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Calvin's Tormentors
Understanding the Conflicts That Shaped the Reformer
by Gary W. Jenkins
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Pub Date
Apr 17 2018
| Archive Date
Oct 18 2019
Description
This book offers a unique approach to Calvin by introducing the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin's theology and politics, helped shape the Reformer, his theology, and his historical and religious legacy. Respected church historian Gary Jenkins shows how Calvin had to defend or rethink his theology in light of his tormentors' challenges, giving readers a more nuanced view of Calvin's life and thought. The book highlights the central theological ideas of the Swiss Reformation and introduces figures and movements often excluded from standard texts.
This book offers a unique approach to Calvin by introducing the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin's theology and politics, helped shape the Reformer, his theology, and...
Description
This book offers a unique approach to Calvin by introducing the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin's theology and politics, helped shape the Reformer, his theology, and his historical and religious legacy. Respected church historian Gary Jenkins shows how Calvin had to defend or rethink his theology in light of his tormentors' challenges, giving readers a more nuanced view of Calvin's life and thought. The book highlights the central theological ideas of the Swiss Reformation and introduces figures and movements often excluded from standard texts.
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780801098338 |
| PRICE |
$30.00 (USD)
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| PAGES |
208
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Additional Information
Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9780801098338 |
| PRICE |
$30.00 (USD)
|
| PAGES |
208
|
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 589721
This book is a wonderful slice of Reformation history. The figure of John Calvin looms large in history, and his theological and ecclesial influences are still felt to this day. Often when we reflect on historical figures and read their works we see them as fully formed and complete in their thought, but the reality is not true. Historical figures, especially those who were theologians, arrived at their conclusions over long periods of time. There's give and take in discussion with others. This book highlights the back and forth between Calvin and those who caused him a great deal of mental agony and the theological back and forth that helped Calvin, and at times forced him, to realize a more fully formed position on various issues. This book does not function as a apologia for Calvin and his theology, but functions as an important piece of scholarship which serves to not only humanize Calvin but to set his various theological issues in the light of contemporary issues of his time.
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 589721
This book is a wonderful slice of Reformation history. The figure of John Calvin looms large in history, and his theological and ecclesial influences are still felt to this day. Often when we reflect on historical figures and read their works we see them as fully formed and complete in their thought, but the reality is not true. Historical figures, especially those who were theologians, arrived at their conclusions over long periods of time. There's give and take in discussion with others. This book highlights the back and forth between Calvin and those who caused him a great deal of mental agony and the theological back and forth that helped Calvin, and at times forced him, to realize a more fully formed position on various issues. This book does not function as a apologia for Calvin and his theology, but functions as an important piece of scholarship which serves to not only humanize Calvin but to set his various theological issues in the light of contemporary issues of his time.
