The other Jonathan Edwards : selected writings on society, love, and justice

The other Jonathan Edwards : selected writings on society, love, and justice / edited by Gerald McDermott and Ronald Story.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
Other Authors: Story, Ronald (Editor), McDermott, Gerald R. (Gerald Robert) (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Sermons, American > 18th century.
Congregational churches > United States > Sermons.
Congregational churches > Doctrines > Early works to 1800.
Theology > Early works to 1800.
RELIGION > Sermons > Christian.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Congregational churches
Congregational churches > Doctrines
Sermons, American
Theology
United States
Early works
Sermons
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Works.
Table of Contents:
  • Sermon : "Living peaceably one with another" (1723) Edwards's youthful strain of communitarian idealism
  • Miscellanies notebook : "The millennium (1723, 1726) Early social and political commentary
  • Images of divine things (1738) Gravity as a type of love
  • Sermon : "Sin and wickedness bring calamity and misery" (1729) The national covenant
  • Sermon : "Envious men" (1730) On status-seeking and its social implications
  • Sermon : "The state of public affairs" (1731-32) God deals not only with individuals but also with whole societies
  • Sermon : "The duty of charity to the poor" (1733) On the duty of Christians and the state to assist the underprivileged
  • Sermon : "The excellency of Christ" (1736) Christ's humility and love
  • Sermon : "Charity contrary to a selfish spirit" (1738) The beauty of love in community
  • Sermon : "Long-suffering and kindness" (1738) Dealing with injuries from others
  • Sermon : "Heaven is a world of love" (1738) The society of heaven is everything our society ought to be
  • A history of the work of redemption : "The millennium (1739); Miscellanies notebook : "The millennium" (1740) Times of great peace and love
  • Sermon : "Mercy and not sacrifice" (1740) Moral duties an essential part of religion
  • "A church covenant" (1742) Strict regard to rules of honesty, justice, and uprightness
  • Sermon : "The duties of Christians in a time of war" (1745) The possibility and conditions of just war
  • Treatise concerning religious affections (1746) On Christian character
  • Sermon : "A strong rod broken and withered" (1748) The qualities of a good political leader
  • Sermon : "Farewell sermon" (1750) Someday we shall all meet again
  • Letter to Speaker Thomas Hubbard (1751) Caring for Indians
  • Moral philosophy : the nature of true virtue (1756-57) What is true virtue?

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