Calvin

Militant or Man of Peace

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6399178
AutoresDaniel Pellerin (0000-0002-7843-7224, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen65
Número1
Páginas35-59
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500036524
OpenAlexW2100196314
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas14

The charge that the Reformation heralded a triumph of confessional party over religion and fostered a spirit of division, discord, and strife is not an unfamiliar one. The thought of Jean Calvin, in particular, has been found responsible, by Karl Barth among others, for rousing its followers to militancy. As this essay will show, however, Calvin's actual positions point in a rather more irenic direction. Thus the first section of the essay addresses common misconceptions about the role of military metaphor in Calvin's writings. Section II draws attention to the integral importance for Calvin's theology of the Gospel call to unity, concord, and peace not only among Christians but all mankind. Section III examines Calvin's cautious treatment of actual fighting and war, and section IV draws together the argument by reference to Calvin's discussion of political authority and the tasks of the state

Argument (complex analysis · Confessional · Gospel · Metaphor · Militant · Political science · Politics · Section (typography · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Education and Schools · Religious studies