John Calvin's American Legacy by Thomas Davis
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Description John Calvin's American Legacy explores the influence of Calvin and his heirs on American life, highlighting how the Calvinist tradition is woven into the fabric of American society, theology, and letters. From colonial economics to twenty-first-century fiction, the Calvinist imprint is unmistakable. This work helps readers comprehend that imprint in all its contextualized richness.
Publisher Description
Though his influence on American society has often been forgotten or misunderstood, John Calvin played a formative role in the traditions of almost every sector of American life. This wide-ranging study, comprising twelve essays, shows for the first time the extraordinary extent to which Calvinist thoughts and practices are woven into the fabric of American society, theology, and letters, from the colonial period to the twenty-firstcentury.John Calvin's American Legacy examines the economics of the Colonial period, Calvin's effect on American identity, and the evidence for Calvin's influence on American democracy. The book next addressesCalvin's critical role in American theology, inspecting the relationship between Jonathan Edwards's and Calvin's church practices, the diverse views on the Calvinist theological tradition in the nineteenth century, the ways in which Calvin was understood in the historiography of Williston Walker and Perry Miller, and Calvin's influence on twentieth-century theologies. Finally, the book explores Calvinism's influence on American literature, examining the work of such writers as Samson Occom,Harriet Beecher Stowe, Max Weber, Mark Twain, John Updike, and Marilynne Robinson. This important book is the first to introduces readers to the breadth and depth of Calvin'sinfluence along the spectrum of American thought and society, from the 18th century to modern times.
Author Biography
Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, and Thomas H. Lake Scholar in Religion and Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University
Details ISBN 0195390989 ISBN-13 9780195390988 Title John Calvin's American Legacy Author Thomas Davis Format Paperback Year 2010 Pages 304 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc GE_Item_ID:161076717; About Us
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