尊敬的老师好，在阅读过程中对下句

• Life and history do precisely that, with a sublime injustice reminiscent of Calvin’s God.

中reminiscent的用法感到奇怪，他是形容词吗，为什么用法像是分词？

上下文：

Economic development specializes functions, differentiates abilities, and makes men unequally valuable to their group. If we knew our fellow men thoroughly we could select thirty per cent of them whose combined ability would equal that of all the rest. Life and history do precisely that, with a sublime injustice reminiscent of Calvin’s God.