The Other Side of Calvinism [Hardcover]

Laurence M. Vance (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 5, 1999

The definitive treatment of the subject, this book provides a detailed historical examination and critical biblical analysis of the philosophical speculations and theological implications of Calvinism. Extensively documented from Calvinistic authorities, this book presents the other side to the over 400-year-old debate over the doctrines of Calvinism. The book contains ten chapters, along with a preface, seven appendixes, footnotes, and bibliography. It is further enhanced by subject, name, and Scripture indexes.

Editorial Reviews

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Even Calvinists will find this book informative and challenging, as I did--Bob Dasal. -- Pulpit Helps (January, 2000)

Even Calvinists will find this book informative and challenging, as I did--Bob Dasal. -- Pulpit Helps (January, 2000) I recommend this book as a super resource on the issue of Calvinism--Robert Wilkin, editor. -- Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (Fall, 2001). Meets Calvinism head on, asking no quarter and giving none. We highly recommend this very unusual and usable book. -- The Flaming Torch (April-June, 1992) The author is to be commended for tackling this difficult issue. -- Baptist Bible Tribune (November 6, 1991) We recommend it as a valuable contribution to such works already in print--Curtis Hutson, editor. --The Sword of the Lord (February 12, 1993).

I recommend this book as a super resource on the issue of Calvinism--Robert Wilkin, editor. -- Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (Fall, 2001)

Meets Calvinism head on, asking no quarter and giving none. We highly recommend this very unusual and usable book. -- The Flaming Torch (April-June, 1992)

The author is to be commended for tackling this difficult issue. -- Baptist Bible Tribune (November 6, 1991)

We recommend it as a valuable contribution to such works already in print--Curtis Hutson, editor. --The Sword of the Lord (February 12, 1993)

About the Author

Laurence M. Vance is an author, a publisher, a lecturer, a freelance writer, the editor of the Classic Reprints series, and the director of the Francis Wayland Institute. He holds degrees in history, theology, accounting, and economics. The author of nineteen books, he has contributed over three hundred articles and book reviews to both secular and religious periodicals. Vance's writings have appeared in a diverse group of publications including the Ancient Baptist Journal, Bible Editions & Versions, Campaign for Liberty, LewRockwell.com, the Independent Review, the Free Market, Liberty, Chronicles, the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, the Review of Biblical Literature, Freedom Daily, and the New American. His writing interests include economics, taxation, politics, government spending and corruption, theology, English Bible history, Greek grammar, and the folly of war. He is a regular columnist and blogger for LewRockwell.com. Vance is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Grace Evangelical Society, and the International Society of Bible Collectors, and is an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Vance Publications; Revised edition (August 5, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962889873
• ISBN-13: 978-0962889875
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (62 customer reviews)
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Laurence M. Vance is an author, a publisher, a lecturer, a freelance writer, the editor of the Classic Reprints series, and the director of the Francis Wayland Institute. He holds degrees in history, theology, accounting, and economics. The author of nineteen books, he has contributed over three hundred articles and book reviews to both secular and religious periodicals.

Vance's writings have appeared in a diverse group of publications including the Ancient Baptist Journal, Bible Editions & Versions, Campaign for Liberty, LewRockwell.com, the Independent Review, the Free Market, Liberty, Chronicles, the Journal of Libertarian Studies, the Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, the Review of Biblical Literature, Freedom Daily, and the New American. His writing interests include economics, taxation, politics, government spending and corruption, theology, English Bible history, Greek grammar, and the folly of war. He is a regular columnist and blogger for LewRockwell.com.

Vance is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Grace Evangelical Society, and the International Society of Bible Collectors, and is an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

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26 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Catching the greased pig, August 17, 2009

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This review is from: The Other Side of Calvinism (Hardcover)

I have pretty close to every book on this subject.
And this work by Dr. Vance tops them all.
It is sweet reading!!

I've known for years how Plato's doctrine of divine immutability was embraced into the church and the theological repercussions of it.
But I also know from personal experience that to catch a calvi in his labyrinth of 5-point-gesis is like catching a greased pig.

In MHO Dr. Vance catches the pig good!
If you've looked over the myriad of spider-web arguments used to twist scripture into this man-made, man-glorifying theology which morphs the character of God and satan together, you'll love this book.

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Tirade Against Calvinism, March 16, 2009

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William W. Birch "William Birch" (Wake Forest, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Other Side of Calvinism (Hardcover)

This book is a must for any student of Scripture whose theological leanings do not include the tenets of Calvinism. In an exhaustive fashion, Vance's 788 page magnum opus, "The Other Side of Calvinism" not only demonstrates Calvinism's flaws from a scriptural standpoint but also uses Calvinistic primary sources and refutes those philosophically-based arguments.

33 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Alternative, December 11, 2000

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Andrew C. Livengood, Sr. (Edison, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Other Side of Calvinism (Hardcover)

Laurence M. Vance has gone to considerable lengths to present a historically accurate, well documented account of the sustainers and retractors of Calvinism, the events that led up to its being accepted as the 'standard' it has become over the centuries, and his own understanding as to how this all plays out in the light of Scripture. Unlike most other works of its kind, in 'The Other Side of Calvinism' Dr. Vance quotes a vast number of supporters of Calvinism - including John Calvin himself - and utilizes their own words to bolster and enforce his counter-points. To this end Dr. Vance also succeeds in conveying to the reader that there exists much confusion among the Calvinist rank and file. As noted within the book, this fact is not without its import.

A down-to-earth writing style, exhaustive endnotes, Scriptural references, and large appendices do much to secure the reader and encourages one to recognize that this is a work that expects personal conclusions to be based upon a process of reasoning and Biblical validation, not general presumption. Dr. Vance takes nothing for granted in presenting the comparison of his views to those of Calvinism and its supporters.

Whether one upholds the system or not, 'The Other Side of Calvinism' will undoubtedly leave the majority of its readers challenged and well informed.