After Jonathan Edwards: The Courses of the New England Theology
Oliver D. Crisp and Douglas A. Sweeney
Abstract
In the past half century there has been a significant amount of scholarly attention paid to the thought of Jonathan Edwards so that he is now one of the most studied figures in American history. Much less attention has been directed toward the theological movement that took its point of departure from Edwards, namely, the New England Theology. Yet this school of thought had a profound influence on the shape and character of nineteenth-century American theology, and it is to date the most important and influential indigenous theological movement in the history of the United States. This set of ... More
In the past half century there has been a significant amount of scholarly attention paid to the thought of Jonathan Edwards so that he is now one of the most studied figures in American history. Much less attention has been directed toward the theological movement that took its point of departure from Edwards, namely, the New England Theology. Yet this school of thought had a profound influence on the shape and character of nineteenth-century American theology, and it is to date the most important and influential indigenous theological movement in the history of the United States. This set of chapters by an international team of specialists in the philosophy, theology, and history of Edwards and the New England theology offers a fresh look at how Edwards’s ideas were transmitted, received, and reworked in the different phases of the life of the New England Theology. The chapters also trace the way in which his thought, and that of his intellectual progeny, had an international impact on the shape of theology in the UK, Europe, and Asia, and on present-day Reformed theology.
Keywords:
Jonathan Edwards,
New England Theology,
philosophy,
theology,
Reformed theology,
UK,
Europe,
Asia
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2012 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199756292 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2012 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756292.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Oliver D. Crisp, editor
Fuller Theological Seminary
Douglas A. Sweeney, editor
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
More
Less
