"Calvin Scholarship" and the "Darwin Industry" The lives and works of both Calvin and Darwin, and especially the Institutes of the Christian Religion and the Origin of Species, are studied very closely and celebrated by their followers, especially in this quadruple anniversary year: the year of the births of both men and the publications of the key editions of their greatest works. On the one hand, we have "Calvin scholarship;" on the other, we have the "Darwin Industry"—that is the accepted term, with both words being capitalized. Each year, there are books, lectures and conferences on their lives, their works, their correspondences, their friendships, their influences, etc. Of course, it all cranks up a gear for both Calvin and Darwin in this anniversary year. 2009 witnessed an outpouring of Darwin propaganda by the evolutionists, for example, through newspaper articles and TV programmes, such as Andrew Marr’s three-part series "Darwin’s Dangerous Idea" on BBC 2 (5, 12 and 19 March, 2009).
Lahat ng nagpapahayag ng teolohiyang ganap na biblikal at nakapaloob sa lahat ng mga dakilang kredo ng ikalabing-anim at ikalabimpitong siglo ay tinatagurian ang kanilang teolohiya na Calvinism. Bukod sa mga Banal na Kasulatan mismo, kaunti lamang ang mga aklat na nakaimpluwesya sa mga sumunod na siglo na tulad ng Institutes of the Christian Religion ni Calvin. Kahit sa kasalukuyan, ang Institutes ay kadalasang itinuturing na huling salita [awtoridad] sa mga usaping teolohikal sa pangkat ng mga Reformed at Presbyterian. Ngunit si Calvin, matapos niyang simulan ang gawain ng kanyang buhay, ay hindi kailanman lumayo sa Geneva na isang maliit na lunsod sa French Switzerland. Dito, dumating siya sa isang gabing maunos; dito siya nanirahan, sinindak ng banta ni William Farel; dito niya ginawa ang lahat ng kanyang gawain.