Life in God: John Calvin, Practical Formation, and the Future of Protestant Theology - Couverture souple

Boulton, Matthew Myer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 080286564X ISBN 13 : 9780802865649

Editeur : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2011

Synopsis

Readers of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion often regard this masterwork of doctrine as a cold, sterile, and merely intellectual project. But Matthew Myer Boulton reads it very differently, arguing that for Calvin, Christian doctrine is properly conceived and articulated primarily for the sake of practical Christian formation -- the immersive, restorative training for wholeness and holiness embodied in the church's disciplinary treasury. Although Calvin famously opposed the cloister, Boulton shows that his purpose was not the eradication but the democratization of monastic spiritual disciplines. Just as Calvin endorsed the "priesthood of all believers," so too did he envision that ordinary disciples could live with God daily, consecrate themselves to the art of knowing God, and embrace spiritually formative practices including scriptural and theological study, daily prayer and worship, regular Psalm singing, frequent reception of the Lord's Supper, renunciation of "the world," rigorous moral accountability, and the like.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Matthew Myer Boulton is associate professor of ministry studies at Harvard Divinity School. An ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), he serves on the ministerial staff at Old South Church in Boston, Massachusetts. His books include God against Religion: Rethinking Christian Theology through Worship.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080286564X
• ISBN 13: 9780802865649
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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