This chapter focuses on John Calvin as well as Johannes Althusius. First of all the chapter will analyse how, in Calvin’s theology, work is not any longer conceived as the punishment for Original Sin. On the contrary, work is politically relevant: exercising one’s vocation is a way to construct social bonds based upon solidarity and responsibility, as well as a way to structure one’s self. In the same perspective, Althusius’ Politica Methodice Digesta will also be taken into consideration, focusing upon the role of collegia in constructing the social fabric of the Consociatio Symbiotica. The theme of leisure, virtually absent in Althusius’ Politica, is instead quite relevant in Calvin. The chapter will show how the Reformer considered leisure almost as a duty: a time of silence where God’s vice could be heard.
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Chapter Title
Lavoro, vocazione, condivisione: itinerari nel calvinismo
Authors
Debora Spini
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.30
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
Editors
Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
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Number of Pages
1894
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0245-9
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0319-7
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0320-3
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919