Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians

by Oliver D. Crisp

Overview

Though Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is widely regarded as America’s most important theologian, very few people are actually familiar with his theology. In this book Oliver Crisp helpfully elucidates key themes in Edwards’s thought.

Treating Edwards as a constructive theologian with serious philosophical interests, Crisp explains Edwards’s thinking on such matters as the Trinity, creation, original sin, free will, and preaching. Crisp underscores the innovative nature of Edwards’s work by bringing his thought into dialogue with other major Christian theologians such as Anselm and Arminius.

What emerges from Crisp’s Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians is a complex, multifaceted picture of Edwards as a highly original, significant thinker who sometimes pressed at the very limits of orthodoxy and whose theological thought remains strikingly relevant today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802871725
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/08/2015
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Oliver D. Crisp is professor of systematic theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. His other books include Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation and Deviant Calvinism: Broadening Reformed Theology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xii

Preface xiii

1 Edwards and Reformed Theology 1

2 Anselm and Edwards on the Doctrine of God 16

3 Edwards on the Excellence of the Trinity 36

4 Arminius and Edwards on Creation 60

5 Girardeau and Edwards on Free Will 80

6 Edwards on Original Sin: Another Look 107

7 Bellamy and Edwards on the Atonement 124

8 Edwards on Preaching 143

9 On the Orthodoxy of Jonathan Edwards 164

Bibliography 183

Index 195

Editorial Reviews

Theological Studies
"This study offers a wealth of insight into Edwards and his importance for theology—past and present. Readers will welcome the clarity and precision of Crisp's presentation—even when discussing complex theological questions. . . . Readers looking for a thoughtful introduction to and careful analysis of Edwards's theology will find this in Crisp's very fine book."

Douglas A. Sweeney
— Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"Oliver Crisp is leading the way among constructive theologians who are engaging Jonathan Edwards as a serious interlocutor. This book showcases Crisp at his finest, never parroting Edwards's teaching but, rather, following his model of occasional, contextual, and critical adaptation of the insights of the past in relation to the challenges we face in the present. Edwards still has much to offer even the most contemporary theologians."

Kenneth P. Minkema
— Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University
"This welcome volume brings together the most important essays on Jonathan Edwards by the most important of his interpreters in this generation. Crisp defines and tackles pressing issues in Edwards studies in an expert and game-changing way."

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