Jonathan Edwards at 300 Essays on the Tercentenary of His Birth

by Stout, Harry S.; Minkema, Kenneth P.; Maskell, Caleb J.D.; H. Lee, : Sang; Pauw, Amy Plantinga; Sweeney, Douglas A.; Brown, Robert E.; Stein, Stephen J.; McDermott, Gerald R.; Gura, Philip F.; Noll, Mark A.; Chamberlain, Ava; Valeri, Mark; Wheeler, Rachel

• ISBN13: 9780761832270
• ISBN10: 0761832270
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-26
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

The most significant scholarly conference marking the Edwards tercentenary took place in October 2003 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The papers from that gathering are presented in this volume. They represent much of the best and most recent work being done on Edwards and reflect the wide diversity of approaches to his life, thought, and legacy.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Theology of History
``Does History Matter to God? Jonathan Edwards's Dynamic Re-conception of God's Relation to the World''	1	(13)
Sang H. Lee
``Edwards as American Theologian: Grand Narratives and Pastoral Narratives,''	14	(11)
Amy Plantinga Pauw
Scripture
``Longing for More and More of It''? The Strange Career Of Jonathan Edwards's Exegetical Exertions''	25	(13)
Douglas A. Sweeney
``The Sacred and the Profane Connected: Edwards, the Bible, and Intellectual Culture''	38	(16)
Robert E. Brown
``Jonathan Edwards and the Cultures of Biblical Violence''	54	(11)
Stephen J. Stein
Culture
``Franklin, Jefferson and Edwards on Religion and the Religions''	65	(21)
Gerald R. McDermott
``Lost and Found: Recovering Edwards for American Literature''	86	(12)
Philip F. Gura
``Jonathan Edwards's Freedom of the Will Abroad''	98	(13)
Mark A. Noll
Society
``Jonathan Edwards And The Politics Of Sex In Eighteenth-Century Northampton''	111	(12)
Ava Chamberlain
``Forgiveness and the Party of Humanity in Jonathan Edwards's World''	123	(8)
Mark Valeri
Race
``Lessons from Stockbridge: Jonathan Edwards and the Stockbridge Indians''	131	(10)
Rachel Wheeler
``African American Engagements with Edwards in the Era of the Slave Trade''	141	(11)
John Saillant
Biography
``Jonathan Edwards in the Twenty-First Century''	152	(13)
George M. Marsden
Index	165