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    What does each make of the resurgence of old-school Calvinism in the American South, in the context of these several threads?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
    What does each make of the resurgence of old-school Calvinism in the American South, in the context of these several threads?
    It's not surprising. When the economy is good and you're the hyper-power, Joel Osteen squares with your world view. When everything goes tits up, it's comforting knowing you had no control.

    I have always felt American protestants eschew traditional charity championed by the vicar of Rome (in theory) in favor of this bastardization of the just world theory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
    What does each make of the resurgence of old-school Calvinism in the American South, in the context of these several threads?
    As a Wesleyan I dislike Calvin intensely, I think John Hooker had the right of it and I refuse to countenance Calvin's doctrine of preordained damnation.

    HOWEVER, the rest is most welcome provided the theology is taught properly AND pre-Reformation theologians like Augustine are taught also, along with men like Luther, Tynedale, Wyclif, Crammer...

    What is not acceptable is to teach "Christianity according to Calvin" any more than to teach Roman orthodoxy.
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