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Jonathan Edwards (theologian)
American preacher and philosopher (1703–1758)
The Reverend Jonathan Edwards | |
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| In office 1758–1758 | |
| Preceded by | Aaron Burr Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Green(acting) |
| Born | (1703-10-05)October 5, 1703[1] East Windsor, Connecticut, British America |
| Died | March 22, 1758(1758-03-22) (aged 54)[1] Princeton, New Jersey, British America |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 11, including Esther, Jonathan, and Pierpont |
| Relatives | |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
| Occupation | Pastor, theologian, missionary |
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Theology career | |
| Notable work | "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (1741) Religious Affections (1746) |
| Theological work | |
| Era | Colonial period |
| Tradition or movement | EvangelicalCalvinist (Puritan) New England theology |
| Main interests | Revivalism |
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theolo
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Jonathan Edwards
1. Life
Edwards was born into a family of prominent Congregational ministers in East Windsor, Connecticut in 1703. In 1716 Edwards enrolled in Yale where he read Newton and Locke, and began “Notes on the Mind” and “Notes on Natural Science.” Locke's influence on his epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophical psychology was profound. Edwards' metaphysics, however, appears more strongly influenced by Malebranche and, to a lesser extent, the Cambridge Platonists, and bears little resemblance to Locke's. After briefly serving congregations in New York and Bolton, Connecticut, Edwards returned to Yale where he completed his Masters of Arts degree and became senior tutor in 1724. In 1725, the church in Northampton chose Edwards to succeed his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard — the so-called “pope of the Connecticut valley.” The most notable events of his tenure were the revivals of 1734 and 1740–41, the latter of which came to be known as the Great Awakening. Edwards' defense of the revivals and criticisms of
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Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
Bibliography
Digital Texts
Allen, Alexander V. G. Jonathan Edwards. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1889.
Hopkins, Samuel (ed.).Memoirs of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards, President of the College of New Jersey. London: J. Black, 1815.
Visit the Works of Jonathan Edwards Online, a complete online critical edition of Edwards. Search any or all of the seventy-three volumes by word or phrase, or browse the table of contents of each volume.
Edwards, Jonathan. A History of the Work of Redemption [Unpublished sermons, 1739]. New York: The American Tract Society, 1774 [edited by John Erskine].
__________. “Christian Charity, or The Duty of Charity to the Poor, Explained and Enforced.” 1732. No pages. Online at the Bible Bulletin Board.
__________. “Speech to the Mohawks.” Transcription of manuscript (notes) that retains abbreviations and phrases struck by author. Sermons, Series II, 1751 (WJE Online Vol. 69).
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Edwards, Jonathan. The Works of Jonathan Edwards. 26 vols. New Haven; London: Yale U
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