John Calvin's Ideas.(Book review) From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: September 22, 2006| Author: Olson, Jeannine E. | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Paul Helm. John Calvin's Ideas.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. x + 438 pp. index. bibl. $125. ISBN: 0-19-925569-5.

This is a book on Calvin's theology through the eyes of Paul Helm, a professor of philosophical theology at Regent College, Vancouver. Appropriate to a philosopher, Helm arranges the chapters of his book more in philosophical than in theological order and approaches his topics as a philosopher. Helm presents a clear, thorough, and knowled...

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