{"product_id":"erasmus-and-calvin-on-the-foolishness-of-god-9781487501884","title":"Erasmus and Calvin on the Foolishness of God","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did Paul mean when he wrote that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom? Through close analysis of the sixteenth-century reception of Paul''s discourses of folly, this book examines the role of the New Testament in the development of what Erasmus and John Calvin refer to as the Christian philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eErasmus and Calvin on the Foolishness of God\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the importance of Pauline rhetoric in the development of humanist critiques of scholasticism while charting the formation of a specifically affective approach to religious epistemology and theological method. As the first book-length examination of Calvin''s indebtedness to Erasmus, which also considers the participation of Bullinger, Pellikan, and Melanchthon in an Erasmian exegetical milieu, it is a case study in the complicated cross-confessional exchange of ideas in the sixteenth century. Kirk Essary examines assumptions about the very nature of theology in the sixteenth century, how it was understood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Erasmus and Calvin on the Foolishness of God is a profound, elegant, and persuasive work. Kirk Essary has produced a work of formidable intellectual rigour that makes a significant contribution to the study of Renaissance and Reformation thought. The prose flows beautifully, the language is mercifully free of jargon, and the author makes extensive use of the primary sources to enable the reader to gain a clear sense of how Erasmus and Calvin (with others) interpreted Paul.\" -- Bruce Gordon, Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Yale University \"Kirk Essary's Erasmus and Calvin on the Foolishness of God is a significant contribution in Erasmus and Calvin studies. The scholarship is sound and scholars who work through it will find substantial reward for their efforts.\" -- R.Ward Holder, Professor, Saint Anselm College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Chapter One   Calvin's Erasmus, Theologia Rhetorica, and Pauline Folly    Chapter Two   Foolishness as Religious Knowledge   Chapter Three   Hidden Wisdom and the Revelation of the Spirit   Chapter Four   Milk for Babes: A Pauline Eloquence   Chapter Five   Blaming Philosophy, Praising Folly   Chapter Six   The Affective Christian Philosophy   Conclusion   Notes   Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187719332183,"sku":"9781487501884","price":53.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/erasmus-and-calvin-on-the-foolishness-of-god-9781487501884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}