First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, June 1st, 1999
The Reformation of the 16th century remains a crucial event for 20th-century Christianity, and John Calvin was one of the most important reformers. Calvin is best remembered for his thoughts on the church and its place in public life. He often emphasized the importance for Christians to be socially and politically engaged. Calvin was French and spent much of his life in Geneva, Switzerland. The sixteenth century was a period of tumultuous change in Western Europe. The need for some kind of moral and intellectual shake-up within the church had been obvious for some time. Many religious and pol...
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