God is a Communicative Being : Divine Communicativeness and Harmony in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards.

Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; I Perry Miller and the Beautiful Mind; II Explaining Edwards; III The Roadmap; Chapter 1 The Communicative God; I Introduction; II The Trinity (Communicativeness ad intra); III Creation and Redemption (Communicativeness ad extra); IV The Content of Divine Communication; V The Manner of Divine Communication; VI The Medium and Media of Divine Communication; VII Conclusion; Chapter 2 Nature; I Introduction; II Edwards as Scientist; III Edwards as "Mystic"; IV Nature as Types; V The Harmony of Nature; VI Conclusion.

Chapter 3 Special RevelationI Introduction; II Natural Theology, No; Natural Revelation, Yes; III The Communicative Argument; IV Locke as a Possible Antagonist for the Communicative Argument; V The Necessity of Revelation in Edwards' Apologetic Program; VI Conclusion; Chapter 4 Scripture; I Introduction; II The Authority of Scripture; III Conventional Arguments for Biblical Authority; IV The Harmony of Scripture; V The Inspiration of Scripture; VI The Canon of Scripture; VII The Illumination of Scripture; VIII Locke's "Fundamentalism"; IX Edwards' Relation to Biblical Criticism; X Conclusion.

Chapter 5 HistoryI Introduction; II Historiographer of Supernature; III Typology, Harmony, and Prophecy; IV The Development of Edwards' Use of History; V The "History of the Work of Redemption"; VI Current Events and The Christian History Periodicals; VII The Redemptive-Historical Beatific Vision; VIII Zakai on "Miscellany" 777; IX Conclusion; Chapter 6 Edwards' Project; I Introduction; II Relevant Highlights of Edwards' Theology; III The Minister's Project; IV The "Personal Narrative"; V The Three "Great Works"; VI The Agenda of the Awakenings; VII This Theory in Relation to Some Others.

VIII ConclusionBibliography; I Primary Works by Jonathan Edwards; II Other Primary Sources; III Secondary Works; Index.

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 Trini.

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