LEADER 04470nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910789933903321 005 20230801222444.0 010 $a0-567-53933-4 010 $a1-280-57572-7 010 $a9786613605412 010 $a0-567-05755-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000174239 035 $a(EBL)894544 035 $a(OCoLC)787843499 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000662475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11398628 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000662475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10722666 035 $a(PQKB)10919962 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC894544 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL894544 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10554657 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360541 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000174239 100 $a20120503d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGod is a communicative being$b[electronic resource] $edivine communicativeness and harmony in the theology of Jonathan Edwards /$fWilliam M. Schweitzer 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT&T Clark International$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aT & T Clark studies in systematic theology ;$vv. 14 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-51220-7 311 $a0-567-19522-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; I Perry Miller and the Beautiful Mind; II Explaining Edwards; III The Roadmap; Chapter 1 The Communicative God; I Introduction; II The Trinity (Communicativeness ad intra); III Creation and Redemption (Communicativeness ad extra); IV The Content of Divine Communication; V The Manner of Divine Communication; VI The Medium and Media of Divine Communication; VII Conclusion; Chapter 2 Nature; I Introduction; II Edwards as Scientist; III Edwards as "Mystic"; IV Nature as Types; V The Harmony of Nature; VI Conclusion 327 $aChapter 3 Special RevelationI Introduction; II Natural Theology, No; Natural Revelation, Yes; III The Communicative Argument; IV Locke as a Possible Antagonist for the Communicative Argument; V The Necessity of Revelation in Edwards' Apologetic Program; VI Conclusion; Chapter 4 Scripture; I Introduction; II The Authority of Scripture; III Conventional Arguments for Biblical Authority; IV The Harmony of Scripture; V The Inspiration of Scripture; VI The Canon of Scripture; VII The Illumination of Scripture; VIII Locke's "Fundamentalism"; IX Edwards' Relation to Biblical Criticism; X Conclusion 327 $aChapter 5 HistoryI Introduction; II Historiographer of Supernature; III Typology, Harmony, and Prophecy; IV The Development of Edwards' Use of History; V The "History of the Work of Redemption"; VI Current Events and The Christian History Periodicals; VII The Redemptive-Historical Beatific Vision; VIII Zakai on "Miscellany" 777; IX Conclusion; Chapter 6 Edwards' Project; I Introduction; II Relevant Highlights of Edwards' Theology; III The Minister's Project; IV The "Personal Narrative"; V The Three "Great Works"; VI The Agenda of the Awakenings; VII This Theory in Relation to Some Others 327 $aVIII ConclusionBibliography; I Primary Works by Jonathan Edwards; II Other Primary Sources; III Secondary Works; Index 330 $aOver the past half century, there has been a proliferation of scholarship on the great American theologian Jonathan Edwards. However, the vast majority of this output confines itself to the details of his work. With some welcome exceptions, the forest has often been missed for the trees. In this ground breaking study William Schweitzer presents a new reading of Edwards: He starts with the question what is distinctive in Edwards theology? The answer comes in Edwards insight into Trinitarian life. God is eternally communicative of his knowledge, love, and joy among the Three Persons of the Trini 410 0$aT & T Clark studies in systematic theology ;$vv. 14. 606 $aBaptists$xDoctrines 606 $aTrinity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aBaptists$xDoctrines. 615 0$aTrinity$xHistory of doctrines. 676 $a230 676 $a230/.58092 700 $aSchweitzer$b William M$01579753 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789933903321 996 $aGod is a communicative being$93860056 997 $aUNINA