“Soli Deo gloria. El llegat de Joan Calví (1509-1564) i la construcció de la Modernitat” (PUV), by Joan Alfred Martínez, August Monzón and Ana Colomer (ed.).
Presentation of a book
Presentation of the book “Soli Deo gloria. El llegat de Joan Calví (1509-1564) i la construcció de la Modernitat” (PUV), by Joan Alfred Martínez, August Monzón and Ana Colomer (ed.).
With the participation of: Gerson Amat, pastor of the Spanish Evangelical Church (IEE) in Valencia. Co-author of the book, Vicente Botella, Faculty if Theology "San Vicent Ferrer" of Valencia. Antonio Rivera, Complutense University of Madrid. Cristina García Pascual, University of Valencia. Francesc Hernàndez y Dobon, University of Valencia. Run by: Joan Alfred Martínez, University of Valencoa. Co-editor of the book.
Free entry, limited seat capacity.
The line traced by the figure and work of Joan Calví (1509-1564) has profoundly marked the shaping and development of western modernity and, through the colonial expansion and globalisation, has made its mark on the joint of the contemporary world. In this volume are collected a number of researches and works on Calví and Calvinism, belonging to both Theology and History, to Philosophy and Social Sciences. In the 20th C., Karl Barth, in direct confrontation with the Nazi totalitarism, reaffirmed the continuing relevance of the Reformation's "Soli Deo Gloria": the attitude of the believer regarding to the world cannot be of separation (unsupportive) nor of absorption (seculariser), but as witness and commitment in favour of a "responsible society", in which it is applied a constant critic in the hypertrophy of any power, being it political, economic or religious.
Date 24 january 2013 at 19:30 to 21:00. Thursday.
Place
Great Hall. La Nau (Universidad, 2)
Debate Forum. Publications of the University of Valencia (PUV).
