REDEMPTIVE HISTORY AS A PARADIGM FOR JONATHAN EDWARDS’ EXPOSITION OF MIRACLES
With the rise of deism in the eighteenth-century many theologians produced defenses of supernatural religion. At the same time many in the Reformed Scholastic tradition explained miracles as part of their overall theological system, without regard for apologetic questions. Unfortunately, these two d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2014
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Jonathan Edwards studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-20 |
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American Religious History
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| Summary: | With the rise of deism in the eighteenth-century many theologians produced defenses of supernatural religion. At the same time many in the Reformed Scholastic tradition explained miracles as part of their overall theological system, without regard for apologetic questions. Unfortunately, these two discussions rarely converged. In Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) we find one of the few Reformed theologians of his day who fully developed a defense and theology of miracles. Even so his contribution has gone largely unnoticed. This can be accounted for by the fact that his entire corpus has only recently been made available, and that his thoughts on miracles are scattered throughout his writings. In this essay we will mainly explore two components of Edwards’ understanding of miracles. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-6875 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Jonathan Edwards studies
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