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Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745–1801) is often portrayed as a spiritless preacher who drove away his congregation with metaphysical abstractions. Accordingly, this received caricature describes Edwards Jr. as distorting the Edwardsean legacy. This negative caricature of Edwards Jr wa…

This dissertation contributes to the study of American Christianity by tracing the apocalyptic thought of New England evangelical Calvinism from Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) to Lyman Beecher (1775-1863). Covering the period of the First Great Awakening in the eighteenth century …

Jonathan Edwards marks a pivotal transition in the history of Christian spirituality. During an era of rapid change, Edwards sought to preserve his Puritan tradition, but through his creative defense, reshaped that heritage in the forge of disruptive revival. In the history of C…