Research Catalog

Title

Calvin's ladder : a spiritual theology of ascent and ascension / Julie Canlis.

Author

Canlis, Julie, 1973-

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010.

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Description

xii, 286 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

Subject

• Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564
• Ascension of the soul
• Spirituality > Reformed Church
• Reformed Church > Doctrines

Note

• Revision of 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?

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

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

LCCN

^^2009042573

OCLC

458582918

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library