The Princeton companion to Jonathan Edwards
Sang Hyun Lee (Editor)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely recognized as one of the greatest philosopher-theologians America has ever produced, and recent years have seen a remarkable increase in research on his writings. To date, however, there has been no single authoritative volume that introduces and interprets the key aspects of Edwards' thought as a whole. The Princeton Companion to Jonathan Edwards provides just such a concise and comprehensive work, one that will be invaluable to students and scholars of American religion and theology as well as of literature, philosophy, and history.Comprising twenty essays by leading scholars on Edwards, the book will inform and challenge readers on subjects ranging from Edwards' understanding of the Trinity, God and the world, Christ, and salvation, as well as of history, typology, the church, and mission to Native Americans. It also includes a chronology of Edwards' life and writings that incorporates current research. Those familiar with Edwards' writings will find in these essays succinct expositions as well as bold new interpretations, and others will find an accessible, authoritative, up-to-date orientation to his multifaceted thought. The essays are by Robert E. Brown, Allen C. Guezlo, Robert W. Jenson, Wilson H. Kimnach, Janice Knight, Sang Hyun Lee, Gerald R. McDermott, Kenneth P. Minkema, Mark Noll, Richard R. Niebuhr, Amy Plantinga Pauw, John E. Smith, Stephen J. Stein, Harry S. Stout, Douglas A. Sweeney, Peter J. Thuesen, and John F. Wilson
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Note on References to the Yale Edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards xxi Chronology of Edwards' Life and Writings xxiii Chapter One: Jonathan Edwards: A Theological Life by Kenneth P. Minkema 1 Chapter Two: Edwards' Intellectual Background by Peter J. Thuesen 16 Chapter Three: Being and Consent by Richard R. Niebuhr 34 Chapter Four: The Trinity by Amy Plantinga Pauw 44 Chapter Five: God's Relation to the World by Sang Hyun Lee 59 Chapter Six: Christology by Robert W. Jenson 72 Chapter Seven: The Bible by Robert E. Brown 87 Chapter Eight: Religious Affections and the "Sense of the Heart" by John E. Smith 103 Chapter Nine: Freedom of the Will by Allen C. Guelzo 115 Chapter Ten: Grace and Justification by Faith Alone by Sang Hyun Lee 130 Chapter Eleven: Christian Virtue and Common Morality by John E. Smith 147 Chapter Twelve: The Church by Douglas A. Sweeney 167 Chapter Thirteen: Typology by Janice Knight 190 Chapter Fourteen: History by John F. Wilson 210 Chapter Fifteen: Eschatology by Stephen J. Stein 226 Chapter Sixteen: The Sermons: Concept and Execution by Wilson H. Kimnach 243 Chapter Seventeen: Missions and Native Americans by Gerald R. McDermott 258 Chapter Eighteen: The Puritans and Edwards by Harry S. Stout 274 Chapter Nineteen: Edwards' Theology after Edwards by Mark Noll 292 The Works of Jonathan Edwards (Yale Edition) 309 List of Contributors 311 Index 313