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Jonathan Edwards at 300
Essays on the Tercentenary of His Birth
Jonathan Edwards at 300
Essays on the Tercentenary of His Birth
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The year 2003 marked the tercentenary of the birth of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), the man perpetually hailed as "America's most original religious thinker." Edwards's impact, both on colonial religious life and on the Anglo-American world of his day, was internationally acknowledged, and his legacy for the century and a half and more after his death in 1758 has been profound. Even to this day, Edwards's life is studied and his writings consulted on a global basis more than any other American theologian.
The most significant scholarly conference marking the Edwards tercentenary took place in October 2003 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The papers from that gathering are presented in this volume. They represent much of the best and most recent work being done on Edwards and reflect the wide diversity of approaches to his life, thought, and legacy.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Theology of History: Does History Matter to God? Jonathan Edwards's Dynamic Re-conception of God's Relation to the World": Sang H. Lee; Edwards as American Theologian: Grand Narratives and Pastoral Narratives: Amy Plantinga Pauw
Chapter 3 Scripture: Longing for More and More of It? The Strange Career of Jonathan Edwards's Exegetical Exertions: Douglas A. Sweeney; The Sacred and the Profane Connected: Edwards, the Bible, and Intellectual Culture": Robert E. Brown; Jonatha
Chapter 4 Culture: Franklin, Jefferson, and Edwards on Religion and the Religions: Gerald R. McDermott; Lost and Found: Recovering Edwards From American Literature: Philip F. Gura; Jonathan Edwards's Freedom of the Will Abroad: Mark A. Noll
Chapter 5 Society: Jonathan Edwards and the Politics of Sex in Eighteenth-Century Northampton: Ava Chamberlain; Forgiveness and the Party of Humanity in Jonathan Edwards's World: Mark Valeri
Chapter 6 Race: Lessons from Stockbridge: Jonathan Edwards and the Stockbridge Indians: Rachel Wheeler; African American Engagements with Edwards in the Era of the Slave Trade: John Saillant
Chapter 7 Biography: Jonathan Edwards in the Twenty-First Century: George M. Marsden
Chapter 8 Index
Product details
| Published | Sep 26 2005 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 194 |
| ISBN | 9780761832270 |
| Imprint | University Press of America |
| Dimensions | 228 x 154 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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