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Article: The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin.(Book review)

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Donald K. McKim, ed. The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin.

Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xvii + 352 pp. index. chron. bibl. $24.95. ISBN 0-521-01672-X.

In the spirit of the highly successful Cambridge Companion series, this volume, edited by Donald McKim, provides a stimulating introduction to the life, work, and legacy of the reformer John Calvin.

The Cambridge Companion to John Calvin (hereafter CCJC) contains four unequal parts. Part 1, "Calvin's Life and Context," contains two substantial articles on "Calvin's Life" (Alexandre Ganoczy) and "Calvin's Geneva" (William Naphy). The ...

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