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John Calvin : a pilgrim's life

Author: H J Selderhuis
Publisher: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Selderhuis draws on Calvin's own publications and commentary on the biblical figures with whom he strongly identified to describe his theology in the context of his personal development. Throughout we see a person who found himself alone at many of the decisive moments of his life--a fact that echoed through Calvin's subsequent sermons and commentaries. Selderhuis's unique and compelling look at John Calvin, with
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Genre/Form: Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Selderhuis, H. J., 1961-
John Calvin.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2009
(OCoLC)742307606
Named Person: Jean Calvin; Jean Calvin; Jean Calvin
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: H J Selderhuis
ISBN: 9780830829217 0830829210
OCLC Number: 262430762
Description: 287 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Orphan (1509-1533) --
Pilgrim (1533-1536) --
Stranger (1536-1538) --
Refugee (1538-1541) --
Preacher (1541-1546) --
Victim (1546-1549) --
Widower (1549-1551) --
Patient (1551-1554) --
Sailor (1555-1559) --
Soldier (1559-1564).
Other Titles: Calvijn, een mens.
Responsibility: Herman J. Selderhuis ; translated by Albert Gootjes.

Abstract:

Selderhuis draws on Calvin's own publications and commentary on the biblical figures with whom he strongly identified to describe his theology in the context of his personal development. Throughout we see a person who found himself alone at many of the decisive moments of his life--a fact that echoed through Calvin's subsequent sermons and commentaries. Selderhuis's unique and compelling look at John Calvin, with all of his merits and foibles, ultimately discloses a man who could not find himself at home in the world in which he lived.--From publisher description.

Professor and renowned Reformation historian Herman Selderhuis has written this book to bring Calvin near to the reader, showing him as a man who had an impressive impact on the development of the Western world, but who was first of all a believer who struggled with God and with the way God governed both the world and his own life.

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