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ISBN: | 9780773418097 0773418091 9780773445390 0773445390
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Notes: | Print version record.
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Summary: | This book examines Luther and Calvin on grief and lament and discovers through a close reading of letters, commentaries, and sermons that the reformers actually encourage righteous lament in times of pain and desolation. This means that the feeling of lament stems from a pure heart and is disposed to rest in God's unfailing love, even at such times. It concludes with some pastoral insights gleaned from the reformers' writing. Overturns the belief that Calvin's rigorous arguments for providence and life after death essentially prevent any further consideration of lament in theology.
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Other form: | Print version: Parsons, Michael. Luther and Calvin on Grief and Lament Life-Experience and Biblical Text : Life-experience and Biblical Text. Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, ©2013 9780773445390
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