Jonathan Edwards and His Understanding of Revival
From an early age Jonathan Edwards became intellectually equipped for the task of defining theology of the revival movements of North America. As a revivalist Edwards came from a Calvinistic theological tradition and moved along the plane of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritan theology. Thro...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sciendo, De Gruyter
2019
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Perichoresis
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: S1, Pages: 37-54 |
IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBQ North America KDG Free church NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit RH Evangelization; Christian media RJ Mission; missiology |
Further subjects: | B
Revival
theology
Calvinistic
religious controversies
evangelistic
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Summary: | From an early age Jonathan Edwards became intellectually equipped for the task of defining theology of the revival movements of North America. As a revivalist Edwards came from a Calvinistic theological tradition and moved along the plane of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritan theology. Through his studies and meditations on God’s Word Edwards realised that the great need of his time was for a change in the way the old doctrine of sovereignty needed to be understood. The realisation of this fact led him to produce an explicitly and consistently Calvinistic theology of revival. For Edwards revival times represented unusual and extraordinary times. In his eyes, revival is a glorious and wonderful working of God when the Spirit of God is poured out in a far greater and more glorious measure. |
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ISSN: | 2284-7308 |
Contains: | In: Perichoresis
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2478/perc-2019-0003 |