Jonathan Edwards's Writings : Text, Context, Interpretation / edited by Stephen J. Stein by Edwards, Jonathan - 1996

Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996. xix, [4], 4-219 p. ; 24 cm. Selected papers from a June 1994 conference at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Contents: Part I. Text: Integrating Unpublished Manuscripts and Public Texts 1. Brides of Christ and Signs of Grace: Edwards's Sermon Series on the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. Eva Chamberlain. 2. Misrepresentations Corrected: Jonathan Edwards and the Regulation of Religious Discourse. Christopher Grasso. 3. The Deist Connection: Jonathan Edwards and Islam. Gerald R. McDermott. 4. The Other Unfinished "Great Work": Jonathan Edwards, Messianic Prophecy, and "The Harmony of the Old and New Testament." Kenneth P. Minkema Part II. Context: Interpreting Texts and Identifying Influences 5. "The Death of the Prophet Lamented": The Legacy of Solomon Stoddard. Paul R. Lucas. 6. The Godly Will's Discerning: Shepard, Edwards, and the Identification of True Godliness. William K. B. Stoever. 7. Did Berkeley Influence Edwards? Their Common Critique of the Moral Sense Theory. Ricahrd A.S. Hall. 8. Perception and Love in Religious Affections. Wayne Proudfoot Part III. Interpretation: Identifying and Claiming the Edwardsian Tradition. 9. Nathaniel William Taylor and the Edwardsian Tradition: A Reassessment. Douglas A. Sweeney. 10. Oberlin Perfectionism and Its Edwardsian Origins, 1835-1870. Allen C. Guelzo. 11. "Reason for a Hope": Evangelical Women Making Sense of Late-Edwardsian Calvinism. Genevieve McCoy. 12. Edwards A. Park and the Creation of the New England Theology, 1840-1870. Joseph Conforti. Index.. Indiana Uiversity Press HC Reprint. Red Cloth. Fine.