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Calvin

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During the honor days of the French Renaissance, young John Calvin (1509-1564) experienced a profound conversion to the religion of the Reformation. For the remainder of his days he lived out the consequences of that transformation—as exile, inspired reformer, and in the long run the dominant figure of the Protestant Reformation. Calvin’s vision of the Christian religion has inspired many volumes of research, but this engaging biography examines a remarkable life. Bruce Gordon presents Calvin as a human being, a man without delay brilliant, arrogant, charismatic, unforgiving, generous, and shrewd.

The book explores with particular insight Calvin’s self-conscious view of himself as prophet and apostle for his age and his struggle to tame a sense of his own superiority, perceived by others as arrogance. Gordon looks at Calvin’s character, his maturing vision of God and humanity, his personal tragedies and screw ups, his extensive relationships with others, and the context within which he wrote and taught. What emerges is a man who devoted himself to the Church, inspiring and transforming the lives of others, especially individuals who suffered persecution for their spiritual beliefs.


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