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Saving Calvinism : expanding the reformed tradition / Oliver D. Crisp.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830893249
  • 0830893245
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Saving Calvinism.DDC classification:
  • 230/.42 23
LOC classification:
  • BX9422.3
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
On Calvinism -- God's eternal purpose -- Free will and salvation -- Calvinism and universalism -- Calvinism and the cross -- Calvinism and the extent of the atonement.
Summary: For many, Calvinism evokes the idea of a harsh God who saves a select few and condemns others to eternal torment. But Oliver Crisp argues that the Reformed tradition is much more diverse and flexible than we usually imagine. Taking on thorny topics like atonement, free will, and universalism, Crisp explores a more expansive Calvinism.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On Calvinism -- God's eternal purpose -- Free will and salvation -- Calvinism and universalism -- Calvinism and the cross -- Calvinism and the extent of the atonement.

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For many, Calvinism evokes the idea of a harsh God who saves a select few and condemns others to eternal torment. But Oliver Crisp argues that the Reformed tradition is much more diverse and flexible than we usually imagine. Taking on thorny topics like atonement, free will, and universalism, Crisp explores a more expansive Calvinism.