Jonathan Edwards and the American experience (Oxford University Press, 1988)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction / Nathan O. Hatch and Harry S. Stout -- Jonathan Edwards and America / Henry F. May -- Edwards, Franklin, and Cotton Mather : a meditation on character and reputation / David Levin -- The recovery of Jonthan Edwards / Donald Weber -- The rationalist foundations of Jonathan Edwards's metaphysics / Norman Fiering -- Jonathan Edwards's pursuit of reality / Wilson H. Kimnach -- The Spirit and the Word: Jonathan Edwards and scriptural exegesis / Stephen J. Stein -- History, redemption, and the millennium / John F. Wilson -- The Puritans and Edwards / Harry Stout -- "A flood of errors" : Chauncy and Edwards in the Great Awakening / Amy Schrager Lang -- Piety and moralism: Edwards and the new divinity / William Breitenbach -- Calvinism and consciousness from Edwards to Beecher / James Hoopes -- Jonathan Edwards as a figure in literary history / David Laurence -- Jonathan Edwards and American philosophy / Bruce Kuklick -- Jonathan Edwards and nineteenth century theology / Mark A. Noll
Universally recognized as a seminal figure in American intellectual history, Jonathan Edwards has been the focus of considerable scholarly attention in a variety of academic disciplines, including religion, history, literature, and philosophy. Because these disciplines discuss him in relation to different intellectual traditions, Edwards scholarship remains segmented. This volume represents the first attempt to provide a synthetic vision of Edwards and his contributions to American culture. Its fifteen previously unpublished essays present the best contemporary literary, historical, theologica