A Jonathan Edwards reader / edited by John E. Smith, Harry S. Stout, and Kenneth P. Minkema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Contributor:

Smith, John E. (John Edwin), 1921-2009.

Stout, Harry S.

Minkema, Kenneth P.

Series:

Yale Nota bene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theology.

Puritans--New England--Doctrines.

Puritans.

Reformed Church--Doctrines.

Reformed Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2003, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is early Americas greatest theologian and philosopher, yet six decades have passed since an authoritative anthology of his writings has appeared to guide the reader through his voluminous works. This book is a new and comprehensive collection of selected compositions by Edwards. Providing excerpts not only from many of his most famous published writings but also from previously unpublished works, it will be essential reading for scholars, students, and all those interested in early American history and religion.The selections are divided into two major categories. The first deals with the "public" Edwards and traces the development of his thinking from his earliest days as a Yale student to the end of his life and ministry. These writings consist of treatises and sermons he published, including Faithful Narrative, Religious Affections, and Freedom of the Will, as well as the notes that remained in manuscript until after his death, most importantly the "Miscellanies," Edwardss main series of theological entries. The second category provides details of the "personal" Edwards as revealed in autobiographical writings and in correspondence and family papers.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Editors' Introduction

Chronology of Edward's Life

Further Reading

The Spider Letter

Of Being

Beauty of the World

Images of Divine Things

The Mind

Miscellanies

Notes on the Apocalypse

A Faithful Narrative of die Surprising Work of God

Sermons

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

A Divine and Supernatural Light

A History of the Work of Redemption (Sermon I)

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

The Bad Book Case

An Humble Inquiry

Freedom of the Will

Original Sin

The Nature of True Virtue

Personal Writings

Diary

Resolutions

Apostrophe to Sarah Pierpont

Personal Narrative

Receipt for Slave Venus

Letters

To Timothy Edwards, March 1, 1721

To George Whitefield, February 12, 1739/40

To Moses Lyman, May 10, 1742

To Joseph Bellamy, January 15, 1746/47

To Sarah Pierpont Edwards, June 22, 1748

To Thomas Foxcroft, May 24, 1749

To Esther Edwards Burr, March 28, 1753

To Thomas Prince, May 10, 1754

To the Trustees of the College of New Jersey, October 19, 1757

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-95020-0

0-300-14564-0

OCLC:

923602056