TY - BOOK AU - Canlis,Julie TI - Calvin's ladder: a spiritual theology of ascent and ascension SN - 9780802864499 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BX9418 .C387 2010 U1 - 230/.42 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. KW - Calvin, Jean, KW - Ascension of the soul KW - Spirituality KW - Reformed Church KW - Doctrines N1 - Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 2005 under title: The ascent of humanity in Calvin : anthropology, ascension, and participation : continuity with an Irenaean theme?; Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-272) and indexes; Ladders of ascent : a brief history -- Creation : the ground and grammar of ascent -- Christ : the ascending one -- The spirit : the eucharistic ascent -- The ascending vision of Irenaeus -- Reforming ascent : Irenaeus, Calvin, and Christian spirituality N2 - Calvin's Ladder traces the theme of participation in early Christian spirituality, then reveals how Calvin reworks it into the heart of his Protestant manifesto on theology. --from publisher description ER -