A life of John Calvin : a study in the shaping of Western culture /

McGrath, Alister E., 1953-

A life of John Calvin : a study in the shaping of Western culture / Alister E. McGrath. - Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, Mass., USA : B. Blackwell, 1990. - xv, 332 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-321) and index.

Paris : the formation of a mind -- The years of wandering : Orléans and the encounter with humanism -- From humanist to reformer : the conversion -- Geneva : the first period -- Geneva : the consolidation of power -- Christianity according to Calvin : the medium -- Christianity according to Calvin : the message -- The invasion of ideas : Calvin and France -- The genesis of a movement -- Commitment to the world : Calvinism, work and capitalism -- Calvin and the shaping of a modern western culture.

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Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564 --Influence.


Reformation--Biography.
Calvinism.
Reformed Church--Doctrines.

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