Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians

by Oliver D. Crisp

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2015

Overview

Though Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is widely regarded as America’s most important theologian, very few people are actually familiar with his theology. In this book Oliver Crisp helpfully elucidates key themes in Edwards’s thought.

Treating Edwards as a constructive theologian with serious philosophical interests, Crisp explains Edwards’s thinking on such matters as the Trinity, creation, original sin, free will, and preaching. Crisp underscores the innovative nature of Edwards’s work by bringing his thought into dialogue with other major Christian theologians such as Anselm and Arminius.

What emerges from Crisp’s Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians is a complex, multifaceted picture of Edwards as a highly original, significant thinker who sometimes pressed at the very limits of orthodoxy and whose theological thought remains strikingly relevant today.

Key Features

• Explores key themes of Edwards’s thought
• Examines Edwards’s work in dialogue with other great Christian theologians of the past
• Addresses tensions in Edwards’s work between received tradition and theological construction

Table of Contents

• Edwards and Reformed Theology
• Anselm and Edwards on the Doctrine of God
• Edwards on the Excellence of the Trinity
• Arminius and Edwards on Creation
• Girardeau and Edwards on Free Will
• Edwards on Original Sin: Another Look
• Bellamy and Edwards on the Atonement
• Edwards on Preaching
• On the Orthodoxy of Jonathan Edwards

Praise for the Print Edition

This study offers a wealth of insight into Edwards and his importance for theology—past and present. Readers will welcome the clarity and precision of Crisp’s presentation—even when discussing complex theological questions. . . . Readers looking for a thoughtful introduction to and careful analysis of Edwards’s theology will find this in Crisp’s very fine book.

—Theological Studies

Oliver Crisp is leading the way among constructive theologians who are engaging Jonathan Edwards as a serious interlocutor. This book showcases Crisp at his finest, never parroting Edwards’s teaching but, rather, following his model of occasional, contextual, and critical adaptation of the insights of the past in relation to the challenges we face in the present. Edwards still has much to offer even the most contemporary theologians.

—Douglas A. Sweeney, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

This collection of essays by a recognized Edwardsean scholar makes a helpful contribution to the study of this important figure in American evangelical history.

—Bibliotheca Sacra

Product Details

• Title: Jonathan Edwards among the Theologians
• Author: Oliver D. Crisp
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758; Reformed Church › Doctrines
• ISBNs: 9780802871725, 0802871720
• Resource ID: LLS:JNEDWRDSTHLGNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-21T21:21:48Z

About Oliver D. Crisp

Oliver D. Crisp attended the Wimbledon School of Art and the University of Aberdeen before completing his Ph.D. at King’s College, University of London on the philosophical theology of Jonathan Edwards. He has taught at the University of St. Andrews, the University of Notre Dame, and Regent College. He is currently a Reader in Theology at the University of Bristol.