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Jonathan Edwards is one of the most extraordinary figures in American history. Probably the most great theologian ever blessed on American dirt, Edwards (1703–1758) was also a pastor, a renowned preacher, a missionary to the Local Americans, a biographer, a university chief executive, a philosopher, a loving husband, and the father of eleven children.
George M. Marsden -- broadly acclaimed for his magisterial large analysis of Edwards -- has written a fresh, shorter biography of this many-sided, amazing man. A Brief Life of Jonathan Edwards is no abridgment of Marsden's previously award-winning analysis but is instead a totally new narrative based on his considerable research. The result is a concise, fresh retelling of the Edwards account, rich in scholarship yet compelling and readable for a much wider audience, including students.
Known best for his famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of the Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards is often viewed as a proponent of fire, brimstone, and the wrath of God. As Marsden shows, however, the concentration of Edwards's preaching was not God's wrath but instead his mind-boggling and all-encompassing love. Marsden also rescues Edwards from the high realms of intellectual history, revealing him more comprehensively through the lens of his everyday routine and connections. Further, Marsden shows how Edwards offers a screen on the fascinating and frequently dangerous world of the American colonies in the ages before the American Revolution.
Marsden here offers us an Edwards who illumines both American history and Religious theology, an Edwards that will appeal to visitors with little if any trained in either field. This short life will add significantly to the wide-spread and growing interest in Jonathan Edwards.
