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Overview
There are some people who make a mark on history that simply can’t be erased. John Calvin was one of them. Naturally scholarly and with a brilliant mind, Calvin’s ambition was to devote himself to study. But God touched his life in what he called his ‘sudden conversion’. Forced to leave his native France, he eventually settled in Geneva where, with one short break, he devoted himself to reforming the church and pastoring its people. But in his lifetime through friendships, letters, books and training his influence spread throughout Europe and in time throughout the world. What we know as Reformed Christianity or Calvinism was his theological and ecclesiastical legacy. But his ideas on the Christian life, civil government and the independence of the church have also influenced the development of western democratic society. Under God much that we value in Protestant Christianity and the world today is due to John Calvin.

Features
- Places of interest to visit
- Over 150 photographs, most in full colour
- Clear illustrated maps
- Valuable reference guide for the armchair traveller
- Inspirational and informative
- Interesting insights
- Highly collectable series
- Released in the year of the 500th anniversary of Calvin's birth

Author
Kenneth Brownell was born in the USA. After graduating  from Harvard UNiversity he came to the UK to study for a PhD in modern history at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. While working with a church in north London he studied at the London Theological Seminary. For the last 22 years he has been at East London Tabernacle where he is the minister. Every year he visits Burma and Thailand to preach and conduct seminars on expository preaching. He serves on the board of the London Theological Seminary and chairs the committee of it John Owen Centre. He is a member of the Affinity Theological Team and for some years edited its journal Foundations. Kenneth is married to Alison and they have two children.

Reader suitability
- Those interested in history and travel
- Those interested in the ministry and impact of people God has used remarkably
- People planning to visit places associated with John Calvin
- People with a particular interest in Reformation History
- ‘Armchair’ and ‘real’ travellers
- People who homeschool their children


Format
Paperback, illustrated guide book

Pages
128 pages

Product Reference
TWJC1313

ISBN
9781846251313

Day One Travel Guides are a unique and popular series of biographies.

• Accurately researched by qualified authors

• Beautifully produced with over 150 high quality photographs

• Maps, guides and website details to the relevant locations

• Equally valuable for the ‘armchair traveller’

• Designed to introduce people and places that have had an impact on our Christian heritage.

Ten reasons why you should use the Day One Travel Guides

A friend of Day One suggested ten reasons why you should use the Day One Travel Guides:

1. Ideal introduction to our remarkable Christian heritage
   
2. A window on the lives of prominent Christians across many centuries, informing the reader of their conversion, ministry and their trials too
   
3. A superb taster that scholars, readers and non-readers alike can relish
   
4. An invitation to taste before developing a wider interest in the person focussed on
   
5. Remarkable captions of additional information, widening your interest and your understanding of the context
   
6. Great in the hand, the bag, on the train, the bus, the plane or at home
   
7. A series to be collected
   
8. Finely illustrated books which aid the mind and fire the imagination
   
9. A brilliant Sunday afternoon stimulus
   
10. A truly uplifting and educating experience, which can draw Christians closer to God and lead non-Christians to the Saviour 

Contents
Meet Meet John Calvin
1. Ordinary childhood, extraordinary student
2. Conversion and exile
3. Geneva - the first time
4. Strasbourg
5. Geneva again
6. Calvin the man
7. The final years
8. Calvin's legacy


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Availability
This will be available on November 2nd, 2009.


Keywords
Travel, John Calvin, Kenneth Brownell, Brian Edwards, Day One Travel Guides, Geneva, preaching, preparing sermons, spirituality, Reformation, Reformer