Times of revival. Divine aspects in the theology of Jonathan Edwards about spiritual revival
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The purpose of this presentation is to show that Edwards' Calvinistic theology of spiritual awakening has not at all had the effect of para- lyzing and halting the progress of evangelistic work. What Edwards does is to put things in their true biblical perspective, first by showing the supreme place God occupies in arranging things pertaining to salvation in the life of the individual, and then by recognizing the role man has in managing the events and opportunities that arise with the beginning of a spiritual awaken- ing. These are times of grace in Edwards' biblical thinking. They must be recog- nized by man, accepted humbly, and handled in a way that brings glory to God. To analyze these two essential elements in Edwards' theology of spiritual awak- ening, namely God's sovereignty and man's responsibility, we have divided the material into two major parts. The first part deals with the divine aspects of Edwards' theology of spiritual awakening, and the second part, presented in an- other issue of this journal, will deal with the human aspects of his theology.
Source: Semănătorul (The Sower)
Author: dinu moga
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Yale University
OpenAlex ID: W4405215438