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Titolo |
Jonathan Edwards and the American experience / / editors, Nathan O. Hatch, Harry S. Stout |
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New York ; ; Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988 |
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©1988 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-76211-X |
9786610762118 |
0-19-802179-8 |
0-19-536300-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Theology, Doctrinal - United States - History - 18th century |
United States Church history To 1775 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction; EDWARDS AND THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION; 2. Jonathan Edwards and America; 3. Edwards, Franklin, and Cotton Mather: A Meditation on Character and Reputation; 4. The Recovery of Jonathan Edwards; EDWARDS IN CULTURAL CONTEXT; 5. The Rationalist Foundations of Jonathan Edwards's Metaphysics; 6. Jonathan Edwards's Pursuit of Reality; 7.The Spirit and the Word: Jonathan Edwards and Scriptural Exegesis; 8. History, Redemption, and the Millennium; 9. The Puritans and Edwards; 10. ""A Flood of Errors"": Chauncy and Edwards in the Great Awakening; THE LEGACY OF EDWARDS |
11. Piety and Moralism: Edwards and the New Divinity; 12. Calvinism and Consciousness from Edwards to Beecher; 13. Jonathan Edwards as a Figure in Literary History; 14. Jonathan Edwards and American Philosophy; 15. Jonathan Edwards and Nineteenth Century Theology; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Universally recognized as a seminal figure in American intellectual history, Jonathan Edwards has been the focus of considerable scholarly attention in a variety of academic disciplines, including religion, |
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history, literature, and philosophy. Because these disciplines discuss him in relation to different intellectual traditions, Edwards scholarship remains segmented. This volume represents the first attempt to provide a synthetic vision of Edwards and his contributions to American culture. |
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