Jonathan Edwards at 300
Essays on the Tercentenary of His Birth
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Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761832270
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 26/09/2005
Width: 15.4 cm
Height: 22.8 cm
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.
Chapter 1 Introduction 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
One who wishes to read a work that summarizes the state of current research on Edwards need only to look at this excellent volume. -- Robert W. Caldwell III * Southwestern Journal Of Theology, Vol. 48, No. 1 *