John C. McDowell on John Calvin on Providence and Prayer

Another day, another notice! Jason alerts us to Myk Habets and Bobby Grow's Evangelical Calvinism, which contains an interesting looking chapter by John C. McDowell, entitled 'Idolaters at Providential Prayer: Calvin’s Praying Through the Divine Governance', on John Calvin's doctrine of providence and its connection to prayer. Here's the description taken from the book's introduction, again, courtesy of Jason:

John McDowell reflects on a cluster of issues arising from the work of John Calvin on providence, retrieving Calvin from some of the more deterministic readings of his account, and moves from there to make connections between theology and practice, the formation and transformation of judgment, and of persons in prayerful correspondence to the God of providential concursus. McDowell considers six key points from Calvin’s theology of prayer, providence, and God, and draws these into an acute dialogue with contemporary concerns before offering a concluding definition of prayer.

Looks good. Seeing as I'm someone who reads Calvin's doctrine of providence as a very deterministic reading, I'll be sure to get hold of this for my correction!