A Jonathan Edwards Reader - Hardcover

"Jonathan Edwards remains unequaled among North American theologians. These selections exemplify his special traits: eloquence, knowledge of the human heart, and metaphysical passion for complex beauty in nature, God, and Being-in-general." "Selections ... representative of both the public and the private Edwards ... give readers a nuanced introduction to Edwards and his time as well as an accessible entree to the whole body of his work." "The most comprehensive one-volume Edwards anthology ever assembled." "Selections . . . representative of both the public and the private Edwards . . . give readers a nuanced introduction to Edwards and his time as well as an accessible entre to the whole body of his work."

Providing excerpts from his previously published and unpublished writings, this volume is a collection of selected compositions by one of America's early theologians and philosophers. It is aimed at scholars, students and those interested in early American history and religion.