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One Holy and Happy Society: The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards

The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards [Paperback]

by R McDermott gerald

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Pennsylvania State University Press

    • Published

      September 1992

    • Weight

      323g

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      One Holy and Happy Society: The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards

      Today's Price £39.15

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      Product Description

      Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was arguably this country's greatest theologian and its finest philosopher before the nineteenth century. His school if disciples (the "New Divinity") exerted enormous influence on the religious and political cultures of late colonial and early republican America. Hence any study of religion and politics in early America must take account of this theologian and his legacy. Yet historians still regard Edward's social theory as either nonexistent or underdeveloped. Gerald McDermott demonstrates, to the contrary, that Edwards was very interested in the social and political affairs of his day, and commented upon them at length in his unpublished sermons and private notebooks. McDermott shows that Edwards thought deeply about New England's status under God, America's role in the millennium, the nature and usefulness of patriotism, the duties of a good magistrate, and what it means to be a good citizen. In fact, his sociopolitical theory was at least as fully developed as that of his better-known contemporaries and more progressive in its attitude toward citizens' rights. Using unpublished manuscripts that have previously been largely ignored, McDermott also convincingly challenges generations of scholarly opinion about Edwards. The Edwards who emerges from this book is both less provincial and more this-worldly than the persona he is commonly given. Gerald R. McDermott is Assistant Professor of Religion at Roanoke College.

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      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        Pennsylvania State University Press

      • Published

        September 1992

      • Weight

        323g

      • Page Count

        216

      • Dimensions

        152 x 230 x 13 mm

      • ISBN

        9780271028958

      • ISBN-10

        0271028955

      • Eden Code

        1202944

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      • ISBN: 9780271028958

      • Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press

      • Release Date: September 1992

      • Weight: 323g

      • Dimensions: 152 x 230 x 13 mm

      • Eden Code: 1202944

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