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Randall Zachman’s recent work, Reconsidering John Calvin , is a verbatim transcript of his 2009 Warfield Lectures at Princeton Seminary, which garners two merits straightaway: a conversational style and accessible theological material. The center of the book revolves around six themes of John Calvin’s theology, each of which is recast in light of the theological claim that ‘God is love.’ Zachman’s overall aim is to bring Calvin’s theology into conversation with other theological voices in order to create an ‘unresolved dialectic’ at the heart of all six themes. This dialectic functions in the first chapter through an exploration of Calvin’s thought that our contemplation of the works of God ought to begin with the ‘beautiful volume’ of the universe. Calvin’s insistence that we be entranced by the beauty if the universe is rendered dialectical by Zachman’s introduction of Pascal, who through the use of his telescope knew that the universe was not only beautiful but terrifying. For Zachman, this dialectic serves to make us more aware of a ‘genuine, existential, ontological humility’, as we realize that we are both at home and lost in a universe of inconceivable immensity. In the second chapter, Zachman explores Calvin’s appeal to
Journal of Reformed Theology – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2014
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