Edwards the Mentor

by Rhys S. Bezzant

• ISBN13: 9780190221218
• ISBN10: 0190221216
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2019-06-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Academic US

Author Biography

Rhys S. Bezzant has served as an ordained priest in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, and presently teaches Church History at Ridley College, where he directs the Jonathan Edwards Center Australia. He is also a Canon at St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne. He is the author of Jonathan Edwards and the Church (OUP 2013).

Table of Contents

Introduction
Singly, Particularly, and Closely: An Introduction

Chapter I The Traditioned Self: Edwards's Place in the History of Mentoring
1. The Value of Virtue in Premodern Practice
2. The Desire for Discipline in the Modern World
3. The Power of Models in Puritan Practice
4. The Early Experience of Jonathan Edwards

Chapter II The Affective Turn: Edwards as Culturally Modern Mentor
1. Authority: A Modern Challenge to Ministry Assumptions
2. Friendship: The Dynamic Context of Edwards's Mentoring
3. Conversation: Social Means to Sanctified Ends
4. Pedagogy: Edwards's Inductive Educational Approach
5. Correspondence: Edwards's Familiar Discourse
6. Leadership: Promotion of Heroic Spirituality in Sermons

Chapter III The Mimetic Way: Edwards's Mentoring as a Guide to Glory
1. The Image of God: The Possibility of Connection in Creation
2. The Power of Imitation: A Christological Strategy for Growth
3. The Beatific Vision: The Ends Shapes the Means
4. The Integrative Reflex: Strategy of Resistance and Renewal

Chapter IV The Revolutionary Lens: The Edwardsean Mentoring Legacy
1. Edwards's Mentoring Legacy Defined
2. Edwards's Mentoring Legacy Radicalized
3. Edwards's Mentoring Legacy Institutionalized
4. Edwards's Mentoring Legacy Defended

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