224 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Exploring the inner motivations of one of America’s greatest religious thinkers, this book analyses the ways in which Jonathan Edwards' intense personal piety and deep experience of divine sovereignty drove an introverted intellectual along a course that would eventually develop into a mature and respected public intellectual. Throughout his life, the tension between his innately contemplative... Read more
Chapter 1 The Elusive Jonathan Edwards; Chapter 2 Edwards’s Concept of and Submission to an Absolute Authority; Chapter 3 The External Threatening Other; Chapter 4 The Internal Threatening Other; Chapter 5 One Man’s Authority is Another Man’s Alien; Chapter 6 The Development of Edwards’s Literary Persona; Chapter 7 Turning Points; Chapter 8 Understanding Edwards the Man;
Biography
Following undergraduate theological studies majoring on the history of Christian thought, Carol Ball developed a particular interest in the phenomenon of revivalism in the American scene. Ten years of subsequent postgraduate research into Jonathan Edwards led to degrees of Master of Philosophy (for a comparative study of the epistemology of Edwards and John Locke) and Doctor of Philosophy (for a study of the development of the persona of Edwards), both from The University of Queensland.
