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The other Jonathan Edwards : selected writings on society, love, and justice / edited by Gerald McDermott and Ronald Story.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theology--Early works to 1800.
- Theology.
- Congregational churches--Doctrines--Early works to 1800.
- Congregational churches.
- Congregational churches--United States--Sermons.
- Reformed Church--Doctrines--History--18th century.
- Reformed Church.
- Sermons, American--18th century.
- Sermons, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Widely regarded as perhaps America's greatest theologian, Jonathan Edwards still suffers the stereotype of hellfire preacher obsessed with God's wrath.In this anthology, Gerald McDermott and Ronald Story seek to correct that common view by showing that Edwards was also a compassionate, socially conscious minister of the first order.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Significant Dates in Edwards's Life; Maps; Northampton's Meeting Houses; Introduction; Reading Selections; 1. Sermon: "Living Peaceably One with Another" (1723); 2. Miscellanies Notebook: "The Millennium" (1723, 1726); 3. Images of Divine Things (1738); 4. Sermon: "Sin and Wickedness Bring Calamity and Misery" (1729); 5. Sermon: "Envious Men" (1730); 6. Sermon: "The State of Public Affairs" (1731-32); 7. Sermon: "The Duty of Charity to the Poor" (1733); 8. Sermon: "The Excellency of Christ" (1736)
- 9. Sermon: "Charity Contrary to a Selfish Spirit" (1738)10. Sermon: "Long-Suffering and Kindness" (1738); 11. Sermon: "Heaven is a World of Love" (1738); 12. A History of the Work of Redemption: "The Millennium" (1739); Miscellanies Notebook: "The Millennium" (1740); 13. Sermon: "Mercy and not Sacrifice" (1740); 14. "A Church Covenant" (1742); 15. Sermon: "The Duties of Christians in a Time of War" (1745); 16. Treatise concerning Religious Affections (1746); 17. Sermon: "A Strong Rod Broken and Withered" (1748); 18. Sermon: "Farewell Sermon" (1750)
- 19. Letter to Speaker Thomas Hubbard (1751)20. Moral Philosophy: The Nature of True Virtue (1756-57); For Further Reading; Index; About the Authors; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-358-1
- OCLC:
- 919384531
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