{"product_id":"erasmus-and-calvin-on-the-kirk-essary-9781487501884","title":"Erasmus and Calvin on the Foolishness of God: Reason and Emotion in the Christian Philosophy","description":"\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\u003cbr\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 by leading humanist reformers, and how ideas about philosophy and rhetoric were received, appropriated, and shared in a complex intellectual and religious context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirk Essary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487501889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487501884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2017","brand":"Kirk Essary","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721313472767,"sku":"9781487501884","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6d9bf3c-82a0-47eb-994a-845648861fcb.jpg?v=1742752489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/erasmus-and-calvin-on-the-kirk-essary-9781487501884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}