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Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-10030017084X
ISBN-139780300170849
eBay Product ID (ePID)27038286656
Product Key Features
Book TitleCalvin
Number of Pages432 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCultural Heritage, Modern / 16th Century, Religious, Historical, Christianity / Calvinist
Publication Year2011
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorF. Bruce Gordon
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.2 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal284/.2092 B
SynopsisA 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.