America's Theologian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Theologian write by Robert W. Jenson. This book was released on 1988-06-23. America's Theologian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A great deal has recently been written about Jonathan Edwards. Most of it, however, does not make central Edwards's own intention to speak truth about God and the human situation; his systematic theological intention is regarded merely as an historical phenomenon. In this book, Robert Jenson provides a different sort of interpretation, asking not only, "Why was Edwards great?" but also, "Was Edwards right?" As a student of the ideas of Newton and Locke, Jenson argues, Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment; but unlike most other Americans, he was also a discerning critic of it, and was able to use Enlightenment thought in his theology without yielding to its mechanistic and individualistic tendencies. Alone among Christian thinkers of the Enlightenment, Edwards conceived an authentically Christian piety and a creative theology not in spite of Newton and Locke but by virtue of them. Jenson sees Edwards's understanding as a radical corrective to what commitment to the Enlightenment brought about in American life, religious and otherwise. Perhaps, Jenson proposes, recovery of Edwards's vision might make the mutual determination of American culture and American Christianity more fruitful than it has yet been.
America's Dark Theologian
America's Dark Theologian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Dark Theologian write by Douglas E. Cowan. This book was released on 2018-06-12. America's Dark Theologian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. America's dark theologian: reading Stephen King religiously -- Thin spots: what peeks through the cracks in the world -- Deadfall: ghost stories as God-talk -- A jumble of blacks and whites: becoming religious -- Return to Ackerman's field: ritual and the unseen order -- Forty years in Maine: Stephen King and the varieties of religious experience -- If it be your will: theodicy, morality, and the nature of God -- The land beyond: cosmology and the never-ending questions
America's Theologian
America's Theologian - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Theologian write by Robert W. Jenson. This book was released on 1988. America's Theologian available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author argues that Edwards was very much a figure of the Enlightenment, but was able to use Enlightenment thought in his theology without yielding to its mechanistic and individualistic tendencies.
America's Theologian Beyond America
America's Theologian Beyond America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Theologian Beyond America write by Victor Zhu. This book was released on 2023. America's Theologian Beyond America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "While Edwards's theology has been studied extensively since 1950s, no published monograph on his millennialism is available. The standing controversial issues include Edwards's awareness of the millennial chronology and geography, his contributions to Puritan millennial thoughts, and the political or apolitical nature of his millennialism. Living in eighteenth-century New England Colony, Edwards was confronted with several theological and intellectual challenges, which include Arminianism, Arianism, Socinianism as well as Deism, humanistic rationalism and religious skepticism. In this context, Edwards went on developing his millennialism in light of his Christological, Judeo-centric and cosmic theological visions"--
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Abraham Lincoln write by Elton Trueblood. This book was released on 2012-11-13. Abraham Lincoln available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many writers have explored Lincoln's leadership; others have debated Lincoln's ambiguous religious identity. But in this classic work, Christian philosopher and statesman Elton Trueblood reveals how Lincoln's leadership skills flowed directly from his religious convictions—which explains how the president was able to combine what few leaders can hold together: moral resoluteness with a shrewd ability to compromise; confidence in his cause while refusing to succumb to the traps of self-righteousness or triumphalism; and a commitment to victory while never losing sight of his responsibility for—or the humanity of—his enemy. These rich meditations offer deep wisdom and insight on one of the most effective leaders of all time.
