Jonathan Edwards confronts the gods : Christian theology, Enlightenment religion, and non-Christian faiths /

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It has long been thought that Edwards's polemical arguments were aimed against Arminianism - a doctrine that denied the Calvinist idea of predestination. In this book, Gerald McDermott shows that Edwards's real target was a larger and more influential one, namely deism - the belief in a cr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDermott, Gerald R. (Gerald Robert)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Temas:
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758 > Contributions in relations of Christianity and other religions.
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758 > Contributions in theology of revelation.
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758.
1700-1799
Apologetics > United States > History > 18th century.
Deism > History > 18th century.
Christianity and other religions > 18th century.
Revelation > History of doctrines > 18th century.
Apologétique > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Déisme > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Christianisme > Relations > 18e siècle.
Révélation > Histoire des doctrines > 18e siècle.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Apologetics.
Apologetics.
Christianity.
Deism.
Interfaith relations.
Revelation > History of doctrines.
Revelation > Religious aspects.
Theologie van de godsdiensten.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Deists and the scandal of particularity
  • Edwards's war against Enlightenment religion
  • Our noblest faculty : the promise and limits of reason in religion
  • Signatures of divine majesty : the reason and mystery of revelation
  • Trickle-down revelation and religious entropy : the nature and history of religion
  • Parables in all nations : typology and the religions
  • A possibility of reconciliation : salvation and the "heathen"
  • Judaism : a light among the nations
  • Islam : the left arm of Antichrist
  • Greece and Rome : very noble and almost divine truths
  • American Indians : the devil sucks their blood
  • The Chinese philosophers : shadows of the Trinity.

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