
Jonathan Edwards Reader
ISBN: 9780300098389Book Description:
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.
Author:
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian," and one of America's greatest intellectuals.
Endorsement:
"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
"The most comprehensive one-volume Edwards anthology ever assembled." - Gerald R. McDermott, Religious Studies Review
Additional Information:
Cover: | Softcover |
Number of Pages: | 335 |
Author: | Edwards, Jonathan |
Publisher: | Yale |
Publication Date: | 1995 |