TY - BOOK AU - Balserak,Jon TI - Calvinism: a very short introduction T2 - Very short introductions SN - 9780198753711 U1 - 284.2 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Calvin, Jean, KW - Calvinism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index; Calvinism: what's in a name? -- Conversion -- Culture -- Church -- Knowledge -- Covenant -- Humanity and new humanity -- God and hell N2 - Calvinism, based on the ideas of John Calvin, is a massive religion today, with widespread church affiliations. It has influenced contemporary thought - especially western thought - on everything from civil government to money, and divorce. Jon Balserak explores the history of the religion and discusses the key ideas in Calvinist theory ER -