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Availability:In StockContributor:F. Bruce GordonPublish date:2011-05-31Pages:432
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300170849ISBN-10:030017084XUPC:9780300170849Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Religious, Christianity, ModernBook Topic:Calvinist, 16th CenturySize:7.78 x 5.19 x 1.28 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCWW6Q7Y1A

A revealing new portrait of John Calvin that captures his human complexity and the sixteenth-century world in which he fought his personal and theological battles

During the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the faith of the Reformation. For the rest of his days he lived out the implications of that transformation--as exile, inspired reformer, and ultimately the dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin's vision of the Christian religion has inspired many volumes of analysis, but this engaging biography examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human being, a man at once brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving, generous, and shrewd.

The book explores with particular insight Calvin's self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin's character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and failures, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. What emerges is a man who devoted himself to the Church, inspiring and transforming the lives of others, especially those who suffered persecution for their religious beliefs.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300170849ISBN-10:030017084XUPC:9780300170849Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Religious, Christianity, ModernBook Topic:Calvinist, 16th CenturySize:7.78 x 5.19 x 1.28 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCWW6Q7Y1A
Bruce Gordon is professor of Reformation history, Yale Divinity School. He is author and editor of a number of books, including The Swiss Reformation.


Publisher: Yale University Press

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