A Civic Spirituality of Sanctification

This volume presents the spirituality of John Calvin in three short texts drawn from his Institutes of the Christian Religion . Many consider Calvin the most influential thinker of the sixteenth century. His ideas flowed from Geneva into northern Europe, to the English-speaking lands of Britain, and through the Puritans to North America. The prolific writings of Calvin across several genres open up many aspects of Christian living, and each one offers an entrée to his spirituality. On the sup­po