Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the hands of an angry God : a casebook / edited by Wilson H. Kimnach, Caleb J.D. Maskell, and Kenneth P. Minkema
- Author
- Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
- Published
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date
- ©2010
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xv, 204 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Kimnach, Wilson H., Maskell, Caleb J. D., and Minkema, Kenneth P.
Access Online
- Contents
- Introduction -- The story of sinners in the hands of an angry God / Wilson H. Kimnach -- A theological primer / Caleb J.D. Maskell -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God -- Companion texts by Edwards -- Of being (1721) -- The mind (1723) -- The "spider letter" (1723) -- The justice of God in the damnation of sinners (1735) -- An account of the late wonderful work of God (1735) -- Personal narrative (1740) -- Letter to Deborah Hatheway, a young convert (1741) -- Letters to his children -- To Mary Edwards (1749) -- To Timothy Edwards (1753) -- Some thoughts concerning the revival in New England (1743) -- Letter to Lady Mary Pepperrell (1751) -- Original sin (1758) -- Contemporary documents -- The danger of an unconverted ministry (1740) / Gilbert Tennent -- Letter from a visitor to Suffield, Connecticut (1741) -- Stephen Williams's eyewitness account of the preaching of sinners (1741) -- Eleazar Wheelock's pastoral letter about the preaching of sinners (1741) -- The late religious commotions in New England considered (1743) / William Rand -- Interpretations -- A complete history of Connecticut (1818) / Benjamin Trumbull -- The great awakening (1842) / Joseph Tracy -- The minister's wooing (1859) / Harriett Beecher Stowe -- Reflects on Edwards (1880) / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -- The tear-stained pages of Sinners (1897) / Alexander B. Grosart -- Mark Twain reads Edwards on the will (1902) -- Theodore Roosevelt on his wife's ancestor Jonathan Edwards (1916) -- Vernon l. Parrington on the tragedy of Edwards (1927) -- "Mr. Edwards and the spider" (1946) / Robert Lowell -- "The artistry of Jonathan Edwards" (1949) / Edwin H. Cady -- Perry Miller creates an Edwards for the twentieth century (1949) -- Billy Graham re-preaches Sinners (1949) -- "The anachronism of Jonathan Edwards" (1958) / H. Richard Niebuhr -- Two views of the Toronto Blessing and Edwards's place in the twenty-first century -- Catch the fire (1994) / Guy Chevreau -- Counterfeit revival (1997) / Hank Hanegraaff -- "Credo" (2008) / Marilynne Robinson.
- Summary
- Designed specifically for the classroom, this volume presents the accurate and definitive version of Sinners, accompanied by the tools necessary to study and teach this famous American sermon. With an introduction aimed at students and teachers and commentary that draws on fifty years of team editorial experience of Yale's Works of Jonathan Edwards, it provides both context and interpretation, and addresses the concerns and questions of a twenty-first century audience. The book contains questions for in-class discussion, a chronology of Edwards's life, and a glossary. In addition, curricular materials and video mini-presentations are available on a dedicated Web site. This casebook represents a innovative contribution to the art of teaching Edwards to a new generation of readers.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780300155006 (electronic bk.)
030015500X (electronic bk.)
9780300140385
030014038X - Note
- "Including the authoritative edition of the famous sermon."
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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