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Title: The Institutes of Christian Religion by John Calvin, Tony Lane, Hilary Osborne, John Calvin ISBN: 0-8010-2524-9 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: December, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: great abridgement of Calvin' s most excellent work...
Comment: If you're looking for an easy reading abridgement of the Institutes, this is an excellent choice. I enjoyed getting an overview of Calvin's work during devotions and before bed without having to think too hard about "translating the translation" which is so often the case with older translations. The fact of the matter is that there are other abridgements that may do the trick also, but this one does just fine for me. I'll read it again and again. So, if you want a overview of Calvin's Institutes without having to deal with the "intricate" details, think about this one... if you want an exhaustive history/biography of his life and works, obviously this won't do it for you.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thank you Tony Lane!!
Comment: This book is an abridgement of Calvin's much larger "Institutes." Tony Lane has paraphrased sections of Battles' translation into crisper, more idiomatic English so as to make Calvin's writing accessible to the contemporary reader. I first read this book as a 16 year old and I found no difficulty in understanding it! The guiding principle of Lane's abridgement is that Calvin's positive theological statements and arguments are, more or less, left in tact, while the (sometimes vindictive) polemics that Calvin indulged in are removed. I personally like this feature, because it enables one to see more clearly how edifying and pastoral Calvin's theology is. Calvin's extensive polemics, in this respect, can have the influence of making the modern reader lose sight of this. Lane follows the standard referencing system for the "Institutes" used in the Battles' translation. This is extremely useful, because when Lane indicates that he has abridged Calvin in a certain chapter or section, one can then go to the Battles' version to see what he has left out! Lane gives the reader enough of the "Institutes" so that one can grasp the flow of Calvin's arguments and penetrate to the centre of his theology. After reading this, I got the impression that I hadn't read a disjointed series of abstracts but a COHERENT arguement. It's Lane's ability to maintain the structure of Calvin's overall argument that makes this abridgement especially good. This book serves as an excellent entry into Calvin for the general (or busy) reader. It's short enough so that the attention span is not strained. As a text for a seminary or college course on Calvin's theology, it's a book that students could realistically read through in a semester. This book, taken together with the abridgements of many of Calvin's commentaries in the Crossway Classic Commentaries series, would provide an accessible (and relatively comprehensive) grasp of Calvin's theology and exegesis for the interested pastor or layperson.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hard Core Calvin
Comment: This is the hard core of the much longer Institutes. The translation of the title is slightly different than the Ford Lewis Battles full-bore 2-Vol. set, which goes by "Institutes of The Christian Religion." Perhaps that's refreshing for hard-core students of the Battles version.
I was describing this abridgement to a friend as "pretty much the core of the 15% to 20% of what's left of the Insitutes when when you cut out all Calvin's footnotes ranting against the Catholics and accusing his foes of being dogs returning to their vomit." The friend's reply: "But those are the best parts." However, for those readers who would be put off by the hand-to-hand combat found in Calvin's profusion of footnotes (or more properly, in Dr. Battles's vast multiplication of explanatory footnotes), this volume is helpful. Here we have simply Calvin cut loose from his scholastic bickering conflicts.
It only seems less Calvinistic to read through this so easily.
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Title: Martin Luther : Selections From His Writing by Martin Luther, John Dillenberger ISBN: 0385098766 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 February, 1958 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Meaning of History by Ronald H. Nash ISBN: 0805414002 Publisher: Broadman & Holman Publishers Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: A Longing for Holiness : Selected Writings of John Wesley (Upper Room Spiritual Classics. Series I) by John Wesley, Keith Beasley-Topliffe ISBN: 0835808270 Publisher: Upper Room Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.00 |
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Title: You Give Me New Life: A 40-Day Journey in the Company of the Early Disciples: Devotional Readings (Rekindling the Inner Fire) by David Hazard ISBN: 1556616775 Publisher: Bethany House Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Hope in the Holler: A Womanist Theology by A. Elaine Brown Crawford ISBN: 0664222544 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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