Jonathan Edwards Documents
Overview
Countless pastors, theologians, and philosophers count Jonathan Edwards as their most significant influence. His work spans the breadth of human knowledge and inquiry, delving into everything from theology and ministry to science and philosophy. To understand the trajectory of American religious thought, the rise of evangelicalism, and the impact of the Puritan heritage, this much is certain: you must read Edwards.
- Title: Jonathan Edwards Documents
- Author: Jonathan Edwards
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
- Resource ID: LLS:JEDOCUMENTS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T04:05:46Z
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is considered one of America’s greatest theologians. While attending Yale College, he encountered the same Calvinism that had influenced his own Puritan upbringing.
Three years after Edwards was ordained as a minister, the First Great Awakening began in his church, which prompted Edwards to study conversion and revival within the context of Calvinism. During the revival, Edwards preached his most famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” and penned many of his most popular works, including Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God, A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, and Life and Diary of the Rev. David Brainerd.
In 1757, Edwards reluctantly became president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), where he hoped to complete two major works—an expansion of his treatise on the history of redemption and a study of the harmony of the Old and New Testaments. The Works of Jonathan Edwards (26 vols.) is a massive collection containing five decades’ worth of study and scholarship on and from Edwards.