'Gracious Affection' and 'True Virtue' According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley

by Steele, Richard B.

• ISBN13: 9780810828216
• ISBN10: 0810828219
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-10-01
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Analyzes for the first time, on the basis of the extant texts, the historical and literary relationships between the two theologians.

Table of Contents

Editors' Preface
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
"Experimental Theology" in Historical Context	p. 1
The Social and Ecclesiastical Background	p. 3
The Philosophical and Theological Context	p. 8
The Aims of "Experimental Theology"	p. 19
Reason, Virtue, and Affectivity in the Voluntarist Tradition	p. 34
The New Testament	p. 36
Augustine of Hippo	p. 45
John Calvin	p. 49
British Puritanism: William Ames	p. 53
Review of Secondary Literature	p. 79
Biographical Parallels and Historical Connections	p. 100
From Birth to Revival	p. 102
The Edwardsian Awakening and the Wesleyan Revival	p. 123
Wesley's Abridgments of Edwards's Revival Treatises	p. 182
The Faithful Narrative	p. 185
The Distinguishing Marks	p. 196
Some Thoughts Concerning the Revival	p. 202
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections	p. 215
The Life of David Brainerd	p. 230
The Parallel and Polemical Writings	p. 268
Original Sin	p. 272
Volition	p. 289
Natural Conscience and True Virtue	p. 316
Conclusion	p. 363
Appendix: Brief by James Erskine, Lord Grange, to John and Charles Wesley: "Of Outward Christian Communion"	p. 369
Bibliography	p. 384
Index	p. 417
About the Author	p. 425
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