PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
by Richard R. Topping (Editor), John A. Vissers (Editor)
Calvin@500 is an exercise in appreciative criticism and appropriation of the Reformer's work for church and society. The collection serves as an introduction to the life and thought of this sixteenth-century Reformer in his context. The book also traces Calvin's continuing legacy for political, economic, theological, spiritual, and inter-religious practices of our own time. The essays reflect the depth and breadth of Calvin scholarship from the sixteenth century to the present. They also reflect Calvin's own wide-ranging ministry: the authors are pastors, teachers, social justice workers, and theologians. Calvin@500 arose from two Canadian conferences on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth.
Author Biography
Richard R. Topping holds the St. Andrew's Hall Chair of Studies in the Reformed Tradition in Vancouver, Canada, where he teaches at the Vancouver School of Theology and lectures at Regent College. He is the author of Revelation, Scripture, and Church (Ashgate, 2007).
John A. Vissers is the Principal of Presbyterian College in Montreal, Quebec, and Adjunct Professor of Christian Theology, McGill Faculty of Religious Studies. He is widely published in the area of Reformed thought and history; he is the author of The Neo-Orthodox Theology of W. W. Bryden (Pickwick, 2006).
