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- Title
Jonathan Edwards and the Transatlantic World of Books.
- Authors
Thuesen, Peter J.
- Abstract
The following is the inaugural lecture delivered at the opening of the Jonathan Edwards Center Germany in the Heidelberg Center for American Studies at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg on July 11, 2012. Edwards' two manuscript book lists (his "Catalogue" and "Account Book"), along with the many book references in his other writings, reveal a bibliographical universe that was profoundly transatlantic and thus inextricably linked to European developments. The lecture makes five points regarding the transatlantic nature of Edwards' book world: (1) Edwards' native theological language was the scholasticism of post- Reformation Reformed orthodoxy. (2) Edwards' entire career was defined by the tension between Reformed orthodoxy and Enlightenment latitude. (3) Edwards was an eager participant in two transatlantic republics of letters-one secular, one evangelical. (4) Edwards' worldview was deeply colored by European politics. (5) We have more to learn about Edwards and his books.
- Subjects
EDWARDS, Jonathan, 1703-1758; LECTURES &; lecturing; MANUSCRIPTS; RECOMMENDED books; SCHOLASTICISM (Theology); ENLIGHTENMENT; ABBOTT, Lyman
- Publication
Jonathan Edwards Studies, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
2159-6875
- Publication type
Article