LEADER 03708nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910824734703321 005 20240418004028.0 010 $a1-282-43756-9 010 $a9786612437564 010 $a0-300-15981-1 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300159813 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015932 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050134 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335496 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11261341 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335496 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10272543 035 $a(PQKB)10770108 035 $a(DE-B1597)485769 035 $a(OCoLC)994496153 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300159813 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420648 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10373457 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL243756 035 $a(OCoLC)923595543 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420648 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015932 100 $a20081104d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCalvin$b[electronic resource] /$fBruce Gordon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (432 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-12076-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [374]-383) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tList of Illustrations -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tMaps -- $t1. A French Youth -- $t2. Among the Princes of Law -- $t3. 'At Last Delivered': Conversion and Flight -- $t4. Exile in a Hidden Corner -- $t5. Violent Reformations and Tumult -- $t6. Discovering the Church -- $t7. 'Lucid Brevity' for the Sake of the Church: Romans -- $t8. Building Christ's Church -- $t9. Calvin's World -- $t10. Healing Christ's Body -- $t11. 'Since Calvin Acts So Bravely,Why Does He Not Come Here?': France -- $t12. The Years of Conflict -- $t13. 'There is No Form of Impiety that This Monster Has Not Raked Up' -- $t14. Luther's Heirs -- $t15. European Reformer -- $t16. The 'Perfecte Schoole of Christe' -- $t17. Churches and Blood: France -- $t18. Endings -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the glory days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) 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.The book 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. 606 $aProtestants$vBiography 615 0$aProtestants 676 $a284/.2092 686 $a11.55$2bcl 700 $aGordon$b Bruce$f1962-$0904701 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824734703321 996 $aCalvin$94018396 997 $aUNINA