Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought
Overview
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) has long been recognized as one of the preeminent thinkers in the early Enlightenment and a major figure in the history of American Christianity.
In this accessible one-volume text, leading Edwards experts Oliver Crisp and Kyle Strobel introduce readers to the formidable mind of Jonathan Edwards as they survey key theological and philosophical themes in his thought, including his doctrine of the Trinity, his philosophical theology of God and creation, and his understanding of the atonement and salvation.
More than two centuries after his death, theologians and historians alike are finding the larger-than-life Edwards more interesting than ever. Crisp and Strobel’s concise yet comprehensive guide will help new students of this influential eighteenth-century revivalist preacher begin to understand why.
Key Features
- Provides an accessible introduction to Edward's thought and theology
- Emphasizes key theologyical themes in Edward writings
- Guides students in understanding the importance of this great 18th century theologian.
Contents
- Intellectual Context
- God of Beauty and Glory
- God and Idealism
- God and Creation
- The Atonement
- Salvation as Participation
- Becoming Beautiful
- Becoming Edwardsean
Top Highlights
“about the character of Edwards’s outputs, his work was all bent to a single purpose, namely, the glory of God” (Page 25)
“What makes him such a singular figure in the history of theology is his startling originality” (Page 11)
“Primary beauty, what Edwards will also call spiritual beauty, is persons uniting in love.60” (Page 59)
“Schleiermacher, Edwards was a theologian of the heart” (Page 12)
“But few Christian theologians have been willing to follow him in this regard, not least because a consequence of Edwards’s view seems to be that no created being is a moral agent, strictly speaking.” (Page 112)
- Title: Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought
- Authors: Oliver D. Crisp, Kyle C. Strobel
- Publisher: Eerdmans
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Pages: 243
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
- ISBNs: 9780802872692, 0802872697
- Resource ID: LLS:JNTHNDWRDSTHGHT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:54:27Z
About the Authors
Kyle C. Strobel is associate professor of spiritual theology at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He is also the author of Jonathan Edwards's Theology: A Reinterpretation and Formed for the Glory of God: Learning from the Spiritual Practices of Jonathan Edwards.
Oliver D. Crisp is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. His other books include Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation and Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians.