RLST 23702 - Calvin on Idolatry and True Religion

Institution:

University of Chicago

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Description:

This course is a close reading of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion (1559), focusing on Calvin' s diagnosis of idolatry as the root problem of human life and on his contrasting elaboration of true religion or "piety." We consi der Calvi n's treatment of the right knowledge of God and self and his depictions of rightly ordered individual, corporate, and civic life. Text in Engl ish. K. Culp. Wint er.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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