Jonathan Edwards: America's Evangelical

Gura, Philip F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809030314 ISBN 13: 9780809030316

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 2005

A new biography of the great American evangelical preacher and writer dissects his enduring legacy and discusses the reasons why his theology of conversion remains vibrant even in the twenty-first century.

Review:

"If you are looking for a short biography of Jonathan Edwards that is both accessible and deeply informed, look no further. This book is it."

A gauntlet-throwing biography...controversial, and a quick, enjoyable read. Gura will grab at least some of the audience of armchair-history-lovers that professional historians always claim they want to reach. "Kirkus"

Gura's brilliant cultural history of Edwards and his times splendidly reveals a side of the evangelist that has often been overlooked. "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

Gura puts into perspective not only problems in today's churches but also personal religious experiences while also illustrating Edwards's cogent thinking in a transatlantic discourse that addressed free will, election, and the sovereignty of God...Recommended for large libraries. "Library Journal""

"A gauntlet-throwing biography...controversial, and a quick, enjoyable read. Gura will grab at least some of the audience of armchair-history-lovers that professional historians always claim they want to reach." --Kirkus

"Gura's brilliant cultural history of Edwards and his times splendidly reveals a side of the evangelist that has often been overlooked." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Gura puts into perspective not only problems in today's churches but also personal religious experiences while also illustrating Edwards's cogent thinking in a transatlantic discourse that addressed free will, election, and the sovereignty of God...Recommended for large libraries." --Library Journal

About the Author:

Philip F. Gura is Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of The Wisdom of Words: Language, Theology, and Literature in the American Renaissance and A Glimpse of Sion's Glory: Puritan Radicalism in New England, 1620-1660, and editor, with Joel Myerson, of Critical Essays on American Transcendentalism.