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Article: The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Edwards.(Book review)
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- June 1, 2008
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THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO JONATHAN EDWARDS. Edited by Stephen J. Stein. Cambridge Companions to Religion. New York: Cambridge University, 2007. Pp. xix + 374. $85; $27.99.
As the tercentenary of his 1703 birth neared, historians, theologians, and literary scholars of early America commenced a relentless assessment of the meaning of Jonathan Edwards for Christianity in America. Several conferences met under the sponsorship of a remarkably diverse succession of institutions, ranging from Princeton Theological Seminary to Edwards's old church in Northampton. With each conference came the obligatory set of essays. Yale University published a prize-winning biography ...