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Sober, Strict, and Scriptural: Collective Memories of John Calvin, 1800-2000

  • Hardback
  • 393 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.8 x 24.4 x 2.6 cm

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For students of history and church tradition.

Explores how Calvin was viewed in later years.

Discover the changing legacy of a reformer.

A fascinating historical study on how the character and legacy of John Calvin have been remembered over two centuries.

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Calvinism's influence and reputation have received ample scholarly attention. But how John Calvin himself - his person, character, and deeds - was remembered, commemorated, and memorialized, is a question few historians have addressed. Focussing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this volume aims to open up the subject with chapters on Calvin's monumentalization in statues and museums, his appearance in novels, children's books, and travel writing, his iconic function for Hungarian nationalists and Presbyterian missionaries to China, his reputation among Mormons and freethinkers, and his rivalry with Michael Servetus in French Protestant memory. The result is a fresh contribution to the field of religious memory studies and an invitation to further comparative research. Contributors include: R. Bryan Bademan, Patrick Cabanel, R. Scott Clark, Thomas J. Davis, Stephen S. Francis, Joe B. Fulton, Botond Gaal, Stefan Laube, Johan de Niet, Herman Paul, James Rigney, Michele Sacquin, Jonathan Seitz, Robert Vosloo, Bart Wallet, and Valentine Zuber.

  • Title

    Sober, Strict, and Scriptural: Collective Memories of John Calvin, 1800-2000

  • Author

    Johan Niet

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    April 2009

  • Weight

    800g

  • Page Count

    393

  • Dimensions

    16.8 x 24.4 x 2.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004174245

  • ISBN-10

    9004174249

  • Eden Code

    4725147

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