Description: Calvin, Paperback by Gordon, Bruce, ISBN 030017084X, ISBN-13 9780300170849, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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 (1) 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. Th 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.
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Book Title: Calvin
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Cultural Heritage, Modern / 16th Century, Religious, Christianity / Calvinist, Historical
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: F. Bruce Gordon
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
