Calvin and the Rhetoric of Piety

By Serene Jones

Book Overview

Throughout the years, biographers have depicted John Calvin in manifold ways. Serene Jones takes a fresh look at Calvin as she draws a compelling portrait of Calvin as artist, engaged in the classical art of rhetoric. According to Jones, this art was used knowingly and skillfully by Calvin to persuade and challenge his diverse audiences. Jones offers a rhetorical reading of the first three chapters of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion . What emerges is a truly original interpretation of Calvin and his work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 066422850X
• ISBN13: 9780664228507
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"