Portrait Of Calvin
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Portrait Of Calvin
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Author : T. H. L. Parker
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-16
Portrait Of Calvin written by T. H. L. Parker and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with History categories.
A concise biography of John Calvin, perfect for students of theology wishing to better understand this complex character.
Portrait Of Calvin
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Author : Thomas Henry Louis Parker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
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John Calvin
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Author : William J. Bouwsma
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1989-03-17
John Calvin written by William J. Bouwsma and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-17 with History categories.
Historians have credited--or blamed--Calvinism for many developments in the modern world, including capitalism, modern science, secularization, democracy, individualism, and unitarianism. These same historians, however, have largely ignored John Calvin the man. When people consider him at all, they tend to view him as little more than the joyless tyrant of Geneva who created an abstract theology as forbidding as himself. This volume, written by the eminent historian William J. Bouwsma, who has devoted his career to exploring the larger patterns of early modern European history, seeks to redress these common misconceptions of Calvin by placing him back in the proper historical context of his time. Eloquently depicting Calvin's life as a French exile, a humanist in the tradition of Erasmus, and a man unusually sensitive to the complexities and contradictions of later Renaissance culture, Bouwsma reveals a surprisingly human, plausible, ecumenical, and often sympathetic Calvin. John Calvin offers a brilliant reassessment not only of Calvin but also of the Reformation and its relationship to the movements of the Renaissance.
John Calvin
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Author : William James Bouwsma
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1989
John Calvin written by William James Bouwsma and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Fiction categories.
Traces the life of the French-born theologian, describes the background of his times, and assesses his influence on the modern world
The Life Of John Calvin
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Author : Thomas Henry Dyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850
The Life Of John Calvin written by Thomas Henry Dyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850 with Reformation categories.
Calvin
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Author : Bernard Cottret
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2000-09
Calvin written by Bernard Cottret and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"Modesty, softness, and mildness"-such was John Calvin, in his own words. This brief self-portrait will surprise posterity, quick as it is to detect in Calvin a deeply passionate man of zealous action. Calvin adds elsewhere: "I acknowledge myself to be timid, soft, and cowardly by nature." He repeated the same idea feelingly on the eve of his death, calling himself "timid" and "fearful" before an astounded group of pastors who knew by experience that the old fellow could raise up storms. These various descriptions of Calvin strongly underline the vigor of a character that owed all its energy to God alone. At the same time, the apparent contradictions within Calvin's personality make it hard to capture his true nature. The large number of biographies attempted to date attest to this fact, many of which simply picture Calvin as a rigid fundamentalist or as a totalitarian who ruled Geneva with an iron hand. Such interpretations, however, are much too one-dimensional. This sterling new biography by Bernard Cottret opts for a Calvin "in movement," thus distinguishing itself from works that present Calvin as a man of relatively static character. The aim of this book is simply to recover the truth, or rather to reclaim the intelligibility of a man in his time. This is a historian's Calvin, the work of a university professor who is neither a theologian nor an ordained minister. Cottret's welcome approach sheds new light on the great Reformer's personality by concentrating on the milieu in which Calvin did his life's work. In the largest part of the book, Cottret explores Calvin's life chronologically. We are introduced to the world into which Calvin was born, a Europe in the throes of upheaval owing to the development of the printing press and divergent religious views. We follow Calvin from his birth and childhood in Noyon to his school years in Paris. We accompany Calvin on his humanistic and literary pursuits in Basel, his early ministry in Geneva, and his halcyon Strasbourg years. Finally, we move again to Geneva, where the brunt of Calvin's serious-and better known-life was lived. Along the way we encounter the major issues of Calvin's day-the sacrifice of the Mass, iconoclasm, predestination, the Arianism of Michael Servetus-issues to which he reacted with all his religious emotion. We tarry with him in Geneva and get an up-close look at the governance of Calvinism's "holy city." And we share in Calvin's joys and sorrows through a reading of his prolific correspondence. In the final chapters, Cottret explores thematic aspects of Calvin's persona-Calvin the polemicist, the preacher, and the writer-and looks in greater depth at his foremost work, the Institutes of the Christian Religion. Widely acclaimed in its French edition, this balanced and beautifully written biography will take its place among the best-and most enjoyable-portraits of Calvin's life, work, and lasting influence.
The Humanness Of John Calvin
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Author : Richard Stauffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
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A Full Length Portrait Of Calvinism
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Author : John Bowden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1809
A Full Length Portrait Of Calvinism written by John Bowden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1809 with Calvinism categories.
Memoirs Of The Life And Writings Of John Calvin Compiled Partly From The Vita Joannis Calvini Of T De B Ze And Including Extracts From Calvin S Institutio Christianae Religionis To Which Is Prefixed A Brief Sketch Of The History Of The Reformation Printed From The Last London Edition With Additions With A Portrait
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Author : John MACKENZIE (of Huntingdon.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1823
Memoirs Of The Life And Writings Of John Calvin Compiled Partly From The Vita Joannis Calvini Of T De B Ze And Including Extracts From Calvin S Institutio Christianae Religionis To Which Is Prefixed A Brief Sketch Of The History Of The Reformation Printed From The Last London Edition With Additions With A Portrait written by John MACKENZIE (of Huntingdon.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1823 with categories.
Calvin Littlejohn
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Author : Calvin Littlejohn
language : en
Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
Release Date : 2009
Calvin Littlejohn written by Calvin Littlejohn and has been published by Texas Christian University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
In 1934, the year Calvin Littlejohn came to Fort Worth, the city was a sleepy little burg. This was the Jim Crow era, when mainstream newspapers wouldn't publish pictures of black citizens and white photographers wouldn't take pictures in black schools. In Fort Worth, Littlejohn began what would become a lifelong career of documenting the black community. And there would be nothing remotely related to the white culture's depictions of Amos 'n' Andy or black kids grinning over a slice of watermelon in Littlejohn's portrayal of his adopted home and the people he came to appreciate and love. Littlejohn's natural aptitude for drawing had been honed by correspondence courses in graphic design and a stint in a photo shop where he learned about the camera, lighting, and the use of shadows. When Littlejohn was assigned to be the official photographer at I. M. Terrell--the city's only black high school at the time--his professional career was launched. Unlike many segregated cities, where blacks lived only in one section, blacks in Cowtown lived in every quadrant of the city. There was a thriving black business district, with hotels, restaurants, a movie theater, a bank, and a major hospital, pharmacy, and nursing school. And of course, there were the schools and churches. All would eventually be seen through Littlejohn's lens. Although he never set out to be the documentarian of Fort Worth's black community, he did what he set out to do: to capture the best of a community, focusing on its good times. This book features more than 150 shots Littlejohn captured over the course of his career.