A Life of John Calvin A Study in the Shaping

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.

Alister E. McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University. He is one of the worlds leading Protestant theologians and the author of numerous popular theology textbooks, including Christian Theology (Third Edition, 2001), The Christian Theology Reader, (Second Edition, 2001), Christian Spirituality (1999), Science and Religion (1998), Historical Theology (1998), and An Introduction to Christianity (1997), all available from Blackwell Publishing. He is also editor of The Blackwell Companion to Protestantism (2003).

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Preface
Introduction
Paris: The Formation of a Mind
The Years of Wandering: Orleans and the Encounter with Humanism
From Humanist to Reformer: The Conversion
Geneva: The First Period
Geneva: The Consolidation of Power
Christianity according to Calvin: The Medium
Christianity according to Calvin: The Message
The Invasion of Ideas: Calvin and France
The Genesis of a Movement
Commitment to the World: Calvinism, Work and Capitalism
Calvin and the Shaping of Western Culture
A Glossary of Theological and Historical Terms
Referring to Works
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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A Life of John Calvin A Study in the Shaping of Western Culture

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