Jonathan Edwards : America's evangelical /
Philip Gura.
- 1st hardcover ed.
- New York : Hill and Wang, 2005.
- xv, 284 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- An American portrait .
- American portrait (New York, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-270) and index.
A place in time : the Connecticut Valley (1703) -- A season of youth (1716-1727) -- Sowing for the harvest : Northampton (1727-1734) -- The chief scene of these wonders : Hampshire County (1734-1739) -- A great deal of noise about religion (1740-1743) -- Northampton in turmoil (1744-1750) -- Stockbridge and the Housatonics (1750-1757) -- Transatlantic debate (1754-1765) -- Princeton (1757-1758) -- Coda : thinking through Edwards.
Chronicles the life of mid-eighteenth century evangelical Jonathan Edwards, placing his work in context to the upheaval of his times.