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Jonathan Edwards 1703–1758 Am. theol.

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Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician

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1703–58, American theologian and metaphysician, b. East Windsor (then in Windsor), Conn. He was a precocious child, early interested in things scientific, intellectual, and spiritual. After graduating from Yale at 17, he studied theology, preached (1722–23) in New York City, tutored (1724–26) at Yale, and in 1727 became the colleague of his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, in the ministry at Northampton, Mass. In 1729, on his grandfather's death, Edwards took sole charge of the congregation. The young minister was not long in gaining a wide following by his forceful preaching and powerful logic. These abilities were in the best Calvinist tradition and were enriched by his reading in philosophy, notably Berkeley and Locke . Edwards's favorite themes were predestination and the absolute dependence of humble man upon God and divine grace, which alone could save humanity. He rejected with fire the Arminian (see Remonstrants ) modification of these Calvinist doctrines. He exhorted his hearers…
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From Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Among colonial American writers, E. is often considered the greatest intellect of his period, a man of genius who labored valiantly to arrest the decline of Puritanism during the 18th c. More than any other Puritan author, he has received serious attention from historians, theologians, psychologists…
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Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was born in East Windsor, Connecticut. He was educated at Yale University and succeeded his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, as minister of the Congregationalist Church at Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1729. Renowned for his powerful preaching and hard-line Calvinism, …
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Puritan theologian and clergyman. Born in Connecticut and educated at Yale, Edwards served parishes in Massachusetts and wrote important theological treatises as well as many famous sermons. At Yale, he read the philosophy of LOCKE (1632-1704) and the new science of Newton (1642-1727) and Boyle…
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The First Great Awakening was a period of Christian revivalism in the American Colonies and Britain that lasted from 1726 to 1760, ending just before the Revolutionary War. In addition to John Wesley, two leaders were George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards. Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was an…
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Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a colonial New England minister and missionary who was later considered one of the most prominent and effective preachers and theologians in American history. At the close of the seventeenth century, the science of Isaac Newton and the philosophy of John Locke had…
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From Encyclopedia of World Religions: Encyclopedia of Protestantism
(b. 1703–d. 1758) American Congregationalist clergyman and theologian Jonathan Edwards was the greatest American theologian of his day. He is remembered for his theological writings and for his participation in and observations about the period of religious excitement known as the Great Awakening. …
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From Encyclopedia of American Religious History
(b. 1703–d. 1758) Congregationalist minister, theologian One of America's greatest religious thinkers, Jonathan Edwards was deeply influenced by both Neoplatonism and the philosophy of John Locke (see Enlightenment ). Edwards devised a theology at once orthodox and scientific, logical and mystical. …
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