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Richard Muller, a world-class scholar of the Reformation era, examines the relationship of Calvin's theology to the Reformed tradition, indicating Calvin's place in the tradition as one of several significant second-generation formulators. Muller argues that the Reformed tradition is a diverse and variegated movement not suitably described either as founded solely on the thought of John Calvin or as a reaction to or deviation from Calvin, thereby setting aside the old "Calvin and the Calvinists" approach in favor of a more integral and representative perspective. Muller offers historical corrective and nuance on topics of current interest in Reformed theology, such as limited atonement/universalism, union with Christ, and the order of salvation.

Contents
1. From Reformation to Orthodoxy: The Reformed Tradition in the Early Modern Era
2. Was Calvin a Calvinist?
3. Calvin on Christ's Satisfaction and Its Efficacy: The Issue of "Limited Atonement"
4. A Tale of Two Wills? Calvin, Amyraut, and Du Moulin on Ezekiel 18:23
5. Davenant and Du Moulin: Variant Approaches to Hypothetical Universalism
6. The "Golden Chain" and the Causality of Salvation: Beginnings of the Reformed Ordo Salutis
7. Union with Christ and the Ordo Salutis: Reflections on Developments in Early Modern Reformed Thought
8. Calvin, Beza, and the Later Reformed on Assurance of Salvation and the "Practical Syllogism"
9. Conclusions
Index

Endorsements

"Meticulous attention to texts and their contexts, expressed in Muller's own lively, precise language and expressing his astute assessment of the theologians he studies, marks this collection of new and old from the leading living scholar of the practice of Reformed theology in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Muller takes readers into the intellectual world and the thinking of Calvin and a number of others, representatives of Calvin's own time and of the following generation. Muller plumbs the depths of their teaching in their historical settings with judiciousness and acumen while clarifying the intricate relationships among Reformed thinkers. He places his own monumental work into the framework of current scholarly discussion and of the sources which have produced his insights in ways that will bring readers at every level of familiarity with Reformed theology much deeper into its riches."

Robert Kolb, missions professor emeritus, Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis

"Calvin and the Reformed Tradition is a masterful and penetrating look into critical dimensions of Calvin's soteriology in relation to the Reformed tradition. Richard Muller presents here the fruit of decades of careful research into sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources. Sometimes he gives us a satellite view of conflicting master narratives in retelling Reformation and post-Reformation theology. At other times he gives us a microscopic view of specific texts in Calvin's works, carefully analyzed in their context. At every turn he calls scholars to careful definition of terms and the avoidance of imposing anachronisms on early modern writers. Students of historical theology with an interest in matters such as the divine intent of Christ's death, the free offer of the gospel, the will of God for salvation, union with Christ, and the relation of assurance of salvation to the fruit of the Spirit will find this book challenging, illuminating, and helpful."

Joel R. Beeke, president, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary