Jonathan Edwards

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Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.

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instanceOf American
Calvinist theologian
Christian preacher
person
philosopher
theologian
academicDegree Master of Arts
almaMater Yale College
linked to: Yale University
causeOfDeath smallpox
centuryOfActivity 18th century
child Esther Edwards
Jonathan Edwards Jr.
linked to: Jonathan Edwards
countryOfBirth British America
linked to: Colonial America
dateOfBirth 1703-10-05
dateOfDeath 1758-03-22
educatedAt Collegiate School (Yale College)
linked to: Yale University
employer College of New Jersey
Northampton church
familyName Edwards
fieldOfWork Christian philosophy
homiletics
theology
givenName Jonathan
influenced American evangelicalism
Reformed theology in North America
influencedBy John Calvin
Puritan theology
linked to: Puritanism
knownFor Reformed evangelical theology
influence on American evangelicalism
leading figure in the First Great Awakening
philosophical defense of Calvinist doctrines
language English
movement First Great Awakening
linked to: Great Awakening
notableWork A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The Freedom of the Will
The Nature of True Virtue
occupation college president
missionary
pastor
parent Esther Stoddard Edwards
Timothy Edwards
placeOfBirth East Windsor, Connecticut Colony
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey Colony
positionHeld missionary to Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts
president of the College of New Jersey
religion Protestantism
religiousTradition Reformed Protestantism
spouse Sarah Pierpont Edwards
theologicalOrientation Calvinism

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The Freedom of the Will author Jonathan Edwards
The Nature of True Virtue author Jonathan Edwards
Aaron Burr grandfather Jonathan Edwards
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Sarah Pierpont Edwards spouse Jonathan Edwards
Sarah Pierpont Edwards child Jonathan Edwards Jr.
linked to: Jonathan Edwards
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Horace Bushnell influencedBy Jonathan Edwards
Timothy Edwards child Jonathan Edwards
Deuteronomy 32:35 famouslyCitedBy Jonathan Edwards
New England theology influencedBy Jonathan Edwards
The Nature of True Virtue author Jonathan Edwards
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Timothy Keller influencedBy Jonathan Edwards
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linked to: Jonathan Edwards
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Enfield, Connecticut sermonDeliveredBy Jonathan Edwards