Companion to the Reformation in Geneva

Jon Balserak, Ph.D. (2002, Edinburgh University) is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Religion at the University of Bristol. His publications include John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet (Oxford, 2014) and Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2016).

“This volume will be welcomed by advanced undergraduate students as well as scholars of Reformation Geneva and of the European Reformations more broadly. It illustrates how the recent decades of scholarship have begun to reshape our understanding of how and why the Reformation developed in Geneva and encourages us to continue asking new questions about the traditional narrative.” Karen E. Spierling, Denison University. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 102, Nos. 3–4 (2022), pp. 559–561. “I commend this exceptional tome to your attention. If the Reformation is a field which interests you, then you will need to read it so as to be on the cutting edge of the discussions in the field. Wherever your interests lead you, let them lead you here, to this book. Even if it’s a bit of a detour, it is a worthy use of your time [...]. Seriously. Read this book.”Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College / Charles Sturt University, in Zwinglius Redivivus.“This volume is a scholarly and very accessible introduction to the Genevan Reformation that covers history, religious developments, and impact, balancing the perspectives of both historians and theologians. The contributors present an extraordinarily well-rounded view of Geneva during the Reformation. It will be a tremendous aid to scholarship and the book that the next generation of scholars will use both as a handy reference and as the starting point for future work.” - Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

• PrefaceAbbreviationsList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionJon BalserakPART 1Reforming Geneva1 Government and Political Life During an Age of Transition (1451–1603)Mathieu Caesar2 Apostle of the AlpsGuillaume Farel and the Reforming of GenevaTheodore G. Van Raalte3 A Long-Suffering MinistryCalvin and the Continual Crises of Geneva, ca. 1535–1560William G. Naphy4 Théodore de Bèze and GenevaHervé Genton5 The Pays de VaudFirst Frontier of the Genevan ReformationMichael Bruening6 The Genevan Churches and the Western ChurchJon BalserakPART 2Ministry7 “Docere et movere”Preaching, Sacrament, and Prayer in the Reformed Liturgical System of 16th-Century GenevaChristian Grosse8 Pastors and Ministry in Reformed GenevaScott M. Manetsch9 Expounding the ScripturesThe Sermons, Lectures, and congrégationsErik A. de Boer10 Religious Life in Rural GenevaGraeme Murdock11 ‘Where today are the widows who have this honorable office?’Calvin, the Diaconate, and WomenElsie Anne McKeePART 3Education, Discipline, and Control12 The Genevan AcademyScrutinizing European Connections in the Time of Theodore BezaAnja-Silvia Goeing13 The Consistory of GenevaJeffrey R. Watt14 Torture and Punishment in Reformation GenevaSara BeamPART 4Relationships and Developments15 Geneva, Zurich, and the Swiss Reformed ChurchesPeter Opitz16 Geneva, the Italian Refuge, and Contact with ItalyEmanuele Fiume17 Geneva, Its Printing Industry, and Book TradeJameson Tucker18 Bishop in ExileFrancis de Sales, Annecy, and ReformationJill Fehleison19 Reform under SiegeThe Resilience of Geneva’s 17th-and 18th-Century ChurchJennifer Powell McNuttSelected BibliographyIndex