| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Contents |
1 America and Enlightenment; I: THE FOUNDING INTUITION; 2 Beauty and Reason; 3 God Against the Machine; 4 The Melody of History; II: THE CRITIQUE OF RELIGION; 5 Justification by Faith; 6 The Phenomenology of Religious Consciousness; 7 Love of Self and Love of God; III: GOD AND CREATION; 8 The Triune God; 9 The Offense of God's Actuality; 10 Christ; 11 Nature and Supernature; IV: COMMUNITY; 12 Community and Personhood; 13 Community and Freedom; 14 True Virtue; 15 The End; 16 Recovery of the Word; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
A great deal has recently been written about Jonathan Edwards. Most of it, however, does not make central Edwards's own intention to speak truth about God and the human situation; his systematic theological intention is regarded merely as an historical phenomenon. In this book, Robert Jensonprovides a different sort of interpretation, asking not only, ""Why was Edwards great?"" but also, ""Was Edwards right?"" As a student of the ideas of Newton and Locke, Jenson argues, Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment; but unlike most other Americans, he was also a discerning criticof i |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography: p. 197-218 and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.
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| SUBJECT |
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758. fast (OCoLC)fst00039981 |
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Congregationalists -- United States -- Biography
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Congregationalists.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
87014037 |
| ISBN |
9780195364248 |
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0195364244 |
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1280523409 |
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9781280523403 |
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