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| Named Person: | Jonathan Edwards |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gerald R McDermott |
| ISBN: | 0195132742 9780195132748 |
| OCLC Number: | 41118978 |
| Description: | xii, 245 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Deists and the scandal of particularity -- Edwards's war against Enlightenment religion -- Our noblest faculty : the promise and limits of reason in religion -- Signatures of divine majesty : the reason and mystery of revelation -- Trickle-down revelation and religious entropy : the nature and history of religion -- Parables in all nations : typology and the religions -- A possibility of reconciliation : salvation and the "heathen" -- Judaism : a light among the nations -- Islam : the left arm of Antichrist -- Greece and Rome : very noble and almost divine truths -- American Indians : the devil sucks their blood -- The Chinese philosophers : shadows of the Trinity. |
| Responsibility: | Gerald R. McDermott. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
"This is a study of how American theologian Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) responded to the Deist challenge to Christianity. Using a wide array of published and unpublished materials, McDermott argues that Edwards was preparing before his death a sophisticated theological response to Enlightenment religion that was surprisingly generous toward non-Christian traditions. He shows how Edwards refashioned critical Reformed loci in order to defend God's goodness and justice in dealing with the "heathen" world."--BOOK JACKET.
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