From: The Christian Century | Date: March 16, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

The Assurance of Faith: Conscience in the Theology of Martin Luther and John Calvin.

By Randall C. Zachman. Augsburg Fortress, 258 pp., $25.00.

THE YOUNG woman on the dust jacket of this book (a detail from Rogier van der Weyden's painting "The Magdalen Reading") sits alone, her eyes intent upon the bound medieval manuscript cradled lovingly in her hands. This touching portrait of an individual seeking assurance of forgiveness conveys the focus of Randall C. Zachman's project. Zachman, who teaches Reformation studies at the University of Notre Dame, systematically ...

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