Calvin and the Book

This book, edited by Karen Spierling, represents the proceedings from the 2013 Calvin Studies Colloquium (held at Princeton Seminary) with the addition of an essay from Bruce Gordon. The subtitle of the volume, which speaks about the evolution of the printed word, is probably not accurate. But that is not a criticism: it is, rather, an indication that the volume contains a good deal more than this. This is a fine collection of essays. It focuses specifically on Reformed Protestantism, rather than Lutheran, Anabaptist, Anglican or some other form, and more specifically on John Calvin, though many of the chapters move beyond Calvin in various ways. The volume bristles with good ideas, as a group of fine scholars explore various nooks and crannies of the Reformation in search of material relating, for the most part, to the presence and impact of the book upon Reformation life and thought. It is the work of an excellent group of contributors—Andrew Pettegree, Bruce Gordon, Euan Cameron, Margo Todd and others. What is more, the range of subjects is suitably broad to attract the interests of many who research, or are interested in, subjects from the early book trade to exegesis, church discipline, early printed bibles, the theatre, rhetoric and history

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