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THE REFORMED PASTOR AS THEOLOGIAN

THE REFORMED PASTOR AS THEOLOGIAN. EXPLORING CALVIN’S LEGACY FOR TODAY. WORD AND SPIRIT CALVIN’S LEGACY RETRIEVING REFORMED TRADITION WORD AND SACRAMENT CALVIN AND BARTH: “THE HOLY BANQUET” EUCHARIST, FORMATION AND MISSION WORD AND IMAGE BARTH AND BALTHASAR: THE BEAUTY OF GOD

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THE REFORMED PASTOR AS THEOLOGIAN

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  1. THE REFORMED PASTOR AS THEOLOGIAN EXPLORING CALVIN’S LEGACY FOR TODAY

  2. WORD AND SPIRIT CALVIN’S LEGACY RETRIEVING REFORMED TRADITION • WORD AND SACRAMENT CALVIN AND BARTH: “THE HOLY BANQUET” EUCHARIST, FORMATION AND MISSION • WORD AND IMAGE BARTH AND BALTHASAR: THE BEAUTY OF GOD ART AND CREATIVITY IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

  3. UNDERSTANDING THEOLOGY AS PRAYER AS SCIENCE AS CRITICAL REFLECTION AS ENGAGEMENT

  4. WORD AND SPIRIT • PRIORITY OF THE WORD • FAITH COMES BY HEARING • SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION • CONFESSIONS AND INTERPRETATION

  5. TRADITION AND GOSPEL • A FEAR OF TRADITION • TRADITION AS TRANSMISSION OF GOSPEL • THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION • TRADITION AND IDENTITY • TRADITION AND TRANSFORMATION

  6. INTERPRETING CALVIN • WHAT DOES HIS LEGACY/WORDS/ACTIONS MEAN TODAY? • WHAT DID CALVIN ACTUALLY SAY AND DO? • CRITICAL DIALOGUE WITH CALVIN • READING CALVIN WITH FRESH EYES

  7. CALVIN’S LEGACY? • CALVIN, CALVINISTS & PURITANS • TYRANT OF GENEVA • NARROW-MINDED BIGOT • ORIGINATOR OF PREDESTINATION • EXECUTIONER OF SERVETUS • PURITAN WITCHHUNTS • CALVINISM & APARTHEID

  8. A REMARKABLE LEGACY • SOCIAL & POLITICALKorea • French Huguenots • Scotland & England • Holland • New England • THEOLOGICAL & ECCLESIASTICAL • Reformed theology • Reformed, Presbyerian, Congregational, • Church of England, Baptists

  9. REASSESSING CALVIN AND HIS LEGACY • ROMAN CATHOLIC • HISTORICAL • LITERARY • THEOLOGICAL

  10. A EUROPE IN TRANSITION • EXPANSION • NATION STATES • PEASANT REVOLTS • RELIGIOUS FERMENT • THE RENAISSANCE

  11. CHRISTIAN HUMANISM • REFORM OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY • RETURN TO THE SOURCES • LANGUAGES • CLASSICAL TEXTS • BIBLICAL TEXTS • RHETORIC • THE HUMANITIES

  12. WHO WAS CALVIN? • BORN IN NOYON, FRANCE, JULY 1509 • A DEVOUT ROMAN CATHOLIC • STUDENT IN HUMANITIES AT UNIVERSITY OF PARIS • UNIVERSITY OF ORLEANS TO STUDY LAW • COMMENTARY ON SENECA’S De Clementia (1532) • LUTHER’S EVANGELICAL TEACHING • THE FRENCH COURT AND ARISTOCRACY • EVANGELICAL CONVERSION (c. 1533)

  13. THE EVANGELICAL REFORMER • THE SWISS REFORMATION • CALVIN’S FIRST STAY IN GENEVA (1537-8) • A REFORMING CITY • FAREL • CITY OF REFUGEES • STRASBOURG • INFLUENCE OF MARTIN BUCER • Liturgy • Pastoral care • Ecumenical • INFLUENCE OF ST. AUGUSTINE • Election/Predestination

  14. THE GENEVAN REFORMER • SOCIAL REFORMS • REFUGEES • THE POOR • EDUCATION • CHURCH ORDINANCES • PASTORS, ELDERS, DEACONS • WORD & SACRAMENTS • DISCIPLINE • DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH • CATECHISM • THE PREACHER • BIBLE COMMENTARIES • THE INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

  15. THE INSTITUTES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION • BOOK I: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OURSELVES • BOOK II: CHRIST THE MEDIATOR • BOOK III: COME, HOLY SPIRIT • BOOK IV: THE CHURCH IS OUR MOTHER

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