A Year with The InstitutesCelebrate the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth by participating in a daily reading of Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion during 2009.
Princeton Seminary will provide a three-to-six-page section of the Institutes for each day of 2009, except Sundays and Christmas Day, on a dedicated web site, available in text and audio, and as a podcast. Each week, an invited scholar or pastor will provide a reflection on that week’s readings, and participants will be encouraged to comment.
Take this opportunity to read the Institutes as part of your Christian practice, and to participate in interactive dialogue about them. You will be reading in a community of Christians across the church—the church universal.
The readings began on January 1, 2009. Click here for the reading schedule, which was designed so people may start at any time. For more information, please click here for the Year with the Institutes website.
Calvin and the Church Today: Ecclesiology
as Received, Changed, and AdaptedJanuary 20–23, 2009 The three-and-a-half-day colloquium will address several topics, including Calvin's teaching on the church, how Calvin is relevant today, Calvin’s perspective on Christian formation, and the neo-Calvinist foundations of Princeton Theological Seminary. Click here for more information on this Colloquium, including a detailed schedule and registration information.
Calvin, Worship, and Church Music: Glad Surprises
for the Church Today March 29–30, 2009 The music festival will be on Sunday evening, March 29, with a reception to follow. On Monday morning and early afternoon, there will be a continuing education program that will focus on the majesty and gravity of music, along with its cultural and global implications. Later in the afternoon, participants may choose two of the following three: “hands-on” singing; continuing conversation with the leaders; and a tour of the Seminary library’s Calviniana. Leaders include: Click here for more information on this Festival, including a detailed schedule and registration information.
1541 InstitutesApril 28, 2009 Dr. Elsie Anne McKee, Princeton Theological Seminary’s Archibald Alexander Professor of Reformation Studies and the History of Worship, will present a brief lecture on her new translation of Calvin’s 1541 Institutes. The lecture is titled "Calvin the Exiled Pastor to his French Flock: Insights on Calvin's Pastoral Character in the 1541 French Institutes". This will be published by Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, Michigan), with support from the Foundation of Reformed Theology (Richmond, Virginia).
Click here for more information on this Lecture, including a schedule and registration information.
Special Edition of Theology TodayJune / July 2009 Theology Today will publish some of the papers presented at Princeton’s January 2009 Calvin Colloquium.
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