Author
William J. Bouwsma
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
August 1989
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Product Description
Professor Bouwsma studies the theologian John Calvin as a way to bring into focus the cultural, psychological, and intellectual problems of the sixteenth century. He argues that Calvin represents an historical moment of transition from traditional modes of philosophical and religious thought to modern ones. Beginning with a description of the traditional culture of Calvin's time, and of the moralism which exerted such a powerful hold over medieval thought, he goes on to identify the crucial issue in this transition as the ability of a culture to manage the anxiety of existence. Medieval society, by creating simplified polarities such as Good and Evil, he argues, was conspicuously successful in performing this task. Finally Bouwsma provides a critical analysis of this medieval philosophy, and explains the significance of Calvin's concept of a "New Order" in providing an ethical system which no longer relied upon these established views of the world.
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Author
William J. Bouwsma
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
August 1989
Edition
New edition
Weight
459g
Page Count
320
Dimensions
234 x 156 x 18 mm
ISBN
9780195059519
ISBN-10
0195059514
Eden Code
1190412
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Author/Creator: William J. Bouwsma
ISBN: 9780195059519
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: August 1989
Weight: 459g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 18 mm
Eden Code: 1190412
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