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Biographical Introduction
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is infamous for his extreme Calvinist theology in general (according to the Oxford dictionary) and his doctrine of double predestination in particular exemplified by The Freedom of the Will (1754). Edwards famous fire and brimstone sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741) we tremendously influential during the Great […]
Related: Aaron Burr, An Humble Inquiry, An Humble Inquiry into the Rules of the Word of God, Concerning the End for which God Created the World, David Brainerd, Discourse on the Trinity, freedom of the will, George Marsden, Great Awakening, infant baptism, infant communion, John Locke, Jonathan Edwards, misrepresentations corrected, Mohican Indians, narrative of communion controversy, Oliver Crisp, paedobaptism, paedocommunion, Panentheism, pantheism, postmillennialism, Sarah Pierpont, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Slavery, Slaves, Solomon Stoddard, Spider Letter, The Life of David Brainerd, Timothy Edwards, Unpublished Essay on the Trinity
Jonathan Edwards: a slave-owner who purchased slaves and defended slavery (November 24, 2018)
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was an influential American theologian, philosopher, revivalist, missionary, and chancellor. Jonathan Edwards was also a racist. Jonathan Edwards owned slaves like his father Timothy Edwards, and personally purchased slaves himself, and defended a minister's right to own slaves against abolitionists protesters, and according to George Marsden, Edwards […]
James H. Cone on the Gospel and Liberation Theology (January 12, 2015)
Liberation Theology is at the heart of the Gospel, and is the task of setting captives free of bondage. Deliverance from slavery is the constant theme from the beginning of the Bible and throughout Church History until today. It is God delivering the Israelites out of the Egyptian captivity by […]