Jonathan Edwards

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• Religious Studies
• Philosophy

Why Is Jonathan Edwards Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jonathan Edwards was an American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist theologian. A leading figure of the American Enlightenment, Edwards is widely regarded as one of America's most important and original philosophical theologians. Edwards' theological work is broad in scope but rooted in the paedobaptist Puritan heritage as exemplified in the Westminster and Savoy Confessions of Faith. Recent studies have emphasized how thoroughly Edwards grounded his life's work on conceptions of beauty, harmony, and ethical fittingness, and how central the Age of Enlightenment was to his mindset. Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733–35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts. His theological work gave rise to a distinct school of theology known as New England theology.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jonathan Edwards ?

Jonathan Edwards is affiliated with the following schools:

• Yale University
• Princeton University

What Are Jonathan Edwards 's Academic Contributions?

Jonathan Edwards has made the following academic contributions:

• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
• The Nature of True Virtue
• The Life of David Brainerd
• The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners
• The Freedom of the Will
• Religious Affections
• A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World