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"Drawing on deep expertise, George Marsden sets Jonathan Edwards within his historical context and sets forth his key points, unpacking the competing impulses that have shaped our times. By offering a contrasting view of God's beauty and love, Marsden shows how Edwards's insights can renew our own vision of creation, the divine, and ourselves"--
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"While Edwards's theology has been studied extensively since 1950s, no published monograph on his millennialism is available. The standing controversial issues include Edwards's awareness of the millennial chronology and geography, his contributions to Puritan millennial thoughts, and the political or apolitical nature of his millennialism. Living in eighteenth-century New England Colony, Edwards was confronted with several theological and intellectual challenges, which include Arminianism, Arianism, Socinianism as well as Deism, humanistic rationalism and religious skepticism. In this context, Edwards went on developing his millennialism in light of his Christological, Judeo-centric and cosmic theological visions"--
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Much attention has been given to Edwards in relation to his Puritan and Calvinist forebears; however, in this text, McClymond examines Edwards in relation to his 18th-century intellectual context.
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It has been thought that Edwards's polemical arguments were aimed against Arminianism - which denied the Calvinist idea of predestination. The author argues that Edwards's real target was a more influential one, namely deism - the belief in a creator God who does not intervene in His Creation.
Apologetics --- Christianity and other religions --- Deism --- Revelation --- 239.5 --- 2 EDWARDS, JONATHAN --- 239.5 Apologetica: tegen de Engelse en Schotse deïsten --- Apologetica: tegen de Engelse en Schotse deïsten --- 2 EDWARDS, JONATHAN Godsdienst. Theologie--EDWARDS, JONATHAN --- Godsdienst. Theologie--EDWARDS, JONATHAN --- God --- Inspiration --- Supernatural --- Rationalism --- Christianity --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Religions --- Apologetics, Missionary --- Christian evidences --- Evidences, Christian --- Evidences of Christianity --- Fundamental theology --- Polemics (Theology) --- Theology, Fundamental --- Religious thought --- Theology --- History --- History of doctrines --- Relations --- Evidences --- Edwards, Jonathan, --- أدوردس، يوناثان --- Christian apologetics --- Edwards, Jonathan --- Contributions in relations of Christianity and other religions. --- Contributions in theology of revelation. --- Deism. --- Christianity and other religions.
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Jonathan Edwards has most often been considered in the context of the Puritanism of New England. In many ways, however, he was closer to the thinkers of the European Enlightenment. Leon looks at that connection, analyzing Edwards' thought on many issues.
Enlightenment --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Epistemology, Religious --- Religious epistemology --- Religious knowledge, Theory of --- Religion --- Theology, Doctrinal --- History --- Philosophy --- Edwards, Jonathan, --- أدوردس، يوناثان --- Enlightenment.
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This study approaches the thought of three colonial New England divines - Increase Mather, Jonathan Edwards, and Edward Taylor - from the perspective of literary criticism.
American literature --- Christian literature, American --- Puritan movements in literature. --- Redemption in literature. --- Puritans in literature. --- American Christian literature --- History and criticism. --- Puritan authors --- Edwards, Jonathan, --- Taylor, Edward, --- Mather, Increase, --- Mather, I. --- أدوردس، يوناثان --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Literary art. --- Puritan movements in literature --- Puritans in literature --- Redemption in literature --- 235.1 --- History and criticism --- Puritan authors&delete& --- Goede engelen --- 235.1 Goede engelen --- Mathers, Increase
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This is an interdisciplinary collection of comparative essays which looks at aspects of the thought of Edwards and Franklin and considers their places in American culture.
American prose literature --- Language and culture --- National characteristics, American, in literature. --- Culture and language --- Culture --- American literature --- History and criticism. --- History --- Franklin, Benjamin, --- Edwards, Jonathan, --- أدوردس، يوناثان --- Franklin, Venīamin, --- Franklin, V. --- Firānklīn, Binzhāmīn, --- Fu-lan-kʻo-lin, --- Fu-lan-kʻo-lin, Mu-chieh-ming, --- Franklin, Ben, --- Franklin, --- Franklin, B. --- Franklin, Beniamino, --- Tradesman of Philadelphia, --- Pirāṅḷin̲, Peñcamin̲, --- Франклин, Бенджамин, --- Franklin, Bendzhamin, --- פראנקלין, בנימין --- פראנקלין, בנימין, --- فرانكلين، بنجامين، --- فرانكلين، بنيامين --- فرانكلين، بنڇامين --- 富兰克林, --- Saunders, Richard, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- United States --- Intellectual life --- National characteristics, American, in literature --- History and criticism
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