Table of Contents

1: The "I" of Calvin2: Prophets and Prophecy up to Calvin3: Calvin, the Prophet4: Calvin, the Prophets, and the French (Holy) Wars5: War and Calvin's Purpose in his Training Lectures6: Reducing the World to Order

About the Author

Jon Balserak, Associate Professor, University of BristolJon Balserak is an historian of Early Modern Europe, particularly France. He specializes in intellectual, religious, and cultural history. He was born in Washington D.C. and studied in the U.S. and U.K., completing his Ph.D. at University of Edinburgh in History under the late Professor David F. Wright. He has been at the University of Bristol since 2008.

Reviews

[T]his brilliant book must be acknowledged as a work of promise and distinction.
*Emidio Campi, Church History and Religious Culture*

a remarkable job of drawing attention to the importance of prophecy in the Reformation more generally; one hopes it will encourage further activity on this important theme.
*Kenneth Austin, University of Bristol, Huguenot Society Journal*

This is a bold, stark and radical interpretation of Calvin's frame of mind. ... a vivid, thoughtful and important contribution to Calvin studies, well-written and beautifully constructed. It deserves to be widely known.
*Professor Andrew Pettegree, Journal of Theological Studies*

The title is unassuming, the thesis of the book both gripping and alarming. Few who read Calvin sympathetically would demur at him being called a 'prophet', but it is the connotations of that term that alarm ... Jon Balserak's new book is a must-read for anyone interested in Calvin's self-understanding.
*Paul Helm, Reformation21*

Learned and incisive, expansive and engaging, Balserak's book provides a vivid portrait of Calvin the prophet. Theology and history are masterfully woven together in an account that leads the reader across the terrain of the Reformation as Balserak reveals how a great reformer read his own life and experiences in the page of scripture.
*Bruce Gordon, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale Divinity School*

This book indeed is a welcome contribution to Calvin-research as it combines history and theology in a fruitful way.
*Archive for Reformation History*

Balserak's argument proceeds from solid historical sources and he builds his interpretation with persuasive force.
*Christopher Elwood, American Historical Review*