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Autore: |
Mullett Michael A
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Titolo: |
Calvin / / Michael Mullett
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1989 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (79 p.) |
Disciplina: | 284/.2/092 |
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Soggetto topico: | Reformation |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68). |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: the importance of Calvin and Calvinism; 1. Religion andf the church in early sixteenth-century France; 2. Christian humanism; 3. John Calvin: the early years; 4. The Institutes of Christian Religion; 5. Geneva; 6. Strassburg; 7. Return to Geneva; 8. The years of opposition; 9. The road to victory; 10. Calvin's leadership: foreign policy; 11. The Genevan Academy; 12. Calvin: scholar, writer, organizer; 13. Finale; 14. The expansion of Calvinism; Suggested further reading |
Sommario/riassunto: | In this lucid and readable study, Michael Mullet explains the historical importance of a man and a movement whose influence are still felt in the modern world. The pamphlet locates John Calvin in the context of early 16th-century France and then charts his emergence as an influential theologian and civic religious leader in the 'second generation' of reformers following Luther. After exploring the main lines of Calvin's theology, set out in the Institutes, the central section deals with the difficult process by which his authority was imposed on, or accepted by, Geneva. Finally, the |
Titolo autorizzato: | Calvin ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-86013-076-3 |
1-134-98991-1 | |
1-280-56724-4 | |
9786610567249 | |
0-203-12969-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910826765903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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