America's theologian beyond America : Jonathan Edwards, Israel and China / Victor Zhu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhu, Victor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Millennialism.

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In America's Theologian Beyond America, Victor Zhu provides a nuanced investigation of Edwards's anticipation of the millennium. Zhu shows that Edwards's millennialism is neither America-centric nor politically utopian. Rather, Zhu revisits Edwards's belief in Israel's restoration to the Promised Land and highlights his eschatological hope for China and the rest of the "heathen" world.

Contents:

Cover

America's Theologian Beyond America

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: Jonathan Edwards's Millennialism: America-​Centric or Beyond?

I.1. Quest for Edwards's Millennialism

I.2. An America-​Centric, Imminent Millennium?

I.3. Edwards's Theological and Intellectual Contexts

I.4. Edwards's Millennial Vision

1. "This Lower World Shall Be All over Covered with Light": Edwards's Vision of a Terrestrial and Future Millennial Kingdom

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Millennium in the Reformed Tradition

1.3. Edwards's Vision of the Millennial Kingdom

1.4. Conclusion

2. "Christ in All Things Has the Preeminence": Edwards's Christocentric Focus in His Millennialism

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Edwards and Covenant Theology

2.3. Edwards's Literary Presentation of Christ's Centrality

2.4. Typological Interpretation of Christ's Centrality in Edwards's Millennialism

2.5. Conclusion

3. "As the Cold Increases . . .": Edwards's Conviction of the Progressive Realization of the Millennial Kingdom

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Protestant and Puritan Campaign of the Imminent Millennium

3.3. Edwards's Conviction of a Remote Millennium

3.4. The Path to the Remote Millennium

3.5. Conclusion

4. Edwards's Judeo-​Centric Vision of the Millennium

4.1. Introduction

4.2. "Center of the Kingdom of Christ": Edwards's Canaan-​Centric Millennium

4.3. "All Israel Shall Be Saved": Edwards's Vision of Israel's Eschatological Restoration

4.4. Concluding Observations

5. "As the Waters Cover the Seas": China and the Heathen World in the Cosmic Millennial Kingdom

5.1. Introduction

5.2. China Through the Jesuits' Recorded Experiences and the Deists' Lens

5.3. Edwards Versus the Jesuits' and the Deists' Fervency on China.

5.4. China in Edwards's Account of God's Redemptive and Eschatological Scheme

5.5. Concluding Observations

6. Conclusion and Prospect

6.1. A Vision Beyond America

6.2. The Contemporary Relevance of Edwards's Millennialism

Appendix: Edwards's Millennial Legacy in the Eighteenth Century

Notes

Bibliography

Subject Index

Name Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Zhu, Victor America's Theologian Beyond America

ISBN:

0-19-765269-7

0-19-765270-0

0-19-765268-9