John Calvin: The Statesman Annotated

To omit Calvin from the forces of Western development is to read history with one eye shut. John Calvin should interest us far more than his doctrine of predestination. This author develops the thesis that Calvin's chief title in modern history is that of the statesman, not merely that of the theologian. Contrasted with Lutheranism, he says, Calvinism was the real strength of the Reformation. This book also delves into the controversy concerning Calvin and Servetus.