Calvinism 4.0: Basic Calvinism and Then Some

by Douglas Wilson

The history of the Reformed faith covers one fourth of church history. Calvinism 1.0 was the initial period in the 1500s, the time of Calvin’s Institutes. Calvinism 2.0 was the period of the Reformed scholastics, culminating in the Westminster Confession. Calvinism 3.0 is best represented by the fusion of American evangelicalism and the orthodoxy of Old Princeton.

This book proposes what Douglas Wilson calls Calvinism 4.0, fully in line with what has gone before, but with a few Chestertonian Calvinism—experiencing the doctrines of grace as doctrines of gladness Deuteronomic Blessings—handling wealth in accordance with scriptural principlesPostmillennialism—reembracing eschatological optimism

Genres: Theology

92 pages, Paperback

Published February 5, 2025

About the author

I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked.

Reviews

[Bradley Endsor · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is cassic Doug, good reminder of the truths that the kuyperian/ reconstructionist/ Postmillenialist holds to. This is an easy and short primer on some basic ideas, if you want to know what Calvinism is to be in the 21st century, Doug can give you some quick foundations to work with.

[Andrew Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, simple, to the point. Doug argues in a compelling way and explains things in a way a child could understand.

[ValeReads Kyriosity · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes I forget to review books I edited when they finally get published a while later. So here’s a retroactive review from January. There's TULIP, but wait...there's more!

[Matthew Rawlings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well said as always.

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A clear, concise explanation of the doctrines of grace, most explicitly, Calvinsim. Told in the Wilsonian rhythms.