Developments in Early Modern Reformed Thought
8. Calvin, Beza, and the Later Reformed on Assurance of Salvation and the "Practical Syllogism"
9. Conclusions
Index