Myth Busters: Calvinist Edition

I’ve been looking forward to, and have now begun reading, Ken Stewart’s new book, Ten Myths About Calvinism: Recovering the Breadth of the Reformed Tradition (IVP, 2011). Professor Stewart is a careful historian whose work frequently informs and provokes.

Here are his ten myths:

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Part 1: Four Myths Calvinists Should Not Be Circulating (But Are)
1 One Man (Calvin) and One City (Geneva) Are Determinative
2 Calvin’s View of Predestination Must Be Ours
3 TULIP is the Yardstick of the Truly Reformed
4 Calvinists Take a Dim View of Revival and Awakening

Part 2: Six Myths Non-Calvinists Should Not Be Circulating (But Are)
5 Calvinism Is Largely Antimissionary
6 Calvinism Promotes Antinomianism
7 Calvinism Leads to Theocracy
8 Calvinism Undermines the Creative Arts
9 Calvinism Resists Gender Equality
10 Calvinism Has Fostered Racial Inequality

TGC has posted a couple of pieces by Stewart on two of the myths:

• Calvinists Take a Dim View of Revival and Awakening
• Calvinism Undermines the Creative Arts