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Which “Real” Jesus? : Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, and the Early American Roots of the Current Debate by Steve Bateman; is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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_ Are the gospels reliable accounts of Jesus? _ Did Jesus claim to be God? _ Was Jesus bodily raised from the dead? _ Is Jesus the only way to salvation? _ Are Christianity and Islam basically the same? _ Were the Founding Fathers orthodox Christians? Christians in America are routinely confronted with news of archaeological discoveries or new scholarship claiming to present the "real" Jesus. These challenges have a long tradition in America and can be traced to some of the best-known founders of our nation. In pre-Revolutionary America, the formidable Jonathan Edwards directly confronted the challenge, providing an enduring model for Christians today who desire to articulate and defend the historic, orthodox doctrine of Christ. While Edwards sought to prove the historic Jesus, Benjamin Franklin attempted to improve on the original, offering a Jesus of more practical use to his social and civic purposes. Franklin's approach, inspired by Deist thinkers and refined by Thomas Jefferson, has found new life in the advocates of the Jesus Seminar and of other alternative Christianities. Even the ambassadors of strident atheism-Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris-are resu

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Author

Steve Bateman;

Publisher

Lightning Source (Tier 4)

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781498275064

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, Christian

Rating

4.44 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14