Encounters with God : an approach to the theology of Jonathan Edwards / Michael J. McClymond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClymond, Michael J., 1958- author.

Series:

Religion in America series.

Oxford scholarship online.

Religion in America series

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Much attention has been given to Edwards in relation to his Puritan and Calvinist forebears; however, in this text, McClymond examines Edwards in relation to his 18th-century intellectual context.

Contents:

Contents; List of Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: Edwards as an ""Artful Theologian""; 1. APPREHENSION: Spiritual Perception in Jonathan Edwards; 2. SPECULATION: The Theocentric Metaphysics of The Mind; 3. CONTEMPLATION: The Spirituality of the Personal Narrative and Diary; 4. VALUATION: Ethics and Divinity in End of Creation; 5. NARRATION: Drama and Discernment in History of Redemption; 6. PERSUASION: Edwards as a Christian Apologist; CONCLUSION: The Religious Outlook in Edwards; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize essay of the American Society of Church History." _ t.p.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p161-176) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773899-0

1-280-47109-3

0-19-535343-9

0-585-30895-0

OCLC:

609831897