With forewords by both Joel Beeke and John MacArthur, a reader is entitled to expect something substantial, and this is the fruit of decades of study and teaching. Curt Daniel provides a comprehensive overview of Calvinism in two large sections.

The History surveys the Reformed theologians and preachers, the development of the theology, and the major controversies it has passed through. The Theology section discusses the doctrines bearing on the sovereignty of God, the five points, and the distinctives of the tradition. A reference-sized work rather than an introduction, and the most thorough single volume of its kind.