John Calvin's Ideas

by Paul Helm

Overview

This is a major study of the theological thought of John Calvin, which examines his central theological ideas through a philosophical lens, looking at issues in Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Ethics. The study, the first of its kind, is concerned with how Calvin actually uses philosophical ideas in his work as a theologian and biblical commentator. The book also includes a careful examination of those ideas of Calvin to which the Reformed Epistemologists appeal, to find grounds and precedent for their development of ‘Reformed Epistemology', notably the sensus divinitatis and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199255696
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/27/2005
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	9.56(w) x 6.26(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Paul Helm is J. I. Packer Professor of Philosophical Theology, Regent College, Vancouver.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. God ‘in Se' and ‘quoad nos'2. The Trinity3. The Extra4. Providence and Evil5. The Soul6. Free Will7. Divine Accommodation8. Natural Theology and the Sensus Divinitatis9. Revelation10. The Angels11. The Power Dialectic12. Equity, Natural Law, and Common Grace13. Faith, Atonement, and Time