Calvin : a guide for the perplexed
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Calvin : a guide for the perplexed
(Guides for the perplexed series)
T & T Clark, c2008
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-168) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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hbk. ISBN 9780567032010
Description
As a major theologian John Calvin is often the subject of widespread misunderstanding and misinterpretation, this new "Guide for the Perplexed" will provide an ideal introduction to his thoughts and views.John Calvin is a major theologian of the Christian Church, but one who is also the subject of widespread misunderstanding and misinterpretation. He is also a figure whom other theologians either seek to 'capture' to endorse their own (often very different positions) or whom they seek to vilify. His situation in late medievalism is often overlooked. So there is an important need to re-situate Calvin."Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed" attempts to do this in the context of providing a 'middle level' introduction to his thought. The need for such re-situating will be stressed in the first Chapter, 'Orientation'. As befits the series, attention will be focussed on Calvin's thought, not on his personal character or career, though reference will be made to these as necessary, and the Introduction will include a brief overview of his life and times.
Attention will be made not only to Calvin's theological positions, but also to the philosophy intertwined within them, the significance and interest of which is often overlooked.Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging - or indeed downright bewildering. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Orientation -who Calvin was - Calvin and 'Calvinism' - idolising and demonising - recent scholarship - anachronism - philosophy.
- 2. Knowledge of God and self - "Sensus Divinitatis" - Revelation - 'Reformed' epistemology
- 3. God in Trinity
- 4. Jesus Christ, his person and his work
- 5. Grace and faith - the will - predestination - faith and assurance - justification and sanctification (two-fold righteousness)
- 6. Ethics - natural law/common grace - the revealed law and its 'uses' - what is valuable - intention
- 7. Church and State - word and sacrament - Two Kingdoms - magistrate - resistance
- 8. Calvin and Calvinism - Kendall - Puritanism - Scholasticism - Warfield
- Further Reading
- Index.
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pbk. ISBN 9780567032027
Description
As a major theologian John Calvin is often the subject of widespread misunderstanding and misinterpretation, and this new "Guide for the Perplexed" will provide an ideal introduction to his thoughts and views.John Calvin is a major theologian of the Christian Church, but one who is also the subject of widespread misunderstanding and misinterpretation. He is also a figure whom other theologians either seek to 'capture' to endorse their own (often very different positions) or whom they seek to vilify. His situation in late medievalism is often overlooked. So there is an important need to re-situate Calvin."Calvin: A Guide for the Perplexed" attempts to do this in the context of providing a 'middle level' introduction to his thought. The need for such re-situating will be stressed in the first Chapter, 'Orientation'. As befits the series, attention will be focussed on Calvin's thought, not on his personal character or career, though reference will be made to these as necessary, and the Introduction will include a brief overview of his life and times.
Attention will be made not only to Calvin's theological positions, but also to the philosophy intertwined within them, the significance and interest of which is often overlooked."Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging - or indeed downright bewildering. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to grasp, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Orientation -who Calvin was - Calvin and 'Calvinism' - idolising and demonising - recent scholarship - anachronism - philosophy.
- 2. Knowledge of God and self - "Sensus Divinitatis" - Revelation - 'Reformed' epistemology
- 3. God in Trinity
- 4. Jesus Christ, his person and his work
- 5. Grace and faith - the will - predestination - faith and assurance - justification and sanctification (two-fold righteousness)
- 6. Ethics - natural law/common grace - the revealed law and its 'uses' - what is valuable - intention
- 7. Church and State - word and sacrament - Two Kingdoms - magistrate - resistance
- 8. Calvin and Calvinism - Kendall - Puritanism - Scholasticism - Warfield
- Further Reading
- Index.
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