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Geneva’s Use of Lies, Deceit and Subterfuge, 1 : Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France, Hardcover by Balserak, Jon, ISBN 0197672302, ISBN-13 9780197672303, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This study examines the ethical character of John Calvin and his Genevan colleagues’ evangelizing of France. It reveals that Calvin’s plans for proselytizing his homeland involved lying, deception, and obfuscation which were employed as a means of evading detection by the French authorities. Balserak considers important questions about the relationship between godliness and cunning, about Calvin’s manufacturing of his image, and about the lengths to which he and his colleagues went to spread their gospel.

Geneva’s Use of Lies, Deceit and Subterfuge, 1 : Telling the Old, Old Story in Reformation France, Hardcover by Balserak, Jon, ISBN 0197672302, ISBN-13 9780197672303, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This study examines the ethical character of John Calvin and his Genevan colleagues’ evangelizing of France. It reveals that Calvin’s plans for proselytizing his homeland involved lying, deception, and obfuscation which were employed as a means of evading detection by the French authorities. Balserak considers important questions about the relationship between godliness and cunning, about Calvin’s manufacturing of his image, and about the lengths to which he and his colleagues went to spread their gospel.

Product Subcategory : Ethics & Moral Teaching in Christian Theology. No writing or highlighting. About Zebras Books. Condition : Like New. Publisher : Oxford University Press. Binding : hardcover.