A Calvin Treasury: With a New Study Guide Revised Edition Contributor(s): Keesecker, William F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0664253989 ISBN-13: 9780664253981 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $33.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1992 Annotation: This book is a handy tool for pastors, theological students, and laity seeking a better understanding of the teaching of John Calvin. With the new study guide, it is a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to the most influential book of the Protestant Reformation: Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. The translation used is that of Ford Lewis Battles. The brief quotations from the Institutes, alphabetized by subject, will be useful to ministers preparing sermons or studying privately, to teachers and students as an introductory guide and reference handbook, and to general readers wishing to probe more deeply into Calvin's life, thought, and work. The new study guide will be of particular help to adult church school classes and other study groups, helping students to readily find quotations relating to specific doctrines. The study guide also identifies points in Calvin's teaching that relate directly to "A Brief Statement of Faith", added to the Book of Confessions in 1991. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Religion | Theology |
Dewey: 230.42 |
LCCN: 92019650 |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.24" W x 8.07" (0.55 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Reformed - Theometrics - Evangelical - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: This book is a handy tool for pastors, theological students, and laity seeking a better understanding of the teaching of John Calvin. It is a comprehensive, easy-to-read introduction to the most influential book of the Protestant Reformation: Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion. The brief quotations from the Institutes, alphabetized by subject, will be useful to ministers preparing sermons or studying privately, to teachers and students as an introductory guide and reference handbook, and to general readers wishing to probe more deeply into Calvin's life, thought, and work. The included study guide will be of particular help to adult church school classes and other study groups, helping students to readily find quotations relating to specific doctrines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Keesecker, William F.: - William F. Keesecker was Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His books include A Clavin Reader: Reflections on Living and The Wisdom of the Psalms: Selections and Expositions Based on Commentary by John Calvin. |