An international conference, sponsored by the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University, reflects the recent renewed interest in Italian reform. Entitled "The Cultural Impact of Italian Reformers," its aim was to gather Vermigli scholars along with Renaissance and Reformation scholars. Half the essays (by Paul Grendler, Cesare Vasoli, Rita Belladonna, Anthony Santosuosso, and Antonio D'Andrea) deal with the general question of Renaissance and Reformation interaction: How are humanism and scholasticism related? Marvin Anderson, Philip McNair, J. Patrick Donnelly, Robert Kingdon, and Joseph C. McLelland focus on the thought and activity of Vermigli himself. Students of theology, history, and philosophy, and specifically of the Renaissance and the Reformation, will welcome this book.
Joseph C. McLelland is McConnell Professor of the Philosophy of Religion and Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies, McGill University. His writings include The Visible Words of God: The Sacramental Theology of Peter Martyr Vermigli, The Reformation and its Significance Today, Life and Eucharistic Texts of Vermigli, and numerous articles.