Historians have credited—or blamed—Calvinism for many developments in the modern world, including capitalism, modern science, secularization, democracy, individualism, and unitarianism. These same historians, however, have largely ignored John Calvin the man. When people consider him at all, they tend to view him as little more than the joyless tyrant of Geneva who created an abstract theol…
Handel is recognised as one of the principal creative figures in Baroque music. In this Companion acknowledged experts on Handel make their expertise accessible to the interested general reader and music lover. All the genres in which Handel composed are considered including oratorio, chamber cantata, opera, and church music, as well as works for the keyboard and orchestra. The wide-ranging, sp…
This is a biography of a member of the prominent Drexel family of Philadelphia who devoted her immense fortune and her life to the services of others, and in the black habit of a nun was content to walk “simple, silent and unknown.” Granddaughter of the first Francis Drexel, who built up one of the large financial empires of our country, Katharine Drexel grew up in ease, even in luxury.…
Although she ruled England for less than two weeks and was executed for treason at the age of sixteen, Lady Jane Grey has been admired for generation for her courage and faithfulness to the gospel. In this addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, Simonetta Carr tells Lady Janes Grey's story of intrique and explains its context: te tumultuous politics of Reformation Englan…
A Complex and Fascinating character, Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, is best remembered as the Father of Orthodoxy, upholding the doctrine of the Trinity against the Arian heresy. In this newest addition to the Christian Biographies for Young Readers series, author Simonetta Carr introduces children to the life and times of this important church father who tirelessly defended the Nicene Creed…
In this attractive volume, Simonetta Carr introduces young readers to the life, thought, and work of John Calvin, one of the most famous Reformers of the Christian Church. Readers will come to know Calvin's personality, his devotion of God and the Church, and the personal challenges he faced. They will understand the struggles of the early reformed church faced at that time, not only surviving …
In 1730, nineteen- year-old Marie Durand was arrested and taken from her home in a village in Southern France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. Imprisoned in the Tower of Constance, Marie would spend the next thrity-eight years there. Simonetta Carr introduces us to the truth - and encouraged others to do so as well. Beautiful illustrations, a simply told story, a…
Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many people were seriously questioning long-accepted ideas about the world, life, and God, and his answers to these questions have left a mark on the way we think today. While he is often remembered as the preacher of a scary sermon about a spider dangling over fire, he remains significant as one of the greatest thinkers America has produced. Simonetta Carr…
Dalam volume yang menarik ini, Simonetta Carr membawa para pembaca muda ini untuk berkenalan dengan hidup, pemikiran, dan karya John Calvin, salah satu Reformator terkenal bagi Kekristenan. Para pembaca akan mengenal pribadi Calvin, devosinya kepada Allah dan gereja, serta tantangan-tantangan yang ia hadapi. Mereka akan mengerti pergumulan Gereja Reformed saat itu, bukan hanya mereka harus bert…
Tokoh yang kompleks dan sangat menarik, Athanasius, uskup dari Aleksandria, paling dikenang sebagai Bapa Ortodoksi, mempertahankan doktrin Trinitas melawan ajaran sesat Arius. Dalam judul terbaru dari seri biografi Tokoh Kristen ini, penulis Simonetta Carr memperkenalkan kepada anak-anak kehidupan dan masa dari bapa gereja yang penting ini, yang tidak kenal lelah membela Pengakuan Iman Nicea. I…