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Unlike his father, who was a slave-owner, Jonathan Edwards the younger supported abolition of the slave trade and of slavery. His anti-slavery viewpoint was first evidenced in 1773, when he wrote a series of articles entitled “Some Observations upon the Slavery of Negroes” in the Connecticut Journal and the New-Haven Post-Boy ...
Jun 2, 2024 · Jonathan Edwards, greatest theologian and philosopher of British American Puritanism, stimulator of the religious revival known as the ‘Great Awakening,’ and one of the forerunners of the age of Protestant missionary expansion in the 19th century. Learn more about Edwards in this article.
Dec 1, 2017 · While there was at time tension between Jonathan Edwards and his father (e.g., over the preparationist view of conversion), the younger Edwards had a deep and abiding desire to love and honor his parents that was demonstrated throughout his life.
Jul 1, 2017 · Jonathan Edwards, was a Puritan Preacher in the 1700s. He was one of the most respected preachers in his day. He attended Yale at the age of thirteen and later went on to become the president of Princeton college.
Sep 25, 2020 · Jonathan Edwards the Younger, 1745-1801 : a colonial pastor. "Bibliography of the manuscript writings [and published works] of Jonathan Edwards the Younger": p. 184-194. Bibliography: p. 195-210.
Jonathan Edwards, a major American theologian and philosopher, was born in East Windsor, CT, on October 5, 1703, of a Congregational minister who educated Edwards until he entered Yale College at age 13.
Sep 1, 2004 · The legacy of Edwards’s life and thought, however, stands in stark contrast to the paucity of the remains of his homes and churches. In the nineteenth century, theologians and church leaders all vied for the claim to carry Edwards’s mantle, asserting to be his true heir.
