Jonathan Edardss Writings Text, Context, Interpretation [Hardcover]

This book will take its place in libraries next to the finest works abou;this creative thinker. Religious Studies Review

... gives a fine sense of the present state and the future direction of Edwards studies... Recommended for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students. Choice

... this volume opens up new windows, not only on previously neglected texts of Jonathan Edwards, but on the larger cultural functions and effects of those texts. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Here is a compact survey of current Edwards scholarship. These essays present groundbreaking contemporary scholarship focusing on the writings of the 18th-century American philosopher and theologian Jonathan Edwards. They range widely across the Edwardsian canon, including his most prominent and important published textsReligious Affections and The Nature of True Virtueas well as unfamiliar treatises and sermons.

Acknowledgments
Introduction by Stephen J. Stein

Part I. Text: Integrating Unpublished Manuscripts and Public Texts
1. Brides of Christ and Signs of Grace: Edwards's Sermon Series on the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Eva Chamberlain
2. Misrepresentations Corrected: Jonathan Edwards and the Regulation of Religious Discourse. Christopher Grasso
3. The Deist Connection: Jonathan Edwards and Islam. Gerald R. McDermott
4. The Other Unfinished Great Work : Jonathan Edwards, Messianic Prophecy, and The Harmony of the Old and New Testament. Kenneth P. Minkema

Part II. Context: Interpreting Texts and Identifying Influences
5. The Death of the Prophet Lamented : The Legacy of Solomon Stoddard. Paul R. Lucas
6. The Godly Will's Discerning: Shepard, Edwards, and the Identification of True Godliness. William K. B. Stoever
7. Did Berkeley Influence Edwards? Their Common Critique of the Moral Sense Theory. Ricahrd A.S. Hall
8. Perception and Love in Religious Affections. Wayne Proudfoot

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