Calvin's Ladder Mark Hayward Plato and Petrarch

Plato and Petrarch

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Calvin's Ladder Mark Hayward Plato and PetrarchThis groundbreaking study offers a sweeping overview and reconsideration of John Calvin's theology. In Calvin's Ladder Julie Canlis recovers some of the common (and neglected) themes that Calvin shared with the patristic fathers. She shows that his works are shot through with a vibrant theology of "participation," thus placing Calvin within the Christian mystical tradition. A work of both theology and spiritual formation, Calvin's Ladder suggests an