{"product_id":"calvins-theology-of-piety-in-the-institutes-hardcover","title":"Calvin's Theology of Piety in the Institutes - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Ngien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlister E. McGrath\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile often caricatured as severe and inflexible, Calvin's theology in the \u003ci\u003eInstitutes\u003c\/i\u003e in fact builds on the reformer's own reverence and love for God revealed in Jesus Christ. Dennis Ngien shows how Calvin's theology of piety shapes his wider theological ideas, including divine revelation, providence, justification and sanctification, adoption in Christ, prayer, and the purpose of the church. By closely expositing the \u003ci\u003eInstitutes\u003c\/i\u003e, Ngien demonstrates how the triune God is crucial to everything: the Holy Spirit gifts believers their relationship with the Father through God's Son, Jesus Christ, in whose life they find their own lives and the guarantee of their heavenly inheritances. Thus, Calvin's Trinitarian theology engenders in believers a piety focused not on self-fulfillment but on loving God as Father and fearing God as Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Ngien is Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Reformation Theology and Spirituality at the Institute of Lutheran Theology's Christ School of Theology, South Dakota. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48438374007005,"sku":"9798385253388","price":59.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/7npAsmRF879798385253388.webp?v=1787734455","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/calvins-theology-of-piety-in-the-institutes-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}