Jonathan Edwards's Philosophy of History : The Reenchantment of the World in the Age of Enlightenment /

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Avihu Zakai analyzes Jonathan Edwards's redemptive mode of historical thought in the context of the Enlightenment. As theologian and philosopher, Edwards has long been a towering figure in American intellectual history. Nevertheless, and despite Edwards's intense engagement with the nature...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zakai, Avihu (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758 > Et l'histoire de la philosophie.
Edwards, Jonathan, > 1703-1758.
Christendom.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Geschiedfilosofie.
History > Philosophy.
Enlightenment.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
Siecle des Lumieres.
Histoire > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A short intellectual biography
  • Young man Edwards : religious conversion and Theologica gloriae
  • Theology in the age of scientific reasoning : Edwards and the reenchantment of the world
  • The ideological origins of Edwards's philosophy of history
  • God's great design in history : the formation of Edwards's redemptive mode of historical thought
  • Edwards's philosophy of history : the history of the work of redemption
  • "Chariots of salvation" : the apocalypse and eschatology of the Great Awakening
  • Edwards and the enlightenment debate on moral philosophy.

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