Jonathan Edwards's Apologetic for the Great Awakening

by Kenneth P. Minkema and Robert Davis Smart

In the 1740s Jonathan Edwards emerged as the New Light proponent of the claim that the Great Awakening was, in the main, a true work of the Spirit of God. Conversely, Charles Chauncy led the Old Lights in opposition by offering criticisms of the Awakening.

In this book, Robert Davis Smart examines Edwards's defense of the revival with particular attention to Chauncy's criticisms, which have often been acknowledged but not previously subjected...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1601781245
• ISBN13: 9781601781246
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"