A Jonathan Edwards Reader

Download or read book A Jonathan Edwards Reader written by Jonathan Edwards and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by editors of the distinguished series The Works of Jonathan Edwards, this authoritative anthology includes selected treatises, sermons, and autobiographical material by early America’s greatest theologian and philosopher. "Jonathan Edwards remains unequaled among North American theologians. These selections exemplify his special traits: eloquence, knowledge of the human heart, and metaphysical passion for complex beauty in nature, God, and Being-in-general."—Richard R. Niebuhr, Hollis Professor of Divinity Emeritus, The Divinity School, Harvard University Praise for the earlier edition: "Selections . . . representative of both the public and the private Edwards . . . give readers a nuanced introduction to Edwards and his time as well as an accessible entrée to the whole body of his work."—Booklist "The most comprehensive one-volume Edwards anthology ever assembled."—Gerald R. McDermott, Religious Studies Review