Name/Title
The theology of Jonathan Edwards /Michael J. McClymond and Gerald R. McDermott.Description
Part I.Introduction : historical, cultural, and social contexts --ch. 1.Overture to a symphony --ch. 2.Edwards : a theological life --ch. 3.Edwards's intellectual context --ch. 4.Edwards's spirituality --ch. 5.The question of development : did Edwards change? --Part II.Topics in Edwards's theology --ch. 6.Beauty and aesthetics --ch. 7.Metaphysics --ch. 8.Typology : scripture, nature, and all of reality --ch. 9.Revelation : scripture, reason, and tradition --ch. 10.Apologetics --ch. 11.Biblical exegesis --ch. 12.The concept of a history of redemption --ch. 13.God as Trinity : Father, Son, and Holy Spirit --ch. 14.The end of God in creation --ch. 15.Providence and history --ch. 16.The person and work of Jesus Christ --ch. 17.The Holy Spirit --ch. 18.The angels in the plan of salvation --ch. 19.Heaven is a world of love --ch. 20.The affections and the human person --ch. 21.Edwards's Calvinism and theology of the covenants --ch. 22Free will and original sin --ch. 23.Salvation, grace, and faith : an overview --ch. 24.Conversion : a divine and supernatural light --ch. 25.Justification and sanctification --ch. 26.The theme of divinization --ch. 27.Theology of revival --ch. 28.The church --ch. 29.Edwards on (and in) the ministry --ch. 30.The sacraments : baptism and the Lord's Supper --ch. 31.The voice of the great God : a theology of preaching --ch. 32.Public theology, society, and America --ch. 33.True virtue, Christian love, and ethical theory --ch. 34.Edwards on (and in) mission --ch. 35.Eschatology --ch. 36.Christianity and other religions --Part III.Legacies and affinities : Edwards's disciples and interpreters --ch. 37.Selective readings : Edwards and the new divinity --ch. 38.Mixed reactions : Princeton and Andover Seminaries and nineteenth-century American culture --ch. 39.New beginnings : the twentieth-century recovery of Jonathan Edwards --ch. 40.Interpretations I : Edwards and modern philosophy --ch. 41.Interpretations II : Jonathan Edwards and the Reformed tradition --ch. 42.Interpretations III : Edwards and the revival tradition --ch 43.Interpretations IV : Edwards and the Catholic and Orthodox traditions --ch. 44.Interpretations V : Edwards and contemporary theology --ch. 45.Conclusion : Edwards as a theological bridge.
xii, 757 p. :ill. ;24 cm.Book Details
Author
McClymond, Michael J.Date Published
circa 2012Publication Subjects
Theology, Doctrinal--United States--History--18th century.
Edwards, Jonathan,1703-1758.Call No.
BX7260 .E3 M34 2012ISBN
9780199791606 (alk. paper), 0199791600 (alk. paper)LCCN
2011003597Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.