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Book SynopsisExamines Calvin's 1559 Institutes alongside critical theorists, arguing that attention to sovereignty, materiality, and teaching upsets simpler links between Protestantism, secularism, rationalism, and disenchantment. This book is for those working in religious studies, constructive theology, political theology, and debates over 'modernity'.
Trade Review'This brilliant book defies facile summary.' Mark S. LeTourneau, Anglican and Episcopal History
'… Sanchez homes in on Calvin's doctrines of providence and incarnation, offering a fresh reading of the Genevan Reformer's magnum opus as a pedagogical work that affirms embodiment and orients believers to engage the concrete worldly problems of society and politics.' J. Scott Jackson, International Journal of Systematic Theology
'Calvin scholars and readers interested in how Reformation sources might interact with contemporary political theology will find Sanchez' book to be important and vital reading.' Aaron Klink, Religious Studies Review
Table of ContentsPart I. Itinerant Pedagogy: 1. Writing reform: the genre of the 1559 Institutio Christianae Religionis; Part II. Providence: 2. The practice of writing providence; 3. Providence and world affirmation; 4. Providence and governmentality; Part III. Incarnation: 5. Calvin's 'secularization' of Augustinian signification; 6. Faith resignifying understanding: atonement and election; 7. Calvin against political theology.
