Selected Writings of Jonathan Edwards

Through the years Jonathan Edwards' place in American intellectual history has remained secure. As a theologian, he stands alone; as a philosopher his peers include only Emerson and William James. As one whose insights into the human condition penetrate to the deepest levels where literary artists do their work, only the likes of Hawthorne, Melville, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, and William Faulkner share his company. As relevant in our day as in his, the essays and sermons included here demonstrate Edwards far-ranging perspectives in theology, ethics, psychology, and aesthetics. As we have begun to question assumptions about the natural goodness and reasonableness of all individuals, Edwards' inter- pretation of Christian truths speaks more tellingly to us than ever before. His kind of theology is heard anew in American novels, plays, and poems; the re- counting of humankind's innocence and subsequent disaster, our beginning and end, provides the awesome background to what we read in newspaper headlines today. Modern readers of Edwards works will realize that his timeless vision indeed corroborates our own.

Consider this title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Reid, American Rhetorical Discourse, Second Edition (ISBN 0881338397).