(Guardian): Chinese Calvinism Flourishes

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/may/27/china-calvin-christianity

Chinese Calvinism flourishes

 

The churches that follow Calvin are the third largest Christian grouping in the world. In China they hope to become the religion of the elite.

 

John Calvin was a Frenchman, but he is being remembered in Geneva this week because it was here that he built Calvinism.

Dr. Richard Muller: "Calvin and the Reformed Tradition"

http://heidelblog.net/2012/11/its-here-muller-on-calvin-and-the-reformed-tradition/

It’s Here: Muller on Calvin and the Reformed Tradition



This is going to be fun. Anyone who is interested in the history of Reformed theology, in finding out what the classical Reformed authors (of which Calvin was one) actually said, must get to grips with the work of Richard Muller. By

Christian Theology Reader: John Calvin (Rev. Dr. Alistair McGrath)

ABC Thomas Cranmer's Ambitious Legacy

http://www.historytoday.com/diarmaid-macculloch/cranmers-ambiguous-legacy

 

Cranmer's Ambiguous Legacy







By Diarmaid MacCulloch







Diarmaid MacCulloch reflects on the 'after-life' of Henry VIII's archbishop, burnt at the stake as a Protestant martyr under Mary.

 


Portrait of Cranmer after Henry VIII's death by an unknown artistArchbishop Thomas Cranmer died at the stake in 1556,

Horton, Stetzer, and Olsen Debate Resurgent Calvinism Amongst Young, Restless and (So-called) Reformed

http://www.christianpost.com/news/theologians-debate-calvinism-amid-calvinist-resurgence-71627/

 

By Brittany Smith , Christian Post Reporter

March 18, 2012|11:40 am

Two prominent theologians took opposite sides and debated the theological system of Calvinism, which is experiencing a resurgence in church culture, on "The Exchange" webshow this past week.
Ed Stetzer, president of Lifeway