Calvin / Michael Mullett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mullett, Michael A.

Series:

Lancaster pamphlets.

Lancaster pamphlets

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.

Calvin, Jean.

Reformation--Biography.

Reformation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).

ISBN:

1-86013-076-3

1-134-98991-1

1-280-56724-4

9786610567249

0-203-12969-5

9780203129692

OCLC:

70764588