I also think one should not be too negative about this "New Calvinism" but I ask myself why Calvinism should be popular?

I recently bought is little book with the title "The Gospel as taught by Calvin" by RC Reed (Banner of Truth). It is a rather thorough (I would say) comparison between Calvinism on the one side and Arminianism and Pelagianism on the other side. What we hear around us from so-called reformed circles many times echoes more the sentiment of Arminianism than of Calvinism I would say.

Johan