A Jonathan Edwards Reader (Yale Nota Bene)

ISBN: 0300098383

Author: Edwards, Jonathan

Condition: Used

Prepared by editors of the distinguished series The Works of Jonathan Edwards, this authoritative anthology includes selected treatises, sermons, and autobiographical material by early Americas greatest theologian and philosopher."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 UniversityPraise for the earlier edition:"Selections . . . representative of both the public and the private Edwards . . . give readers a nuanced introduction to Edwards and his time as well as an accessible entre to the whole body of his work."Booklist"The most comprehensive one-volume Edwards anthology ever assembled."Gerald R. McDermott, Religious Studies Review