Jonathan Edwards and the church / Rhys S. Bezzant.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-285) and index.

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This text seeks to shed new light on the development of the ecclesiology of Jonathan Edwards from the writings of his youth until his Stockbridge treatises, setting this within the context of Reformation and Puritan debates, and his experience of the revivals during his Northampton ministry.

""Cover""; ""Jonathan Edwards and the Church""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Puritan Search for Ecclesiological Order ""; ""1.1 The Disordered Edwards: His Misunderstood Ecclesiology ""; ""1.2 The Gospel, Reformations, and Puritans: The Unstable Church ""

""1.3 Parties, Polity, and Purpose: The Church in New England """"2. Ordered Ecclesiological Thoughts (1703�1734) ""; ""2.1 Church of Early Experience: Negotiating Family and Faith ""; ""2.2 Church in Two Worlds: Reconciling Providence and Apocalypse ""

""2.3 Church under Threat: Confronting Enlightenment Epistemology """"2.4 Shape of the Church: Formulating Trinitarian Dynamism with Design ""; ""3. Ordered Ecclesiological Passions (1735�1746) ""; ""3.1 The Revived Church in A Faithful Narrative ""

""3.2 The Pilgrim Church in Charity and Its Fruits """"3.3 The Purposeful Church in A History of the Work of Redemption ""; ""3.4 The Structured Church in Some Thoughts Concerning the Revival ""; ""3.5 The Accountable Church in The Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ""

""4. Ordered Ecclesiological Visions (1747�1758) """"4.1 The Church�s Millennial Hope in An Humble Attempt ""; ""4.2 The Church�s Missiological Challenge in The Life of Brainerd ""; ""4.3 The Church�s Visible Union in An Humble Inquiry ""

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