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Over the past half century, there has been a proliferation of
scholarship on the great American theologian Jonathan Edwards.
However, the vast majority of this output confines itself to the
details of his work. With some welcome exceptions, the forest has
often been missed for the trees. In this ground breaking study
William Schweitzer presents a new reading of Edwards: He starts
with the question what is distinctive in Edwards' theology? The
answer comes in Edwards' insight into Trinitarian life. God is
eternally communicative of his knowledge, love, and joy among the
Three Persons of the Trinity, and this divine communicativeness was
for Edwards the explanation for why God created the universe. More
specifically, however, Edwards believed that God's communication
carries with it the Trinitarian hallmark of "harmony." This
hallmark is not always east to discern, even for the regenerate.
Edwards' lifelong project-as demonstrated by the common purpose of
all three unfinished "Great Works"-was to interpret the harmony
found in and among the several media of revelation.
With the aim of envisioning new horizons for a theology of glory,
this book offers fresh biblical, theological, and scientific
perspectives on the subject of divine self-revelation and human
response to the manifestations of divine presence. The first four
chapters explore the biblical origins of divine glory within the
nation of Israel, the glorious encounter between Moses and God, and
the Christological dimensions of glory in Johannine and Pauline
writings. These chapters demonstrate how the biblical text
inherently weaves aspects of creation, calling, covenant
relationship, revelation, Christology, ecclesiology, and
eschatology into a remarkable tapestry of divine glory. Five
theological essays cover the role of the Holy Spirit and the
worshipful response of believers to the glory of God, as well as
expositions on the glory-themed writings of Jonathan Edwards, Karl
Barth, Oscar Romero, and Etty Hillesum. These theological writers
provoke challenging questions by emphasizing how the theme of glory
paradoxically encompasses both otherworldly perfection and worldly
sinfulness. This book concludes with two chapters that focus on the
natural and physical sciences, revealing how God's glory is
displayed in the heavens and on earth. The chapters in this book
demonstrate the importance of the subject of divine glory in the
study of the nature of the triune God.
Over the past half century, there has been a proliferation of
scholarship on the great American theologian Jonathan Edwards.
However, the vast majority of this output confines itself to the
details of his work. With some welcome exceptions, the forest has
often been missed for the trees. In this ground breaking study
William Schweitzer presents a new reading of Edwards: He starts
with the question what is distinctive in Edwards' theology? The
answer comes in Edwards' insight into Trinitarian life. God is
eternally communicative of his knowledge, love, and joy among the
Three Persons of the Trinity, and this divine communicativeness was
for Edwards the explanation for why God created the universe. More
specifically, however, Edwards believed that God's communication
carries with it the Trinitarian hallmark of "harmony." This
hallmark is not always east to discern, even for the regenerate.
Edwards' lifelong projectGCoas demonstrated by the common purpose
of all three unfinished "Great Works"GCowas to interpret the
harmony found in and among the several media of revelation.
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