The Brightest Mirror of God's Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Brightest Mirror of God's Works write by Nico Vorster. This book was released on 2019-03-28. The Brightest Mirror of God's Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Calvin’s perspectives on the nature, calling, and destiny of the human being is scattered all over his extensive corpus of writings. This book attempts to provide an accurate account of the main theological motifs that governed Calvin’s doctrine on the human being, while keeping in mind variable factors such as the historical development of Calvin’s thought, the pastoral and often unsystematic orientation of his theology, and the formative impact doctrinal controversies had on his thoughts. The contribution focuses specifically on Calvin’s understanding of the created structure of the human being, her sinful nature, the human being’s union with Christ, the limits of human reason, the anthropological roots of human society and gender. The primary aim is to make the original Calvin speak. But the contribution also addresses some of the most recent debates on Calvin’s theology and identifies those impulses in his theological anthropology that bear potential for modern reflections on human existence. Like most of us, Calvin was a child of his time. However, his intellectual legacy endures and readers may well find his thoughts on the human being surprisingly refreshing and stimulating for modern anthropological and social discourses.
The Brightest Mirror of God's Works
The Brightest Mirror of God's Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Brightest Mirror of God's Works write by Nico Vorster. This book was released on 2019-03-28. The Brightest Mirror of God's Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Calvin's perspectives on the nature, calling, and destiny of the human being is scattered all over his extensive corpus of writings. This book attempts to provide an accurate account of the main theological motifs that governed Calvin's doctrine on the human being, while keeping in mind variable factors such as the historical development of Calvin's thought, the pastoral and often unsystematic orientation of his theology, and the formative impact doctrinal controversies had on his thoughts. The contribution focuses specifically on Calvin's understanding of the created structure of the human being, her sinful nature, the human being's union with Christ, the limits of human reason, the anthropological roots of human society and gender. The primary aim is to make the original Calvin speak. But the contribution also addresses some of the most recent debates on Calvin's theology and identifies those impulses in his theological anthropology that bear potential for modern reflections on human existence. Like most of us, Calvin was a child of his time. However, his intellectual legacy endures and readers may well find his thoughts on the human being surprisingly refreshing and stimulating for modern anthropological and social discourses. ""After reading this well argued and meticulously researched publication by Nico Vorster I am more than ever convinced of the incalculable value of Calvin's theological inheritance to the recent modern theological debate. This magisterial, lucid exposition of Calvin's theological Anthropology shows a prodigious intellect, indefatigably processing oceans of text and research literature to present a powerful, provocative stimulus and reliable contribution to the recent debate. Nico Vorster's theological analysis is crisp, logical, and a reliable source of research for academic scholars as well as students. He thoroughly articulates the facts, questions, and perspectives of different scholars to present his suggestions and proposals."" --Jan du Rand, North-West University ""As one of South Africa's best-known systematic theologians who focuses on Calvinist studies, Nico Vorster in this book investigates several aspects of Calvin's anthropology. He shows its relevance in addressing systemic problems that modern societies face, like human alienation, individualism, collective power abuse, systemic corruption, ecocide, and the fracturing of communities. His discussion of Calvin's anthropology demonstrates that many of the modern theological anthropological challenges are in fact old questions in new disguises."" --Marius Nel, North-West University Nico Vorster is Professor in Systematic Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the North West University in South Africa. He has published various books, articles and book chapters within the fields of Theological Anthropology Christian Social Ethics and Public Theology. He is the author of the book Created in the Image of God (2011).
John Calvin and the Righteousness of Works
John Calvin and the Righteousness of Works - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook John Calvin and the Righteousness of Works write by Kevin P. Emmert. This book was released on 2021-07-12. John Calvin and the Righteousness of Works available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John Calvin's understanding of works-righteousness is more complex than is often recognized. While he denounces it in some instances, he affirms it in others. This study shows that Calvin affirms works-righteousness within the context where faith-righteousness is already established, and that he even teaches a form of justification by works. Calvin ascribes not only a positive role to good works in relation to divine acceptance, but also soteriological value to believers' good works. This study demonstrates such by exploring Calvin's theological anthropology, his understanding of divine-human activity, his teaching on the nature of good works, and his understanding of divine grace and benevolence. It also addresses current debates in Calvin scholarship by exploring topics such as union with Christ, the relation between justification and sanctification, the relation between good works and divine acceptance, the role of good works in the Christian life, and the content of good works.
The Old Testament, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition
The Old Testament, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Old Testament, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition write by . This book was released on 2024-05-23. The Old Testament, Calvin, and the Reformed Tradition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The eleven essays in this volume demonstrate how Calvin and the Reformed tradition engage with the Old Testament. The articles address two main areas: Calvin's interpretation of certain Old Testament books, and how Reformed thinkers in the global world study, explain, and apply the teaching of the Old Testament in their own contexts. This volume is the expanded version of the papers presented at the 2019 Calvin Studies Society Colloquium. Contributors include J. Todd Billings, Allison Brown, Thomas J. Davis, Jeff Fisher, Christine Kooi, Maarten Kuivenhoven, Scott Manetsch, Graeme Murdock, G. Sujin Pak, Yudha Thianto, and Michael VanderWeele.
Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God
Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God write by Joseph Reeve. This book was released on 1859. Practical Discourses on the Perfections and Wonderful Works of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
