Jonathan Edwards and the Image of God in relation to Reformed Orthodoxy and the Flacian Controversy
Journal for the History of Reformed Pietism
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Jonathan Edwards and the Image of God in relation to Reformed Orthodoxy and the Flacian Controversy
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Torseth, Robb L.
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Early Modern History, American Religious History, Post-reformation Studies
Early Modern History, American Religious History, Post-reformation Studies |
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One little-explored facet of the theology of Jonathan Edwards is his view of the image of God. Drawing on unpublished sermon manuscript resources, this paper seeks to locate the position of Edwards’ view within post-Reformation Reformed theology, determining that Edwards held to a strictly intellectual, spiritual, moral, and relational view of the image to the mutual exclusion of the body in a manner discontinuous with that of prior Reformed theologians. Finally, the paper considers the provocative nature of Edwards’ use of ‘image of Satan’ language in his preaching ministry, comparing it to the Flacian Controversy and positing that Edwards only utilized such language by way of economical analogy, not ontological consistency
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Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
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2021-05-28
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://jestudies.yale.edu/index.php/journal/article/view/489
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Online Journal; Vol 11, No 1 (2021); 29-44
2159-6875 2159-6875 |
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eng
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https://jestudies.yale.edu/index.php/journal/article/view/489/309
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Copyright (c) 2021 Online Journal
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