There are many biographies of John Calvin, the theologian--some villifying him and others extolling his virtues--but few that reveal John Calvin, the man. 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 struggling with God and with the way God governed both the world and his own life. 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.

John Calvin: A Pilgrim's Life

Biographies & Memoirs

Selderhuis, Herman J.

Leaders & Notable People

IVP Academic

A revealing and stimulating description of the sixteenth-century reformer and his theory and practice of marriage and divorce. Bucer was known as a marriage broker as well as a marriage breaker; his views were first rejected and later neglected, yet they have an all-time freshness. Marriage and Divorce offers Bucer's revolutionary and astonishingly modern views on divorce. It takes away the misunderstandings that have for centuries surrounded Bucer in this matter and it is an important contribution to gender studies.

Marriage and Divorce in the Thought of Martin Bucer (Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies)

History

Bierma, Lyle D.

Vriend, John

World

Truman State Univ Pr

The Calvin year 2009 began on October 31, 2008 with a conference organized by the Institute for Reformation Research (Apeldoorn) on the topic Calvin: Saint or Sinner? A number of scholars dealt with the question of whether and how Calvin brought a renewal to theology, the church and society. This volume contains the papers held at this conference, which demonstrate the detailed and growing research on the reformer of Geneva. Since the contributions reflect the latest research in Calvin studies, the conclusions reached in many of the papers are surprising. Calvin was not a reformer in all respects in the original sense, as some would have wanted him to be. However on other subjects he definitely distanced himself from tradition and from his fellow reformers. All in all, this volume gives an overview of the many facets of John Calvin and his theology.

Calvin - Saint or Sinner? (Spatmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation / Studies in the La)

Mohr Siebeck

Calvin studies have been receiving new impetus from various fields of research. Recent archive discoveries and their assessment, an increase in researching letters and commentaries, and new editions and revised theological inquiry have helped Calvin studies gain momentum. This volume compiles contributions from the 9th International Calvin Congress held in Apeldoorn in the summer of 2006.

Calvinus Sacrarum Literarum Interpres: Papers of the International Congress on Calvin Research (Reformed Historical Theology, 5)

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Gmbh & Co

This volume contains the papers of the 10th International Congress on Calvin research (Bloemfontein 2010) and represents the latest in Calvinresearch. The first part of the book consists of the plenary papers presented by leading scholars in Reformation history and theology and focussed on the topic of reconciliation. In the second part a select number of shortpapers is presented in which a wide variety of topics is dealt with. Just as with the preceding published papers of Calvincongresses, this volume also will become a source as well as a guideline for future studies.

Calvinus clarissimus theologus: Papers of the Tenth International Congress on Calvin Research (Reformed Historical Theology) (English and German Edition)

Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht