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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Titolo del capitolo
Lavoro, vocazione, condivisione: itinerari nel calvinismo
Autori
Debora Spini
Lingua
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0319-7.30
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Anno di pubblicazione
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Idee di lavoro e di ozio per la nostra civiltà
Curatori
Giovanni Mari, Francesco Ammannati, Stefano Brogi, Tiziana Faitini, Arianna Fermani, Francesco Seghezzi, Annalisa Tonarelli
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Numero di pagine
1894
Anno di pubblicazione
2024
Copyright
© 2024 Author(s)
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Editore
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
Collana
Studi e saggi
ISSN della collana
2704-6478
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5919