Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought
Student-friendly intro to one of America’s most fascinating theological minds

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) has long been recognized as one of the preeminent thinkers in the early Enlightenment and a major figure in the history of American Christianity.

In this accessible one-volume text, leading Edwards experts Oliver Crisp and Kyle Strobel introduce readers to the fascinating and formidable mind of Jonathan Edwards as they survey key theological and philosophical themes in his thought, including his doctrine of the Trinity, his philosophical theology of God and creation, and his understanding of the atonement and salvation.

More than two centuries after his death, theologians and historians alike are finding the larger-than-life Edwards more interesting than ever. Crisp and Strobel’s concise yet comprehensive guide will help students of this influential eighteenth-century revivalist preacher to understand why.

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Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought
Student-friendly intro to one of America’s most fascinating theological minds

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) has long been recognized as one of the preeminent thinkers in the early Enlightenment and a major figure in the history of American Christianity.

In this accessible one-volume text, leading Edwards experts Oliver Crisp and Kyle Strobel introduce readers to the fascinating and formidable mind of Jonathan Edwards as they survey key theological and philosophical themes in his thought, including his doctrine of the Trinity, his philosophical theology of God and creation, and his understanding of the atonement and salvation.

More than two centuries after his death, theologians and historians alike are finding the larger-than-life Edwards more interesting than ever. Crisp and Strobel’s concise yet comprehensive guide will help students of this influential eighteenth-century revivalist preacher to understand why.

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Jonathan Edwards: An Introduction to His Thought

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Student-friendly intro to one of America’s most fascinating theological minds

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) has long been recognized as one of the preeminent thinkers in the early Enlightenment and a major figure in the history of American Christianity.

In this accessible one-volume text, leading Edwards experts Oliver Crisp and Kyle Strobel introduce readers to the fascinating and formidable mind of Jonathan Edwards as they survey key theological and philosophical themes in his thought, including his doctrine of the Trinity, his philosophical theology of God and creation, and his understanding of the atonement and salvation.

More than two centuries after his death, theologians and historians alike are finding the larger-than-life Edwards more interesting than ever. Crisp and Strobel’s concise yet comprehensive guide will help students of this influential eighteenth-century revivalist preacher to understand why.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802872692
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 02/20/2018
Pages: 244
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Oliver D. Crisp is professor of analytic theology the University of St. Andrews. His other books include Jonathan Edwards on God and Creation and Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Abbreviations xi

Introduction 1

1 Intellectual Context 11

2 God of Beauty and Glory 39

3 God and Idealism 67

4 God and Creation 90

5 The Atonement 121

6 Salvation as Participation 146

7 Becoming Beautiful 170

8 Becoming Edwardsean 198

Further Reading 219

Index 230

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