Freedom of Will. - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0672603608 ISBN 13 : 9780672603600

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Biographie de l'auteur

Jonathan Edwards (1703 – 1758) was a preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian," and one of America's greatest intellectuals. Edwards's theological work is very broad in scope, but he is often associated with his defense of Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. Recent studies have emphasized how thoroughly Edwards grounded his life's work on conceptions of beauty, harmony, and ethical fittingness, and how central The Enlightenment was to his mindset. Edwards played a very critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and oversaw some of the first fires of revival in 1733–1735 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts. Edwards delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", a classic of early American literature, during another wave of revival in 1741, following George Whitefield's tour of the Thirteen Colonies. Edwards is widely known for his many books: The End For Which God Created the World; The Life of David Brainerd, which served to inspire thousands of missionaries throughout the nineteenth century; and Religious Affections, which many Reformed Evangelicals read even today. Edwards died from a smallpox inoculation shortly after beginning the presidency at the College of New Jersey (later to be named Princeton University), and was the grandfather of Aaron Burr.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Jonathan Edwards studied and graduated from Yale University at the age of seventeen and is ranked among America’s most preeminent philosopher and theologians. Martin Luther wrote his work The Bondage of the Will against Erasmus of Rottadam and thanked Erasmus of for disputing with him over this issue and Luther realised that Erasmus’s views were those of the Pelagians. Edwards wrote Freedom of the Will in 1754 while serving in Massachusetts as a missionary to a native tribe of Housatonic Indians. In this work Edwards investigates the contrasting Calvinist and Arminian views about free will, God’s foreknowledge, determinism, and moral agency. As Edwards attempts to resolve the contention surrounding these topics, he relies on a variety of resources including the Bible and philosophy works of enlightenment thinkers. This book can be challenging due to Edwards’ emphasis on philosophical reasoning. Edwards seeks to educate his reader by frequently defning terms and explaining controversial passages in depth. Freedom of the Will is relevant to every Christian be cause it addresses difficult questions about desire, choice, good, and evil.

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0672603608
• ISBN 13: 9780672603600
• Reliure: Broché
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