Understanding Affections in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards

“The High Exercises of Divine Love”

Dr Ryan J. Martin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2018
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-68224-6 (ISBN)

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This volume argues that the notion of “affections” discussed by Jonathan Edwards (and Christian theologians before him) means something very different from what contemporary English speakers now call “emotions.” and that Edwards’s notions of affections came almost entirely from traditional Christian theology in general and the Reformed tradition in particular.
Ryan J. Martin demonstrates that Christian theologians for centuries emphasized affection for God, associated affections with the will, and distinguished affections from passions; generally explaining affections and passions to be inclinations and aversions of the soul. This was Edwards’s own view, and he held it throughout his entire ministry. Martin further argues that Edwards’s view came not as a result of his reading of John Locke, or the pressures of the Great Awakening (as many Edwardsean scholars argue), but from his own biblical interpretation and theological education. By analysing patristic, medieval and post-medieval thought and the journey of Edwards’s psychology, Martin shows how, on their own terms, pre-modern Christians historically defined and described human psychology.

Ryan J. Martin is Pastor of First Baptist Church of Granite Falls, MN, USA.

Foreword by Ken Minkema (Jonathan Edwards Center & Online Archive, Yale University, USA)
Acknowledgments
Note on Text
The Yale University Press Edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: Lost in Translation: The Problem of Edwards, Affections, and Emotions
Chapter 2: Human Affections in Patristic and Medieval Theology
Chapter 3: Human Affections in Post-Medieval Thought
Chapter 4: Young Jonathan Edwards’s Education in Affections
Chapter 5: Jonathan Edwards’s Early Psychology
Chapter 6: Enthusiasm, Passions and the Great Awakening Disputes over the Role of Affections in Religion
Chapter 7: Affections and Christian Apology: The Later Psychology of Jonathan Edwards
Chapter 8: Toward a Theology of Affections
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2018
Reihe/Serie	T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	584 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-567-68224-2 / 0567682242
ISBN-13	978-0-567-68224-6 / 9780567682246
Zustand	Neuware