Labor of love brings the Reformation’s seminal work into the Middle East. Most of the theological writings that shaped Western society over the last 500 years cannot be found on Middle Eastern ...

The death of a Pope is always a major marker in the life of the Catholic church worldwide. But John Witvliet, director of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, says that the death of Pope John ...

Americans’ propensity to work hard has often been attributed to the so-called Protestant work ethic. That term comes from the German sociologist Max Weber, who argued in the early 1900s that ...

It is possible to enter a certain London square, approach a particular door, ring its bell and, then, proceed to walk though that doorway straight into France. In a quiet corner of London, there is a ...

The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 56, No. 225 (Jun., 2005), pp. 351-378 (28 pages) Shakespeare's Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2) offers a specifically Reformation drama. The language of ...

The first Catholic Mass in nearly 500 years was celebrated at a cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland, last week for the vigil of the First Sunday of Lent. The last Mass celebrated at St. Pierre Cathedral ...

Geneva last week was a blaze of flags; trumpets sounded in the sun-drenched parks, and fireworks sprayed the night sky. Many a tourist assumed that the celebrations had something to do with the Big ...

Calvin in Hell, Egbert van Heemskerck the Younger (c.1700–10). (Photo by Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty Images) “To understand Liberalism, we need to understand early modern Calvinism.” ...

On the occasion of Dave Brat’s rise to (perhaps short-lived) fame, I wish to take this opportunity to question the common wisdom that Calvinism and capitalism go hand in hand. The confusion may go ...