One Holy and Happy Society : : The Public Theology of Jonathan Edwards / / Gerald McDermott.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©1992
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. God's Manner with a Covenant People: The National Covenant
  • 2. That Glorious Work of God and the Beautiful Society: The Premillennial Age and the Millennium
  • 3. Private Affection and Publick Spirit: The Edwardsean Social Ethic
  • 4. The Importance and Functions of Strong Rods: Edwards on the Magistracy
  • 5. The Priviledges and Duties of Subjects: A Theology of Citizenship
  • 6. In Retrospect
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index