Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

edited by Rhys Bezzant and contributions by Rhys Bezzant, Kenneth P. Minkema, Adriaan C. Neele, Ryan Hoselton, Willem van Vlastuin, Kin Yip Louie, Jan Stievermann and Joel Burnell

Book cover: Edwards, Germany, and Transatlantic Contexts

Extent: 198 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, German Studies, Religious Studies

Series: New Directions in Jonathan Edwards Studies

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2021)

ISBN: 9783525554616

6.06 x 9.06 inches

Price: $115.00

In stock

Jonathan Edwards engaged in notable ways with the church in Germany through his writings on spirituality, theology and missiology, but this contribution has rarely been acknowledged in academic publications. In this book scholars who have an interest in both Edwards and the church in Europe offer contributions to a significant worldwide conversation on Edwards’s texts and teachings. He found an ally in Martin Luther, sought out encouragement from German Pietists, and engaged with Western traditions of philosophy which proved useful in sharpening subsequent reflection on God’s work in the world. Edwards was not just a remote colonial American pastor, but an active participant in the transatlantic republic of letters and contributed to the birth of the global missions movement, for which the church in Germany was itself a significant base.

  • Contributions by Rhys Bezzant
  • Contributions by Joel Burnell
  • Contributions by Ryan Hoselton
  • Contributions by Kin Yip Louie
  • Contributions by Kenneth P Minkema
  • Contributions by Adriaan C Neele
  • Contributions by Jan Stievermann
  • Contributions by Willem van Vlastuin
  • Edited by Rhys Bezzant