Irena Backus: 4 books

Book cover of Leibniz

Leibniz

Protestant Theologian

by Irena Backus
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016

Irena Backus offers the first study in over four hundred years that characterizes Leibniz as both scholar and theologian. She explores his treatment of the key theological issues of his time-predestination, sacred history, the Eucharist, efforts for a union between Lutherans and members of other Christian...
Book cover of Life Writing in Reformation Europe

Life Writing in Reformation Europe

Lives of Reformers by Friends, Disciples and Foes

by Irena Backus
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016

The Reformation period witnessed an explosion in the number of biographies of contemporary religious figures being published. Whether lives of reformers worthy of emulation, or heretics deserving condemnation, the genre of biography became a key element in the confessional rivalries that raged across...
Book cover of "Calvinus præceptor Ecclesiæ" : papers of the International Congress on Calvin Research, Princeton, August 20-24, 2002
by Victor E. D'Assonville Jr., Max Engammare, Cornelis Augustijn
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 2004

Elsie McKee, "Calvin and His Colleagues as Pastors: Some New Insights into the Collegial Ministry of Word and Sacraments"; Jeffrey R. Watt, "Childhood and Youth in the Geneva Consistory Minutes"; Christoph Strohm, "Methodology in Discussion of 'Calvin and Calvinism'";...
Book cover of Calvin et ses contemporains, actes du colloque de Paris 1995
by Jean-François Gilmont, Marie-Madeleine Fragonard, O. Carpi-Mailly
Language: French
Release Date: January 1, 1998

Ce volume présente une grande diversité d'approches sur la personne et l'œuvre du réformateur français. L'histoire religieuse occupe évidemment la première place, mais elle s'enrichit de la philologie, de l'histoire du livre et du droit, ou des rapports de spécialistes plus spécifiquement...
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