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One holy and happy society : the public theology of Jonathan Edwards /

Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was arguably this country's greatest theologian and its finest philosopher before the nineteenth century. His school of disciples (the "New Divinity") exerted enormous influence on the religious and political cultures of late colonial and early republican Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McDermott, Gerald R. (Gerald Robert)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 God's Manner with a Covenant People: The National Covenant
  • The City on a Hill
  • New England as Redeemer Nation?
  • Final Assessment
  • 2 That Glorious Work of God and the Beautiful Society: The Premillennial Age and the Millennium
  • Edwards's Entertainment and Delight
  • The Shape of the Millennium
  • Chronology
  • Millennial Geography
  • Millennial Religion
  • Millennial Society
  • Millennial Economics
  • Knowledge and Technology
  • Politics
  • That Glorious Work of God: The Premillennial Revivals
  • America's Role
  • The Significance of Edwards's Millennialism
  • 3 Private Affection and Publick Spirit: The Edwardsean Social Ethic
  • God and Being
  • Virtue and the System of Being
  • Christian Love and Virtue
  • God's Presence in One's Neighbor and the Poor
  • 4 The Importance and Functions of Strong Rods: Edwards on the Magistracy
  • Beyond Country Ideology
  • The Importance and Functions of Public Authority
  • 5 The Priviledges and Duties of Subjects: A Theology of Citizenship
  • A Society Sweetly United
  • Men May Love Their Country
  • You That Are ... Not Much Accounted Of
  • Edwards's Theology of the Christian Citizen and the New Nation
  • 6 In Retrospect
  • Limitations
  • Contributions
  • Final Remarks
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Primary Sources
  • Manuscripts
  • Published Works
  • Secondary Sources
  • Books
  • Articles and Essays
  • Dissertations
  • Index