Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods - Christian Theology, Enlightenment Religion, and Non-Christian Faiths (Hardcover)

It has long been thought that Edwards's polemical arguments were aimed against Arminianism -- a doctrine that denied the Calvinist idea of predestination. In this book, Gerald McDermott shows that Edwards's real target was a larger and more influential one, namely deism -- the belief in a creator God who does not intervene in His Creation. To Edwards's mind, deism was the logical conclusion of most, if not all, schemes of divinity that appropriated Enlightenment tenets. McDermott argues that Edwards was an inclusivist who came to realize that salvation was open to peoples beyond the hearing of the Christian gospel.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Religion in America
Release date:	May 2000
First published:	May 2000
Authors:	Gerald R. McDermott (Associate Professor of Religion)
Dimensions:	241 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	258
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513274-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General
LSN:	0-19-513274-2
Barcode:	9780195132748

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