Calvin

Militant or Man of Peace

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6399178
AutoresDaniel Pellerin (0000-0002-7843-7224, autor correspondente)
Ano2003
Volume65
Fascículo1
Páginas35-59
Data de publicação2003-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500036524
OpenAlexW2100196314
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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