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This is my body : the presence of Christ in Reformation thought / Thomas J. Davis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2008.Description: 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801032455 (pbk.)
  • 0801032458 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 234/.163 22
LOC classification:
  • BV 823 .D38 2008
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Contents:
Introduction -- "His completely trustworthy testament" : the development of Luther's early eucharistic teaching, 1517-1521 -- "The truth of the divine words" : Luther's sermons on the Eucharist, 1521-1528, and the structure of eucharistic meaning -- "An intermediate brilliance" : the words of institution and the gift of knowledge in Calvin's eucharistic theology -- Not "hidden and far off" : the bodily aspect of salvation and its implications -- For understanding the body in Calvin's theology -- Preaching and presence : constructing Calvin's homiletic legacy -- Reflections on a mirror : Calvin's preaching on preaching (Deuteronomy 5) -- "He is outwith the world ... that he may fill all things" : Calvin's exegesis of the ascension and its relation to the Eucharist -- The communication of efficacy : Calvin's 1 Corinthians commentary and the development of the institutes -- Discerning the body : the Eucharist and the Christian social body in sixteenth-century Protestant exegesis -- Hardened hearts, hardened words : Calvin, Beza, and the trajectory of signification.
Item type: Books

Several chapters that appear in this book were previously published as essays and some in substantially revised form.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- "His completely trustworthy testament" : the development of Luther's early eucharistic teaching, 1517-1521 -- "The truth of the divine words" : Luther's sermons on the Eucharist, 1521-1528, and the structure of eucharistic meaning -- "An intermediate brilliance" : the words of institution and the gift of knowledge in Calvin's eucharistic theology -- Not "hidden and far off" : the bodily aspect of salvation and its implications -- For understanding the body in Calvin's theology -- Preaching and presence : constructing Calvin's homiletic legacy -- Reflections on a mirror : Calvin's preaching on preaching (Deuteronomy 5) -- "He is outwith the world ... that he may fill all things" : Calvin's exegesis of the ascension and its relation to the Eucharist -- The communication of efficacy : Calvin's 1 Corinthians commentary and the development of the institutes -- Discerning the body : the Eucharist and the Christian social body in sixteenth-century Protestant exegesis -- Hardened hearts, hardened words : Calvin, Beza, and the trajectory of signification.