"Self-Deception as a Theological Problem in Jonathan Edwards's "Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

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ID3384401
AutoresAva Chamberlain (Yale University, autor de correspondencia)
Año1994
Volumen63
Número4
Páginas541-556
Fecha de publicación1994-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaChurch History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3167629
OpenAlexW2143976423
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas12

Like many great theologians, Jonathan Edwards was a polemicist. Although he kept extensive personal notebooks in which he developed his views concerning scripture interpretation and doctrinal theology, in most instances he did not publish these views without the catalyst afforded by theological controversy. Throughout the course of Edwards's ministry Arminianism was his constant foe. In the 1730s he published a number of anti-Arminian sermons and actively opposed the ordination of Robert Breck, an Arminian sympathizer. He also viewed the revivals as falling within the scope of this anti-Arminian polemic. InFaithful Narrative(1737) he expressed concern over the spread of Arminianism in the Connecticut Valley and portrayed the revival as working directly against this tendency. Likewise inSome Thoughts(1743) he predicted that the activity of the Holy Spirit in the revivals would "entirely overthrow their scheme of religion" and suggested, "Now is a good time for Arminians to change their principles." In the late 1740s on several occasions he recorded his intention to write "something particularly and largely on the Arminian controversy, in distinct discourses on the various points in dispute." Although he was temporarily distracted from this proposed project by the communion controversy in Northampton, he began to carry it out soon after the move to Stockbridge, publishingFreedom of the Willin 1754

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