Readings examine Calvin's engagement with Nicodemism through Carlos Eire's essays, paired with Barth's prolegomena from CD I/1 and "The Light of Life" from CD IV/3. Contemporary voices include Lesslie Newbigin's Truth to Tell and Robert Wilken's essay on pluralism in early Christian thought.
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Seminar Readings John Calvin on Nicodemism: Eire, Carlos M. N. “Calvin and Nicodemism: A Reappraisal,” Sixteenth Century Journal 10 (1979): 45–69. ——— “Prelude to Sedition? Calvin’s Attack on Nicodemism and Religious Compromise,” Archive for Reformation History 76 (1985): 120–145. Matheson, Peter C. “Martyrdom or Mission? A Protestant Debate.” Archive for Reformation History 80 (1989): 154–172. Barth, Karl. “The Necessity of Dogmatic Prolegomena.” In Church Dogmatics, edited by G. W. Bromiley and T. F. Torrance, Vol. I, The Doctrine of the Word of God, Part 1, pp. 25–36. Second edition, Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1975. ——— “The Light of Life.” In Church Dogmatics, edited by G. W. Bromiley and T. F. Torrance, Vol. IV, The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Part 3, first half, pp. 38–165. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1961. Newbigin, Lesslie. Truth to Tell: The Gospel as Public Truth, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1991. 90 pp. Wilken, Robert L. “Religious Pluralism and Early Christian Thought.” Pro Ecclesia 1, no. 1 (Fall 1992): 89–103. Seitz, Christopher R. “Pluralism and the Lost Art of Apology,” First Things (June/July 1994). Text: www.leaderu.com/ftissues/ft9406/opinion/opinion.html (scroll down) Supplementary Readings Bell, Daniel. “The Return of the Sacred: The Argument about the Future of Religion,” Zygon, vol. 13, no. 3 (Sept. 1978): 187–208. Braaten, Carl E. No Other Gospel: Christianity Among the World’s Religions. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1992. 146 pp. Leith, John H. The Reformed Imperative: What the Church Has to Say That No One Else Can Say. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1988. 152 pp. revised January 28, 2016
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