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The Thought of Jonathan Edwards by Miklos Veto, Philip Choinière-Shields, Harry S. Stout, Wilson H. Kimnach is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"Jonathan Edwards is the greatest theologian of colonial America as well as its first important philosopher. As a theologian, he represents without any concession Calvinistic Orthodoxy, re-thought and re-lived through the experience of the Great Awakening. The large majority of his writings are of a theological character, yet this theology is articulated and expressed through a systematic philosophical reflection. Edwardsian thought covers three major areas: First, being, grace, and glory; then, the doctrine of the will extending to the study of the original sin and evil; finally, an entirely original theory of knowledge synthesizing spirituality, aesthetics, and epistemology. The present book, the first edition of which appeared in French almost thirty years ago, is a uniquely comprehensive study of the work of Jonathan Edwards. It discusses all the aspects of his thought over against the background of classical Protestant theology and of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Western philosophy. Our time witnesses a significant renewal of interest in Jonathan Edwards. Professor Veto's book should prove to be a major contribution to assist and to guide the readers of 'America's Theol

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Author
Miklos Veto, Philip Choinière-Shields, Harry S. Stout, Wilson H. Kimnach
Publisher
Lightning Source (Tier 4)
Published
2021
Language
EN
ISBN
9781498226264
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, Humanities

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