Issue 8. Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening


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Summary
Puritanism, Calvinism and rationalism—3 foundational worldviews to the theology and philosophy of the greatest thinker in American history. Though beset with controversy and ongoing ministry difficulties, Jonathan Edwards managed to combine Herculean intellectual labors with child-like piety on his quest to know the infinitely complex yet blissfully simple Almighty God. Join his endeavor in this exciting issue of Christian History & Biography!

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • Excerpts from the Life of Jonathan Edwards
    A frank and charming biography by a student and apprentice of Edwards.
  • Colonial New England:
    An Old Order, New Awakening
  • "My Dear Companion," Sarah Edwards
    The family life of Jonathan Edwards
  • Edwards' Theology
    Puritanism Meets a New Age
    On the brink of modernity, Edwards worked to build a God-centered theology that gave place to both mind and emotion.
  • The Puritans and Edwards
    The American Vision of a Covenant People
  • Jonathan Edwards Speaks to Our Technological Age
    How Edwards creatively dealt with the scientific revolution and Christian experience.
  • From the Archives
    • Extracts from Two Sermons by Edwards
    • Also: The Earliest Known Letter of Jonathan Edwards
      This letter was written by the twelve-year-old Jonathan Edwards to his sister Mary on May 10, 1716.
  • A Gallery of Friends, Foes and Followers
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Publisher
  • CH Timeline
  • Recommended Resources


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