John Calvin - POD title

Zusatztext 'Bouwsma's experience of the period makes him an impressive guide ... there is much here to interest and challenge ... It is an exciting and novel exploration of a person who did not always say the same thing ... Bouwsma provides the reader with a stimulating and refreshing study.'Francis M. Higman! Institut d'Histoire de le Réformation! Geneva! EHR Oct. 91 Informationen zum Autor William J. Bouwsma is Sather Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of the highly-acclaimed Venice and the Defense of Republican Liberty: Renaissance Values in the Age of the Counter-Reformation. Klappentext Bousma sketches a deeply psychological portrait of the great reformer. Zusammenfassung The author studies theologian John Calvin as a way to bring into focus the cultural, psychological, and intellectual problems of the 16th century and argues that Calvin represents an historical moment of transition from traditional modes of philosophical and religious thought to modern ones.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: William James Bouwsma, Bouwsma W, Bouwsma William J.
• Edition: Oxford University Press Trade
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.1990
• EAN: 9780195059519
• ISBN: 978-0-19-505951-9
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian, RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches