1. Edition - September 1993
35.90 Euro
1993. 352 Pages, Softcover
ISBN-10: 0-631-18947-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-18947-3 - John Wiley & Sons








Detailed description
The first biography of John Calvin since 1975 and the only life of the great reformer to analyse his impact on subsequent generations of theologians, politicians, economists and philosophers. This biography is theologically unbiased and is written as much for historians and general readers as for those interested in Calvin the Church reformer.

From the contents
List of Illustrations.

Preface.

1. Introduction.

2. Paris: The Formation of a Mind.

3. The Years of Wandering: Orleans and the Encounter with Humanism.

4. From Humanist to Reformer: The Conversion.

5. Geneva: The First Period.

6. Geneva: The Consolidation of Power.

7. Christianity according to Calvin: The Medium.

8. Christianity according to Calvin: The Message.

9. The Invasion of Ideas: Calvin and France.

10. The Genesis of a Movement.

11. Commitment to the World: Calvinism, Work and Capitalism.

12. Calvin and the Shaping of Western Culture.

Appendix I: A Glossary of Theological and Historical Terms.

Appendix II: Referring to Works by Calvin.

Abbreviations.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.