Jonathan Edwards / Perry Miller ; introduction by John F. Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Perry, 1905-1963.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Physical Description:

xix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]

Summary:

Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was preeminent as a theologian in the eighteenth century American colonies, deeply involved in the religious revival known as the Great Awakening. He was also the first American Puritan, or Calvinist, to recognize the challenges to traditional views of the world posed by figures like John Locke and Isaac Newton. Thus he is a pivotal figure as American thought evolved from heavily religious beginnings toward populism and a new rationalism in the young nation. His many books include Freedom of the Will, Religious Affections, and Original Sin, although he is probably best known for a legendary sermon he titled, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

Perry Miller's study of Jonathan Edwards as a writer and an artist is regarded as one of the great studies of "the life of a mind." He challenges readers to understand Edwards as an intellectual who, living in his own time and place, wrestled with issues relevant to the modern world. This Bison Books edition, with an introduction by John F. Wilson, will help to introduce Jonathan Edwards to a new generation of readers.

Contents:

Trial of a successor

The external biography I

The inherent good

The objective good

Arminianism

The external biography II

Revivalism

Naturalism

The external biography III

Hubris

The external biography IV

The will

Sin

The uncompleted summa

History.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : William Sloan Associates, Inc., 1949.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.

ISBN:

0803283075

OCLC:

57143317