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Christian doctrine associated with John Calvin (1509-1564). John Calvin's international
influence on the development of the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation began at the
age of 25, when he started work on his first edition of the Institutes of the Christian
Religion in 1534 (published 1536).
Calvinism is important for sociologists as a component of the
Protestant ethic, a set of social and religious ideas considered favorable to the
development of capitalism.
Calvinism is an approach to the Christian life emphasizeing
God's sovereignty in all things. It falls within the realm of Protestant Christianity and
is sometimes called the Reformed tradition or Reformed theology.
From natural disability to the moral man: Calvinism and the history of psychology
Chris Goodey, East Ham, London
History of the Human Sciences, Vol. 14, No. 3, 1-29 (2001) DOI: 10.1177/09526950122120989
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Some humanist theologians within the French Reformed Church in the 17th century developed
the notion that a disability of the intellect could exist in nature independently of any
moral defect, freeing its possessors from any obligations of natural law. Sharpened by
disputes with the church leadership, this notion began to suggest a species-type
classification that threatened to override the importance of the boundary between elect
and reprobate in the doctrine of predestination. This classification seems to look forward
to the natural history of mind that emerged later in the century. -
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Book Review: The Disciplinary Revolution. Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early
Modern Europe
Graeme Murdock
European History Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 1, 144-147 (2005) DOI: 10.1177/026569140503500115
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