Jonathan Edwards has usually been regarded as belonging more to the Puritan New England ministry than to a circle of early American writers. However, an examination of his career will show that he was far less successful as a parish minister in the...

Philosopher, theologian, preacher, historian, and scientist, Jonathan Edwards was the most prolific writer of the American colonial period and one of the most prolific authors in American history. John Dewey and William James are perhaps the only...

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), colonial New England minister and missionary, was one of the greatest preachers and theologians in American history. At the close of the 17th century, the science of Isaac Newton and the philosophy of John Locke had...

During the years immediately following 1783, as the new American nation began to address the question of political organization, the colonial denominations likewise began to take on formal structure. Episcopalians (i.e., Anglicans) organized themselves...

Edwards, Jonathan(1703 s life and times, with good...

EDWARDS, JONATHAN (1703–1758), was an American theologian and philosopher. Born in East Windsor, Connecticut, Edwards was the only son in a family of eleven children. His father, Timothy Edwards, a graduate of Harvard College, was the minister...

October 5, 1703 Windsor, Connecticut March 22, 1758 Stockbridge, Massachusetts Puritan minister, leader of the Great Awakening Portrait: Jonathan...

Jonathan Edwards is the name of a number of people. Most prominent among them...

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Like the conductor of his own chamber orchestra, Garry Wills presides over three metal music stands while at work in his study, his chosen "scores" including dictionaries of Greek, Latin and Italian.He might need, for example, to look up the Greek word "ekklesia," which appears...

Reviews Jonathon Edward's contribution to the Great Awakening. Describes Edwards as one of the 16th centuries great theologians. Explores his influence on the evolution of the Christian church.

Essay provides an analysis of Jonathan Edward's moving and harsh speech as well as his effectiveness for his readers.