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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777772703321

Autore

Edwards Jonathan <1703-1758.>

Titolo

The sermons of Jonathan Edwards [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by Wilson H. Kimnach, Kenneth P. Minkema, and Douglas A. Sweeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, CT, : Yale University Press, c1999

ISBN

9786611723033

1-281-72303-7

0-300-13363-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KimnachWilson H

MinkemaKenneth P

SweeneyDouglas A

Disciplina

252

Soggetti

Congregational churches

Sermons, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [li]-lii) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology of Edwards' Life -- Further Reading -- The Way of Holiness (1722) -- The Pleasantness of Religion (1723) -- The Importance and Advantage of a Thorough Knowledge of Divine Truth (1739) -- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) -- God Glorified in the Work of Redemption, by the Greatness of Man's Dependence upon Him, in the Whole of It (1731) -- The Reality of Conversion (1740) -- To the Mohawks at the Treaty, August 16,1751 -- He That Believeth Shall Be Saved (i75i) -- A Divine and Supernatural Light, Immediately Imparted to the Soul By the Spirit of God, Shown to Be Both a Scriptural, and Rational Doctrine (1734) -- I Know My Redeemer Lives (1740) -- The Excellency of Christ (1738) -- Much in Deeds of Charity (1741) -- A Farewell Sermon Preached at the First Precinct in Northampton, After the People s Public Rejection of Their Minister . . . on June 22,1750 -- Heaven Is a World of Love (Charity and Its Fruits, -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Jonathan Edwards, widely considered America's most important



Christian thinker, was first and foremost a preacher and pastor who guided souls and interpreted religious experiences. His primary tool in achieving these goals was the sermon, out of which grew many of his famous treatises. This selection of Edwards' sermons recognizes their crucial role in his life and art. The fifteen sermons, four of which have never been published before, reflect a life dedicated to experiencing and understanding spiritual truth. Chosen to represent a typical cycle of Edwards' preaching, the sermons address a wide range of occasions, situations, and states, corporate as well as personal. The book also contains an introduction that discusses Edwards' contribution to the sermon as a literary form, places his sermons within their social and cultural contexts, and considers his theological aims as a way of familiarizing the reader with the "order of salvation" as Edwards conceived of it. Together, the sermons and the editors' introduction offer a rounded picture of Edwards the preacher, the sermon writer, and the pastoral theologian.