| Calvin's Preaching Contributor(s): Parker, T. H. L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664253091 ISBN-13: 9780664253097 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $36.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 1992 Annotation: A rare and important study offering a complete review of John Calvin's preaching activity, purpose, method, and style. Parker's work includes Calvin's theological considerations, expository methods, applications of Scripture to the needs of his congregation, and his views of the preacher's office, duty and the congregation's active participation. Appendixes. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Ministry - Preaching - Religion | Christian Theology - History |
| Dewey: 251.009 |
| LCCN: 91-46187 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.44" W x 8.45" (0.72 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Reformed - Theometrics - Evangelical - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Home Schooling |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This rare and important study of John Calvin's sermons gives a complete review of Calvin's preaching activity, purpose, method, and style. Included are the theological considerations that moved Calvin to preach the way he did; his view of the preacher's office, his duty, and the congregation's active participation; a historical account and the preservation of his preaching; Calvin's expository method and the way he applied scripture to the needs of the congregation; and the form of the sermons and the familiar style that was employed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Parker, T. H. L.: - T. H. L. Parker was a widely respected authority on Calvin's life and thought. He was Reader in Theology at the University of Durham in England. |