The sermons of Jonathan Edwards : a reader / edited by Wilson H. Kimnach, Kenneth P. Minkema, and Douglas A. Sweeney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Contributor:

Kimnach, Wilson H.

Minkema, Kenneth P.

Sweeney, Douglas A.

Standardized Title:

Sermons. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Congregational churches--Sermons.

Congregational churches.

Sermons, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Edwards, widely considered America's most important Christian thinker, was first and foremost a preacher and pastor who guided souls and interpreted religious experiences. His primary tool in achieving these goals was the sermon, out of which grew many of his famous treatises. This selection of Edwards' sermons recognizes their crucial role in his life and art. The fifteen sermons, four of which have never been published before, reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth. Chosen to represent a typical cycle of Edwards' preaching, the sermons address a wide range of occasions, situations, and states, corporate as well as personal. The book also contains an introduction that discusses Edwards' contribution to the sermon as a literary form, places his sermons within their social and cultural contexts, and considers his theological aims as a way of familiarizing the reader with the "order of salvation" as Edwards conceived of it. Together, the sermons and the editors' introduction offer a rounded picture of Edwards the preacher, the sermon writer, and the pastoral theologian.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Editors' Introduction

Acknowledgements

Chronology of Edwards' Life

Further Reading

The Way of Holiness (1722)

The Pleasantness of Religion (1723)

The Importance and Advantage of a Thorough Knowledge of Divine Truth (1739)

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741)

God Glorified in the Work of Redemption, by the Greatness of Man's Dependence upon Him, in the Whole of It (1731)

The Reality of Conversion (1740)

To the Mohawks at the Treaty, August 16,1751

He That Believeth Shall Be Saved (i75i)

A Divine and Supernatural Light, Immediately Imparted to the Soul By the Spirit of God, Shown to Be Both a Scriptural, and Rational Doctrine (1734)

I Know My Redeemer Lives (1740)

The Excellency of Christ (1738)

Much in Deeds of Charity (1741)

A Farewell Sermon Preached at the First Precinct in Northampton, After the People s Public Rejection of Their Minister . . . on June 22,1750

Heaven Is a World of Love (Charity and Its Fruits,

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [li]-lii) and index.

ISBN:

9786611723033

1-281-72303-7

0-300-13363-4

OCLC:

923591019