Calvin's ladder :

Canlis, Julie, 1973-

Calvin's ladder : a spiritual theology of ascent and ascension / Julie Canlis. - xii, 286 pages ; 23 cm

Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 2005 under title: The ascent of humanity in Calvin : anthropology, ascension, and participation : continuity with an Irenaean theme?

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Ladders of ascent : a brief history -- Creation : the ground and grammar of ascent -- Christ : the ascending one -- The spirit : the eucharistic ascent -- The ascending vision of Irenaeus -- Reforming ascent : Irenaeus, Calvin, and Christian spirituality.

Calvin's Ladder traces the theme of participation in early Christian spirituality, then reveals how Calvin reworks it into the heart of his Protestant manifesto on theology. --from publisher description.

080286449X (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780802864499 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009042573


Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.


Ascension of the soul.
Spirituality--Reformed Church.
Reformed Church--Doctrines.

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