Revelation, Redemption, and Response: Calvin's Trinitarian Understanding of the Divine-Human Relationship - Hardcover

a fascinating book that will both stimulate the study of Calvin, and force both theologians and historians to think about the way in which they approach such great figures of the past (Alan Ford, University of Durham, Modern Believing, January 1997, New Series, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1)

How does John Calvin understand and depict the relationship of God with humanity? Until this study, the most influential readings of Calvin have tended to assume a dialectical divine-human opposition as fundamental to his thought. In this fresh consideration of Calvin's Christian vision his consistent and pervasive appeal to the Trinity in understanding the divine-human relationship is delineated and imaginatively rendered. Tracing the trinitarian theme in its many dimensions throughout the reformer's work, Philip Butin offers a revised look at the vital role of the Trinity in Calvin's thought, in the process recovering Calvin as a significant historical source for contemporary trinitarian theological reflection.