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Edwards On The Will: A Century Of American Theological Debate, Allen C. Guelzo
Edwards On The Will: A Century Of American Theological Debate, Allen C. Guelzo
Gettysburg College Faculty Books
Jonathan Edwards towered over his contemporaries--a man over six feet tall and a figure of theological stature--but the reasons for his power have been a matter of dispute. Edwards on the Will offers a persuasive explanation. In 1753, after seven years of personal trials, which included dismissal from his Northampton church, Edwards submitted a treatise, Freedom of the Will, to Boston publishers. Its impact on Puritan society was profound. He had refused to be trapped either by a new Arminian scheme that seemed to make God impotent or by a Hobbesian natural determinism that made morality an illusion. He …
Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 4, No. 7, Augustus W. Bomberger, Jonathan L. Fluck
Ursinus College Bulletin Vol. 4, No. 7, Augustus W. Bomberger, Jonathan L. Fluck
Ursinus College Bulletin, 1885-1902
A digitized copy of the April 1888 Ursinus College Bulletin.