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Calvinism and the making of the European mind / edited by Gijsbert van den Brink, Harro M. Höpfl

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Boston : Brill, 2014.
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1 online resource
Additional Creators
Brink, Gijsbert van den, 1963-
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Calvinism and the Making of the European Mind; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; Calvin, the Reformed Tradition and Modern Culture; PART 1: Calvinism's Transformative Spirituality; 1 The Inner Dynamics of Calvinism: Why Calvin's Theology Fostered a Spirituality of Participation Over Imitation; 2 Dynamics of Dutch Calvinism: Early Modern Programs for Further Reformation; 3 The Dynamics of the Reformed Reformation: German Reformed Church Orders in the 16th Century; 4 Calvinists vs. Libertines: A New Look at Religious Exile and the Origins of 'Dutch' Tolerance. and PART 2: Calvinism and the Rise of Modern Culture5 European Calvinists and the Study of Nature: Some Historical Patterns and Problems; 6 Hot Protestants: Predestination, the Freedom of the Will and the Making of the Modern European Mind; 7 Predestination and Political Liberty; 8 Weber Revisited: Critical Perspectives from Calvinism on Capitalism in Economic Crisis; 9 Calvinism and the Making of the Modern European Economic Mind: A Comment and Call for More Research; Conclusion; 10 Calvinism and the European Mind: Pitfalls and Prospects in Contemporary Research; Bibliography; Index of Names.
Summary
Calvinism and the Making of the European Mind traces the interplay between Calvinism's transformative spirituality and the rise of modern Europe. How did the Reformed tradition affect the sciences, economic practices, views on religious toleration and the constitution of European polities?
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ISBN
9004280057 (electronic bk.)
9789004280052 (electronic bk.)
9789004279834 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9004279830 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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