Ten Myths About Calvinism: Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition 9780830868469, 9780830838981

Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Pinpoint Ten Myths?

Part 1: Four Myths Calvinists Should Not Be Circulating (But Are)
1 One Man (Calvin) and One City (Geneva) Are Determinative
2 Calvin's View of Predestination Must Be Ours
3 TULIP is the Yardstick of the Truly Reformed
4 Calvinists Take a Dim View of Revival and Awakening

Part 2: Six Myths Non-Calvinists Should Not Be Circulating (But Are)
5 Calvinism Is Largely Antimissionary
6 Calvinism Promotes Antinomianism
7 Calvinism Leads to Theocracy
8 Calvinism Undermines the Creative Arts
9 Calvinism Resists Gender Equality
10 Calvinism Has Fostered Racial Inequality
Recovering Our Bearings: Calvinism in the Twenty-first Century

Appendix: The Earliest Known Reference to the TULIP Acronym
Name Index
Scripture Index