Communion in the Spirit: The Holy Spirit as the Bond of Union in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Studies in Evangelical History and Thought) - Softcover

Caldwell Lll, Robert W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556352387 ISBN 13: 9781556352386

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

While he was well known for his lifelong fascination with the nature of religious experience, the colonial American pastor and theologian Jonathan Edwards is seldom associated with a specifically Trinitarian spirituality. This study explores the central connections Edwards drew between his doctrines of religious experience and the Trinity: the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Edwards envisioned the Spirit's inter-Trinitarian work as the affectionate bond of union between the Father and the Son, a work that, he argued, is reduplicated in a finite way in the work of redemption. Salvation is ultimately all about being drawn in love into the Trinitarian life of the Godhead. This study takes us through the major regions of Edwards's theology, including his Trinitarianism, his doctrine of the end for which God created the world, his Christology, and his doctrines of justification, sanctification, and glorification, to demonstrate the centrality of the Holy Spirit throughout his theology.

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About the Author

Raised in western New York state, Robert W. Caldwell III was educated at Northwestern University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School where he specialized in the theology of Jonathan Edwards. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Church History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1556352387
• ISBN 13: 9781556352386
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238