Author: Isaac WattsPublisher:
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts
Author: Isaac WattsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
The Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D.
Author: Isaac WattsThe Works of the Rev. Isaac Watts D.D. in Nine Volumes
Author: Isaac WattsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissenters, Religious
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts
Author: Isaac WattsMemoirs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D.
Author: Thomas GibbonsFree Will
Author: Peter B. JungPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532661401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Free Will, also known as Freedom of the Will, is appraised as the one of the greatest works ever produced in America. The mid-eighteenth-century New England philosophical theologian Jonathan Edwards (1703–58) defines the will by importing terms from John Locke. Edwards states the Arminian nature of free will, suspects the need for such free will, and finally defends Calvinist free will and objects to the Arminian one. In his argument, he chooses three British antagonists: Daniel Whitby, Thomas Chubb, and Isaac Watts. These antagonists insist that the self-determining will is necessary for us to be morally accountable. Edwards disputes their objections that God’s determination is contradictory to the liberty of the human will. He then goes to argue what kind of freedom of the will is necessary for the former and latter to be compatible. Edwards’s psychological, moral, and theological philosophy is displayed. In addition, readers can learn how our will chooses something pleasant by following the dictate of understanding, while the author demonstrates the natures of New England Arminianism and Calvinism.
Andrew Fuller's Theology of Revival
Author: Ryan RindelsPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725282860
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Revival is the arguable heartbeat of evangelical Christianity. Though a theologically diverse and globally diffused phenomenon, evangelicalism originated in a distinctly Calvinistic milieu. Many Puritans in the seventeenth century, “evangelicals before the revivals,” emphasized the work of the Holy Spirit, including the importance of personal conversion. Unlike theologically Arminian proponents of revival such as Charles G. Finney, many Puritans and early evangelicals believed and taught that the absolute sovereignty of God was compatible with human responsibility. Calvinistic Baptists in the early eighteenth century who rejected this tension declined numerically, yet a new generation of pastors led their denomination through this impasse. Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) defended Reformed doctrine in the Particular Baptist tradition while emphasizing the importance of human response in his preaching, writing, and fundraising for the Baptist Missionary Society. The fruit of Fuller’s ministry included growth of churches in England, conversions among people groups in the Global South, and the preservation of Reformed theology in a challenging Enlightenment context.
Literature and Dissent in Milton's England
Author: Sharon AchinsteinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521818049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Table of contents
Evangelicalism and Dissent in Modern England and Wales
Author: David BebbingtonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000179591
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book treads new ground by bringing the Evangelical and Dissenting movements within Christianity into close engagement with one another. While Evangelicalism and Dissent both have well established historiographies, there are few books that specifically explore the relationship between the two. Thus, this complex relationship is often overlooked and underemphasised. The volume is organised chronologically, covering the period from the late seventeenth century to the closing decades of the twentieth century. Some chapters deal with specific centuries but others chart developments across the whole period covered by the book. Chapters are balanced between those that concentrate on an individual, such as George Whitefield or John Stott, and those that focus on particular denominational groups like Wesleyan Methodism, Congregationalism or the ‘Black Majority Churches’. The result is a new insight into the cross pollination of these movements that will help the reader to understand modern Christianity in England and Wales more fully. Offering a fresh look at the development of Evangelicalism and Dissent, this volume will be of keen interest to any scholar of Religious Studies, Church History, Theology or modern Britain.
John Calvin's Ecclesiology
Author: Gerard MannionPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567508706
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Many events were staged and a plethora of new books appeared to mark the quincentenary of the birth of John Calvin, in 2009. But one area received considerably less attention in that anniversary year - namely, Calvin's ecclesiology. This study explores the development and fundamental legacy of Calvin's perspectives on and relationship with the church. Contributions are included which explore the later development and 'denominational variations' of Calvin's ecclesiology, along with ecumenical discussions/responses to and implications of Calvin's understanding of the church. There are further chapters which focus on particular aspects such as Calvin's ecclesiological method, understanding of ministry, the 'sacramental' principle, the 'invisible church' etc. Contributions on the use of Calvin's ecclesiology by later and modern/contemporary ecclesiologists also feature. This is a volume that brings together leading and emerging theological voices from Europe, North America and Latino America and from across the different theological sub-disciplines. Significantly, the book has a decidedly ecumenical perspective, with writers from several different denominational traditions contributing.