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America's Theologian : A Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards by Robert W. Jenson
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- America
- ISBN
- 9780195049411
- Subject Area
- Religion, Biography & Autobiography
- Publication Name
- America's Theologian : a Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Subject
- Christianity / History, Religious
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.7 in
- Number of Pages
- 238 Pages
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195049411
ISBN-13
9780195049411
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57926
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
238 Pages
Publication Name
America's Theologian : a Recommendation of Jonathan Edwards
Language
English
Subject
Christianity / History, Religious
Publication Year
1988
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.7 in
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College Audience
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87-014037
Reviews
"Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing a clarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, the relation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion of God....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators oncontemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."--William and Mary Quarterly, "Jenson's volume...is the finest treatment now available of Edwards as adoctrinal theologian."--Interpretation, "Jenson's volume...is the finest treatment now available of Edwards as a doctrinal theologian."--Interpretation, "A book commendable in its scope, admirable in its organization, andsuggestive in its content. For all upper-division undergraduate libraries,seminary libraries, and collections specializing in Americanstudies."--Choice, "Jenson uncovers a remarkable convergence between Edwards' theological approach and context and his own....Jenson's insights into Edwards' thought in itself and its possibilities as an alternative vision for the American church and society make the book well worth pondering by all dissatisfiedheirs of the Enlightenment, whether Edwardsian or not."--First Things, "Jensons's work is always theologically incisive. This study of Jonathan Edwards is not an exception. It is a penetrating analysis of the radical monotheism espoused by the premier theologian in America's history, and it calls into question many of the platitudes in our public talk about thenation, the self, and God."--Robert Scharlemann, University of Virginia, "Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing a clarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, the relation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion of God....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators on contemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."-- William and Mary Quarterly "Jenson uncovers a remarkable convergence between Edwards' theological approach and context and his own....Jenson's insights into Edwards' thought in itself and its possibilities as an alternative vision for the American church and society make the book well worth pondering by all dissatisfied heirs of the Enlightenment, whether Edwardsian or not."-- First Things "In this luminous work of scholarship Robert Jenson helps us recognize Jonathan Edwards not only as our contemporary but as an intellectual force drawing us into a deeper conversation."--Robert John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute Center on Religion and Society "Jensons's work is always theologically incisive. This study of Jonathan Edwards is not an exception. It is a penetrating analysis of the radical monotheism espoused by the premier theologian in America's history, and it calls into question many of the platitudes in our public talk about the nation, the self, and God."--Robert Scharlemann, University of Virginia "A thoughtful book, marked by stylistic flair and impressive textual analysis."-- Journal of Religion, "Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing a clarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, the relation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion of God....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators on contemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."--William and Mary Quarterly "Jenson uncovers a remarkable convergence between Edwards' theological approach and context and his own....Jenson's insights into Edwards' thought in itself and its possibilities as an alternative vision for the American church and society make the book well worth pondering by all dissatisfied heirs of the Enlightenment, whether Edwardsian or not."--First Things "In this luminous work of scholarship Robert Jenson helps us recognize Jonathan Edwards not only as our contemporary but as an intellectual force drawing us into a deeper conversation."--Robert John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute Center on Religion and Society "Jensons's work is always theologically incisive. This study of Jonathan Edwards is not an exception. It is a penetrating analysis of the radical monotheism espoused by the premier theologian in America's history, and it calls into question many of the platitudes in our public talk about the nation, the self, and God."--Robert Scharlemann, University of Virginia "A thoughtful book, marked by stylistic flair and impressive textual analysis."--Journal of Religion, "Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing a clarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, the relation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion of God....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators on contemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."--William and Mary Quarterly "Jenson uncovers a remarkable convergence between Edwards' theological approach and context and his own....Jenson's insights into Edwards' thought in itself and its possibilities as an alternative vision for the American church and society make the book well worth pondering by all dissatisfied heirs of the Enlightenment, whether Edwardsian or not."--First Things "In this luminous work of scholarship Robert Jenson helps us recognize Jonathan Edwards not only as our contemporary but as an intellectual force drawing us into a deeper conversation."--Robert John Neuhaus,Rockford Institute Center on Religion and Society "Jensons's work is always theologically incisive. This study of Jonathan Edwards is not an exception. It is a penetrating analysis of the radical monotheism espoused by the premier theologian in America's history, and it calls into question many of the platitudes in our public talk about the nation, the self, and God."--Robert Scharlemann,University of Virginia "A thoughtful book, marked by stylistic flair and impressive textual analysis."--Journal of Religion, "In this luminous work of scholarship Robert Jenson helps us recognize Jonathan Edwards not only as our contemporary but as an intellectual force drawing us into a deeper conversation."--Robert John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute Center on Religion and Society, "A thoughtful book, marked by stylistic flair and impressive textual analysis."--Journal of Religion, "Certainly the best one thus far on Edwars's theology....Jenson has been able to achieve this feat thanks above all to an extraordinarily insightful and close reading of the unpublished Miscellanies and also of the much-neglected History of the Work of Redemption."--Church History, "Jenson is a provocative writer....The book is filled with quotations fromlittle-known Edwards materials, and serves as an excellent secondary source forseminary students. There is no longer any excuse for us to know more aboutnineteenth century Berlin than we do about early Princeton....Jenson has givenus easy access to this authentic American theological tradition."--SouthwesternJournal of Theology, "Jenson is a provocative writer....The book is filled with quotations from little-known Edwards materials, and serves as an excellent secondary source for seminary students. There is no longer any excuse for us to know more about nineteenth century Berlin than we do about earlyPrinceton....Jenson has given us easy access to this authentic American theological tradition."--Southwestern Journal of Theology, "Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing aclarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, therelation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion ofGod....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators oncontemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."--William and MaryQuarterly, "A book commendable in its scope, admirable in its organization, and suggestive in its content. For all upper-division undergraduate libraries, seminary libraries, and collections specializing in American studies."--Choice, "A sparkling, lively, enthusiastic but properly critical study of thegreatest Reformed theologian North America has yet produced by the outstandingdogmatician working today in the American Lutheran Church."--Scottish Journal ofTheology, "A sparkling, lively, enthusiastic but properly critical study of the greatest Reformed theologian North America has yet produced by the outstanding dogmatician working today in the American Lutheran Church."--Scottish Journal of Theology, "Jenson has deeply mined the available Edwards material, bringing a clarity of exposition to that author's views on personal freedom, sin, the relation of personhood to community, the purpose of history, and the notion of God....This engaging book should be read and enjoyed by commentators on contemporary American culture as well as Edwards enthusiasts."--William and Mary Quarterly"Jenson uncovers a remarkable convergence between Edwards' theological approach and context and his own....Jenson's insights into Edwards' thought in itself and its possibilities as an alternative vision for the American church and society make the book well worth pondering by all dissatisfied heirs of the Enlightenment, whether Edwardsian or not."--First Things"In this luminous work of scholarship Robert Jenson helps us recognize Jonathan Edwards not only as our contemporary but as an intellectual force drawing us into a deeper conversation."--Robert John Neuhaus, Rockford Institute Center on Religion and Society"Jensons's work is always theologically incisive. This study of Jonathan Edwards is not an exception. It is a penetrating analysis of the radical monotheism espoused by the premier theologian in America's history, and it calls into question many of the platitudes in our public talk about the nation, the self, and God."--Robert Scharlemann, University of Virginia"A thoughtful book, marked by stylistic flair and impressive textual analysis."--Journal of Religion
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Dewey Decimal
230/.58/0924
Synopsis
This provocative study of the life and work of Jonathan Edwards argues that although Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment, he was also a discerning critic of it, able to use Enlightenment thought in his theology without yielding to its mechanistic and individualistic tendencies. Edward's radical position stood as a corrective to the overall impact of the Enlightenment on America., A great deal has recently been written about Jonathan Edwards. Most of it, however, does not make central Edwards's own intention to speak truth about God and the human situation; his systematic theological intention is regarded merely as an historical phenomenon. In this book, Robert Jenson provides a different sort of interpretation, asking not only, "Why was Edwards great?" but also, "Was Edwards right?" As a student of the ideas of Newton and Locke, Jenson argues, Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment; but unlike most other Americans, he was also a discerning critic of it, and was able to use Enlightenment thought in his theology without yielding to its mechanistic and individualistic tendencies. Alone among Christian thinkers of the Enlightenment, Edwards conceived an authentically Christian piety and a creative theology not in spite of Newton and Locke but by virtue of them. Jenson sees Edwards's understanding as a radical corrective to what commitment to the Enlightenment brought about in American life, religious and otherwise. Perhaps, Jenson proposes, recovery of Edwards's vision might make the mutual determination of American culture and American Christianity more fruitful than it has yet been., The author argues that Jonathan Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment, having thoroughly absorbed the thought of Newton and Locke. Unlike most other Americans, however, Edwards was also a discerning critic of the Enlightenment. He was able, therefore, to use Enlightenment thought in his theology without yielding to its mechanistic and individualistic tendencies. Jenson sees Edwards's understanding as a radical corrective to what commitment to the Enlightenment later wrought in American life, religious and otherwise. He argues that weaknesses in the common American faiths (a trivial evangelicalism or a deistical secularism) can be remedied by a recovery of Edwards's vision, and that weaknesses in American public moral discourse could likewise be remedied by a reaffirmation of Edwards's God as the source and goal of all human existence.
LC Classification Number
BX7260.E3J45 1988
Copyright Date
1988
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