Outline: From Global to Local, the many faces of global Christianity - As they have from the very first century, the highly diverse and creative religious lives of ordinary Christians have decisively engaged the enormous developments of the twentieth century. However tentatively they can all be pieced together, these are some of their stories. Whether in the sugar cane fields of Central America…
Outline: John Calvin's Insititutes has established itself as "one of the most important theological works ever written," writes Tony Lane. This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and affordable sampler of Calvin's greatest work. Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin's teaching on all his major themes and making the material accessible to non-spec…
Outline : John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion is a defining book of the Reformation and a pillar of Protestant theology. First published in Latin in 1536 and in Calvin's native French in 1541, the Institutes argues for the majesty of God and for justification by faith alone. The book decisively shaped Calvinism as a major religious and intellectual force in Europe and throughout …
Outline: The apostle Paul has been justifiably described as the first and greatest Christian theologian. His letters were among the earliest documents to be included in the New Testament and, as such, they shaped Christian thinking from the beginning. As a missionary, theologian and pastor Paul's own wrestling with theological and ethical questions of his day is paradigmatic for Christian theol…
Outline : Ricoeur's theory of productive imagination in previously unpublished lectures. The eminent philosopher Paul Ricoeur was devoted to the imagination. These previously unpublished lectures offer Ricoeur's most significant and sustained reflections on creativity as he builds a new theory of imagination through close examination, moving from Aristotle, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant to Ry…
Outline: This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of expert Latinists and Calvin scholar. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collated; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographies have bee…
Outline: This is the new and definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. Under Dr. McNeill's personal supervision labored a whole corps of experts Latinists and Calvin scholars. All previous editions - in Latin, French, German, and English - have been collected; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographi…
Outline: The name of John Calvin (1509 - 1564) is justly renowned in a number of contexts. The Reformation's greatest systematic theologian, he was also a Christian strategist and transformer of society, as his enormous correspondence and his influence in Geneva bear witness. A prolific scholar, well-versed in the Latin of the academics, he also worked hard at communicating to ordinary men and …
The frequent use of the theme of the infinite by Nicholas of Cusa in order to characterize the divinity, and the eminent place of mathematics in his doctrine seem to authorize a comparison with Duns Scotus. In this contribution we attempt to show the deep differences between these two enterprises and more generally the Cusan’s originality with respect to the scholastics of the fourteenth cent…
Outline : Institutio Christianae Religionis, yang merupakan magnum opus John Calvin, terbitpertama kali pada tahun 1536 sebagai buku ringkas untuk menjelaskan iman Kristenyang alkitabiah dan mendasar. Sejak kemunculannya, Institutio menjadi buku yangmenentukan di dalam Reformasi dan pilar dari theologi Protestan dan segeraditerjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa. Calvin memperluas isi Institutio …
Outline : Institutio Christianae Religionis, yang merupakan magnum opus John Calvin, terbitpertama kali pada tahun 1536 sebagai buku ringkas untuk menjelaskan iman Kristenyang alkitabiah dan mendasar. Sejak kemunculannya, Institutio menjadi buku yangmenentukan di dalam Reformasi dan pilar dari theologi Protestan dan segeraditerjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa. Calvin memperluas isi Institutio …
"Existentialism Is a Humanism" is a stenographer's uanscript, originally written in shorthand and scarcely altered by Sartre, of a lecture he gave in Paris on Monday, October 29, 1945. He was invited to speak by the Club Maintenant, which was founded during the Liberation by Jacques Caltny and Marc Beigbeder to promote "literary and intellectual discussion." The text of the lecture was publishe…
This volume, demonstrating the main elements of Calvin's doctrine as they appear in his many commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments, speaks with singular power to the ordinary reader today. Included are more than two hundred selections under headings ranging from the Bible, knowledge of God, and the church. Introductory...
Here is a definative, readable translation of John Calvin's Theological Treatises.Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in...
From those matters so far discussed, we clearly see how destitute and devoid of all good things man is, and how he lacks all aids to salvation. Therefore, if he seeks resources to succor him in his need, he must go outside himself and get them elsewhere. It was afterward explained to us that the Lord willingly and freely reveals himself in his Christ. For in Christ he offers all happiness in pl…
THE CELEBRATED TREATISE HERE PRESENTED IN A NEW ENGLISH translation holds a place in the short list of books that have notably affected the course of history, molding the beliefs and behavior of generations of mankind. Perhaps no other theological work has so consistently retained for four centuries a place on the reading list of studious Christians. In a wider circle, its title has been famili…
Alan Bloom's new translation of Emile, Rousseau's masterpiece on the education and training of the young, is the first in more than seventy years. In it, Bloom, whose magnificent translation of Plato's Republic has been universally hailed as a virtual rediscovery of that timeless text, again brings together the translator's gift for journeying between two languages and cultures and the philosop…
Censored in its own time, the Social Contract (1762) remains a key source of democratic belief and is one of the classics of political theory. It argues concisely but eloquently, that the basis of any legitimate society must be the agreement of its members. As humans we were born free' and our subjection to government must be freely accepted. Rousseau is essentially a radical thinker, and in a …
Jonathan Edwards is widely hailed as the greatest theologian in American history. In Edwards on the Christian Life, Dane Ortlund invites us to explore the great eighteenth-century pastor's central passion: God's re- splendent beauty. Whether the topic was the nature of love, the preeminence of Scripture, or the glory of the natural world, the concept of beauty stood at the heart of Edwards's th…
Pastor Dane Ortlund Explores Jesus’s Heart to Reveal His Tender Love for Sinners and Sufferers Christians know that God loves them, but can easily feel that he is perpetually disappointed and frustrated, maybe even close to giving up on them. As a result, they focus a lot—and rightly so—on what Jesus has done to appease God’s wrath for sin. But how does Jesus Christ actually feel ab…
Outline: Berbagai pertanyaan muncul dalam pemikiran para korban pernikahan yang tidak ideal. Kebahagiaan hidup bersama yang didambakan oleh mereka berubah menjadi kehidupan yang berduka. Hal ini disebabkan oleh banyak hal, seperti perbedaan pekerjaan atau bahkan terus-menerus mengalami KDRT yang menyakitkan. Pernikahan yang idealnya merupakan ikatan cinta-kasih bisa menjadi sumber kesedihan. Da…
Outline: Aroma rempah yang wangi dan menguar dari bumi Nusantara menggoda para pelaut dari Portugal, Spanyol, Inggris, Belanda, dan lainnya berdatangan berabad-abad silam. Berbagai catatan sejarah menunjukkan bahwa negeri ini merupakan istana megah dari raja bumbu, yaitu rempah-rempah. Tidak hanya di masa lampau, hingga saat ini, potensi rempah Indonesia sangat tinggi. Berdasarkan penelusuran T…
Outline: Titik Temu lahir dari pergumulan mahasiswa-mahasiswi Kristen untuk mempertemukan iman Kristen dengan keilmuan yang mereka geluti. Buku ini merupakan buku seri berisi kumpulan tulisan-tulisan pendek mereka yang merupakan hasil refleksi keilmuan dan teologis terhadap Focus Group Discussion (FGD) yang mereka selenggarakan di bawah pembinaan Persekutuan Mahasiswa Kristen (PMK) Kota Surabay…
Outline: Think of a Saudi Arabian princess and what do you see? A woman glittering with jewels, living a life of unbelievable luxury. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no vote, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind the veil, she is a prisoner, her jailers her father, he husband, her sons. 'Sultana' is a member of the Saudi Roy…
Outline: John Calvin's Institutes has established itself as "one of the most important theological works even written," writes Tony Lane. This abridged edition of the Institutes provides a readable and inexpensive sampler of Calvin's greatest work. Lane has condensed the 1559 edition, retaining the heart of Calvin's teaching on all his major themes. Hilary Osborne has put Henry Beveridge's tran…
Outline: Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world, It comprises more than 17,000 islands inhabited by 230 million people who speak over 300 different languages. Now the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia remains extraordinarily heterogeneous due to the waves of immigration - Buddhist, Hindu, Arab, and European - that defined the region's history. Fifty years after the collapse…
Outline : "Thomas Aquinas," says Jean Porter, "gets justice right." In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating account of justice as a personal virtue rather than predominantly a virtue of social institutions. For Aquinas, justice is more about interpersonal morality than civic or social obligations, and Porter masterfully draws out the contemporary significance of …
Outline: Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Now, the princess turns the spotlight on her two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani. As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have never known the po…
Outline: 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 Institute of the Christian Religion. The translation used is that of Ford Lewis Battles. The brief quotations …
Outline: In this collection of forty-six letters and writings of John Calvin, newly translated into English, the reformer gives advice to individuals and groups about theology, ethics, worship, politics, economics, and church practices. Topics discussed include dogmatics and polemics, changes (and the need for changes) in religion, the worship of images, ecclesiastical discipline, marriage, and…
Outline: This enlarged and revised edition of a much-acclaimd, full-length study (1971) of Calvin's New Testament commentaries expounds upon Calvin's principles of interpretation. It considers early sixteenth-century hermeneutics and gives special emphasis to the reformers Melanchthon, Bucer, and Bullinger and to "rhetorical" interpretation. A chapter on Calvin's view of the New Testament ca…