Jonathan Edwards' early understanding of religious experience
Subtitle: his New York sermons, 1720-1723
By: Karin Spiecker Stetina ; with a foreword by Mark Noll
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780773414891
Subjects: Reformed Church; Doctrines; Experience (Religion); Sermons; Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Statement of Problem; title: History of Research on Jonathan Edwards; title: Some Major Philosophical and Theological Studies; title: Perry Miller; title: Conrad Cherry; title: Bruce Kuklick; title: Norman Fiering; title: Patricia Tracy; title: Research on Edwards' "Sense of the Heart"; title: Claude A. Smith; title: David Lyttle; title: Harold Simonson; title: R.C. DeProspo; title: Terrence Erdt; title: David Jacobson; title: William J. Wainwright; title: Wilson Kimnach; title: Thesis Statement, Procedure, and Method; title: ch. 1 Jonathan Edwards' Background; title: Religious Background, Education, Experience; title: Puritan Context; title: Puritan View of Conversion; title: General; title: William Perkins' Stages of Conversion; title: Solomon Stoddard; title: Timothy Edwards; title: Religious and Philosophic Education; title: Early Religious Education; title: Undergraduate Religious Background; title: Scriptural Training; title: Philosophic Education; title: Religious Experience at Yale and New York; title: Background of Edwards' Early Sermons; title: Puritan Preaching; title: Edwards' Preaching; title: Note continued: Edwards' New York Sermons; title: ch. 2 Encounter with the Spirit and Word; title: The Work of the Holy Spirit; title: Early View of the Word in Religious Experience; title: God's Word; title: The Word Conveys the Divine Reality; title: The Glory of God; title: Christ's Redemptive Work Revealed; title: Standard for True Holiness; title: The Wonders of Creation; title: The Future Promises; title: The Word in Harmony with Reason; title: The Result of the Word as the Mediator; title: Conclusion; title: ch. 3 The Experience of Redemption; title: The Need for Salvation; title: Human Nature; title: Soul Originally Created to Know and Serve God; title: The Depraved Nature of the Soul after the Fall; title: Requirements for Salvation; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Preparation for Salvation; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Conversion; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: Spiritual Illumination; title: Infusion of Grace; title: Awakened to the Glory of God; title: Saving Faith: Faith, Repentance, and Dedication; title: Note continued: The New York Sermons; title: Spiritual Illumination; title: Infusion of Grace; title: Awakened to the Glory of God; title: Saving Faith: Faith, Repentance, and Dedication; title: Justification; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: Union with Christ; title: The Imputation of Christ's Righteousness; title: The Renewal of the Image of God; title: The Holy Spirit as the Vital Principle; title: Revival of the Will, Affections, Understanding; title: The New Sense; title: The New York Sermons; title: Union with Christ; title: Imputation of Christ's Righteousness; title: The Renewal of the Image of God; title: The Holy Spirit as the Vital Principle; title: Revival of the Will, Affections, Understanding; title: The New Sense; title: Conclusion; title: ch. 4 Sanctification and Glorification; title: Christian Freedom, Repentance, Dedication; title: Christian Liberty; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: Freedom from Sin, Satan, and Fear; title: Freedom to Serve and Commune with God; title: The New York Sermons; title: Freedom from Sin, Satan, and Fear; title: Note continued: Freedom to Serve and Commune with God; title: Constant Repentance and Renewed Dedication; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: Constant Repentance; title: Continual Rededication to God; title: The New York Sermons; title: Constant Repentance; title: Continual Rededication to God; title: Continued Reforming of Soul; title: Growth of the Sense of the Divine; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Conforming the Soul to the Image of God; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Love of God and Holiness; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Transformed Life; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Christian Happiness; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: The Longing for Glorification; title: Resurrection and Complete Transformation; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Glory; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: The New York Sermons; title: Everlasting Happiness; title: Edwards' Personal Writings; title: Note continued: The New York Sermons; title: Conclusion; title: Conclusion: Edwards' Public Expression of his Personal Understanding of Religious Experience; title: Summary of Early View; title: The Continuation of Edwards' Early View; title: A Divine and Supernatural Light; title: Religious Affections; title: The Nature of True Virtue; title: Conclusion.