Calvin, Paperback by Gordon, Bruce, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Calvin, Paperback by Gordon, Bruce, ISBN 030017084X, ISBN-13 9780300170849, Like New Used, 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 battlesDuring 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.