Religious Affections by J Edwards

Religious Affections by J Edwards

This volume contains Edwards' most mature and persistent attempt to judge the validity of the religious development in eighteenth-century America known as the Great Awakening. In developing criteria for such judgment he attacked at the same time one of the fundamental questions facing all religion: how to distinguish genuine from spurious piety? The Awakening created much bitter controversy; on the one side stood the emotionalists and enthusiasts, and on the other the rationalists, for whom religion was essentially a matter of morality or good conduct and the acceptance of properly formulated doctrine. Edwards, with great analytical skill and enormous biblical learning, showed that both sides were in the wrong. He attacked both a lifeless morality as too pale as to be the essence of religion, and he rejected the excesses of a purely emotional religion more concerned for sensational effects than for the inner transformation of the self, which was, for him, the center of genuine Christianity.

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ISBN 13	9781556618291
ISBN 10	1556618298
Title	Religious Affections
Author	J Edwards
Series	Classics-Faith And Devotion Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Book
Publisher	Baker Publishing Group
Year published	1996-10-01
Number of pages	206
Prizes	Winner of Gold Medallion Book Awards (Classics) 1985
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