‘Calvinist’ has become a dirty word, used to describe especially dour people. We have forgotten that John Calvin was not only a severe Christian but also a key figure in the intellectual making of the modern world.
Category: Religion
The politics of belief in the 21st century
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy, by Susan Neiman, Princeton University Press 2003 Continue reading “Why is life so unfair?”
Judaism and Enlightenment, by Adam Sutcliffe, Cambridge University Press 2003 Continue reading “Judaism and Enlightenment”