Restoration through Redemption : John Calvin Revisited.

Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Revisiting Calvin: Analysis, Assessment, and Reception -- Chapter One Calvin and the Early Christian Doctrine of the Trinity -- Chapter Two The Two Means of Knowing God: Not an Article of Confession for Calvin -- Chapter Three Calvin's Modification of Augustine's Doctrine of Original Sin -- Chapter Four The Key Characteristics of a Christian Life: A Comparison of the Ethics of Calvin and Augustine and their Relevance Today -- Chapter Five The Exegetical Background of Calvin's View of the Government -- Chapter Six Darwin's Ambiguous Gift to Reformed Theology: The Problem of Natural Suffering and Calvin's Meditation on the Future Life -- Chapter Seven Calvin's Concept of Penal Substitution: Acknowledgement and Challenge -- Chapter Eight John Calvin's Understanding of Christ's Descent into Hell -- Chapter Nine Calvin's Contribution to a Common Ecclesial Spirituality -- Chapter Ten John Calvin and the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper: A Contemporary Appraisal -- Chapter Eleven Life as Pilgrimage: The Eschatology of John Calvin -- Chapter Twelve Accommodation and Incarnation: A Favourite Concept of Calvin in the Theology of Oepke Noordmans -- Chapter Thirteen Calvin and Human Dignity -- Chapter Fourteen Calvin Studies in North America -- Chapter Fifteen Calvin's Theological Heritage in South Africa: Engaging an Ambivalent, Contested and Promising Legacy -- Chapter Sixteen Calvin and France: A Paradoxical Legacy -- Index.