Understanding affections in the theology of Jonathan Edwards : "the high exercises of divine love" / by Ryan J. Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Ryan, 1978- author.

Series:

T & T Clark studies in systematic theology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Love--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Love.

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758--Theology.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758--Criticism and interpretation.

Theology.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 281 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : T & T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2019.

Summary:

This volume argues that the notion of "affections" discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call "emotions." and that Edwards's notions of affections came almost entirely from traditional Christian theology in general and the Reformed tradition in particular. Ryan J. Martin demonstrates that Christian theologians for centuries emphasized affection for God, associated affections with the will, and distinguished affections from passions; generally explaining affections and passions to be inclinations and aversions of the soul. This was Edwards's own view, and he held it throughout his entire ministry. Martin further argues that Edwards's view came not as a result of his reading of John Locke, or the pressures of the Great Awakening (as many Edwardsean scholars argue), but from his own biblical interpretation and theological education. By analysing patristic, medieval and post-medieval thought and the journey of Edwards's psychology, Martin shows how, on their own terms, pre-modern Christians historically defined and described human psychology. - Publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Kenneth P. Minkema (Jonathan Edwards Center & Online Archive, Yale University)

Note on text

The Yale University Press Edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards

Introduction

Lost in translation: the problem of Edwards, affections, and emotions

Human affections in patristic and medieval theology

Human affections in post-Medieval thought

Young Jonathan Edwards's education in affections

Jonathan Edwards's early psychology

Enthusiasm, passions, and the Great Awakening disputes over the role of affections in religion

Affections and Christian apology: the later psychology of Jonathan Edwards

Toward a theology of affections

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0567682242

9780567682246

OCLC:

1031453962