The Calvin 500 Series is part of the Calvin 500 project, an international, interdenominational, and interdisciplinary celebration of the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth. In this series, esteemed leaders, scholars, and ministers serve as guides to learning about this influential man, his vibrant city, and the cultural, religious, political, and economic impact flowing from his ideas.

This series includes 8 books. Read a little about each below, and if you want more information about a book, click on the title to be redirected to our website.

• The Legacy of John Calvin: His Influence on the Modern World – by David W. Hall

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 6/2/2008 ~ Pages: 112 ~ Paperback ~ Price: $12.99

David Hall identifies ten seminal ways that Calvin’s thought transformed the culture of the West, complete with a nontechnical biography of Calvin and tributes by other leaders. The Legacy of John Calvin is brief enough for popular audiences and analytical enough to provide much information in a short space.

 

• A Theological Guide to Calvin’s Institutes: Essays and Analysis – edited by David W. Hall and Peter A. Lillback

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 6/2/2008 ~ Pages: 528 ~ Hardcover ~ Price: $35.99

Capturing both the best of elite scholarship, as well as exhibiting a firm understanding of and passion for Calvin’s own work, these essays by 20 elite Calvin scholars who appreciate the abiding value of Calvin’s Institutes provide definitive and section-by-section commentary on Calvin’s magnum opus.

 

• The Piety of John Calvin: A Collection of His Spiritual Prose, Poems, and Hymns – translated and edited by Ford Lewis Battles

Sample Chapter ~ Released: 5/1/2009 ~ Pages: 224 ~ Paperback ~ Price: $19.99

An anthology that promotes “a warm personal grasp” of Calvin, the man. Collectively shows the Christian life as Calvin understood it by including his prayers, poetry, and prose—and even music for his psalms.

 

• Calvin in the Public Square: Liberal Democracies, Rights, and Civil Liberties – by David W. Hall

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 5/8/2009 ~ Pages: 352 ~ Paperback ~ Price: $19.99

Explores John Calvin’s extraordinary influence on what we consider the key elements of a modern, compassionate, and just society—particularly the fields of liberal democracy, rights, and civil liberties.

 

• Calvin and Commerce: The Transforming Power of Calvinism in Market Economies – by David W. Hall and Matthew D. Burton

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 10/1/2009 ~ Pages: 256 ~ Paperback ~ Price: $17.99

This fifth Calvin 500 volume analyzes the impact of Calvin’s ideas on business, economics, finance, and industry—and shows how Calvinism leads to strengths and advantages in market economies.

 

• Tributes to John Calvin: A Celebration of His Quincentenary – edited by David W. Hall

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 5/13/2010 ~ Pages: 592 ~ Hardcover ~ Price: $35.99

Twenty-three leading Calvin scholars exhibit a firm understanding of Calvin’s era, theology, and the heritage he bequeathed the church. Their articles cover Calvin’s theology, soteriology, and ecclesiology, as well as his doctrines of assurance, worship, and Scripture. They examine Calvin as a Frenchman, lawyer, and liturgist. Other articles explore Calvin’s impact on the arts, Calvinism in Asia, and the influential women in Calvin’s life.

 

• Preaching Like Calvin: Sermons from the 500th Anniversary Celebration – edited by David W. Hall

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 6/7/2010 ~ Pages: 288 ~ Paperback ~ Price: $17.99

John Calvin preached over 2,000 times, this fitting commemoration of his 500th birthday involved some of the world’s finest Calvinian preachers speaking in Calvin’s pulpit. This is the book of those sermons.

 

• Calvin and Culture: Exploring a Worldview – edited by David W. Hall and Marvin Padgett

Sample Chapter ~ Table of Contents ~ Released: 8/24/2010 ~ Pages: 352 ~Paperback ~ Price: $19.99

Calvin’s worldview extends far beyond theology. Here fourteen authors demonstrate how Calvin’s ideas have transformed many fields of human study and how his worldview continues its powerful influence to this day.

 

This four-volume set (A Theology of Lordship), written by John Frame, includes The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God (1987), The Doctrine of God (2002), The Doctrine of the Christian Life (2008), and The Doctrine of the Word of God (2010).

• The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God | Pages: 456 | Price: $29.99 | Hardcover

Summary: Frame states his conviction that theology is the application of God’s word to our lives in all situations. Taking this viewpoint, he combines trenchant analysis—and practical insight and counsel—for how we should live knowing what we do about God.

• The Doctrine of God |  Pages: 896  |  Price: $39.99  | Hardcover

The Doctrine of God won the ECPA 2003 Gold Medallion Book Award for Theology/Doctrine.

Summary: Readers familiar with Frame’s analysis of historic doctrines and current questions will welcome this long-awaited second installment in the Theology of Lordship series. Here he examines the attributes, acts, and names of God in connection with a full spectrum of relevant theological, ethical, spiritual truths.

• The Doctrine of the Christian Life |  Pages: 1,104  |  Price: $45.99  |  Hardcover

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Summary: The third volume of Frame’s Theology of Lordship series, this book focuses on biblical ethics, presenting a method for ethical decision-making, an analysis of biblical ethical teaching focusing on the Ten Commandments, and a discussion of the relation of Christ to human culture.

• The Doctrine of the Word of God |  Pages: 720  |  Price: $39.99  |  Hardcover

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Summary: This fourth and final volume in the Theology of Lordship series discusses God’s Word in modern theology and how God’s Word comes to us as his controlling power, authority, and personal presence.

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John M. Frame (BD, Westminster Theological Seminary; AM and MPhil, Yale University; DD, Belhaven College) is professor of systematic theology and philosophy at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando campus. He previously taught theology and apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) and at Westminster Seminary California.

Frame’s other published works include Apologetics to the Glory of God, Contemporary Worship Music, Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought, Medical Ethics, No Other God: A Response to Open Theism, Salvation Belongs to the Lord, and Worship in Spirit and Truth. His upcoming books include: Systematic Theology (will be released November 2013), and John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings (will be released Spring 2014).

 

The American Reformed Biographies, coedited by D. G. Hart and Sean Michael Lucas, seeks to nurture the general interest in biographies as a way of learning about and from the past. The titles in this series feature American Reformed leaders who were important representatives or interpreters of Reformed Christianity in the United States and who continue to be influential through writings and arguments still pertinent to the self-understanding of Presbyterian and Reformed theologians, pastors, and church members. This series is designed to make available the best kind of historical writing – one that yields both knowledge and wisdom.

• Robert Lewis Dabney: A Southern Presbyterian Life by Sean Michael Lucas Release Date: 4/8/2005 | Page Count: 296 | Price: $24.99 | Hardcover

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) was a Presbyterian theologian and educator who served on the faculties of Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, the University of Texas, and Austin Theological Seminary. Those who knew him—both friends and foes—viewed him as larger than life, “closer to a biblical prophet than a theological professor,” writes Sean Lucas. As this biography explains, “Dabney was far more complex than either historians or admirers concede.” He was “in many ways a representative man, one who embodied the passions and contradictions of nineteenth-century Southerners.” As such he “provides a window into the postbellum Southern Presbyterian mind” and a reminder of how important nineteenth-century theology is for contemporary issues and debates.

• John Williamson Nevin: High Church Calvinist by D. G. Hart                     Release Date: 8/26/2005 | Page Count: 272 | Price: $22.99 | Hardcover

This biography, written by a provocative, prolific historian, gives readers insights into Nevin’s critique of the revivalist tradition and shows how it applies today. Hart recovers a nearly forgotten nineteenth-century theologian and demonstrates his ongoing relevance. This book is extensively documented, and includes a substantial bibliographical essay and an index. Nevin (1803–1886) taught at Mercersburg Seminary when he wrote The Anxious Bench (1843) and The Mystical Presence (1846), volumes dealing with revivalism and the Lord’s Supper, respectively. The last ten years have seen a revival of interest in this theologian, who was a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary and who substituted for Hodge during his two-year study-leave in Europe.

• Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman by John R. Muether Release Date: 3/15/2008 | Page Count: 288 | Price: $24.99 | Hardcover

This work contributes to an understanding of Van Til and his apologetic insights by placing him within the context of twentieth century developments in North American Reformed theology, including the formation of Westminster Seminary and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, the rise of neo-evangelicalism, and the American reception of Karl Barth.

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• James Petigru Boyce: A Southern Baptist Statesman by Thomas J. Nettles Release Date: 6/1/2009 | Page Count: 616 | Price: $29.99 | Hardcover

Boyce founded the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and was a prominent Southern Baptist figure. Nettles focuses on Boyce’s struggle to establish the Seminary and the theological controversies of his times.

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• Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton by W. Andrew Hoffecker Release Date: 11/1/2011 | Page Count: 464 | Price: $19.99 | Paperback

Charles Hodge, perhaps the most significant nineteenth-century American theologian, drove the growth of theological education and Presbyterianism’s lasting influence in public life. Learn the life, theology, and influence of this central Reformed figure.

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Upcoming Titles:

John Witherspoon: Winter 2014

Geerhardus Vos: Spring 2015