<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From an early age Jonathan Edwards became intellectually equipped for the task of defining theology of the revival movements of North America. As a revivalist Edwards came from a Calvinistic theological tradition and moved along the plane of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritan theology. Through his studies and meditations on God’s Word Edwards realised that the great need of his time was for a change in the way the old doctrine of sovereignty needed to be understood. The realisation of this fact led him to produce an explicitly and consistently Calvinistic theology of revival. For Edwards revival times represented unusual and extraordinary times. In his eyes, revival is a glorious and wonderful working of God when the Spirit of God is poured out in a far greater and more glorious measure.</p></abstract>

From an early age Jonathan Edwards became intellectually equipped for the task of defining theology of the revival movements of North America. As a revivalist Edwards came from a Calvinistic theological tradition and moved along the plane of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Puritan theology. Through his studies and meditations on God’s Word Edwards realised that the great need of his time was for a change in the way the old doctrine of sovereignty needed to be understood. The realisation of this fact led him to produce an explicitly and consistently Calvinistic theology of revival. For Edwards revival times represented unusual and extraordinary times. In his eyes, revival is a glorious and wonderful working of God when the Spirit of God is poured out in a far greater and more glorious measure.

Jonathan Edwards and His Understanding of Revival

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From an early age Jonathan Edwards became intellectually equipped for the task of defining theology of the revival movements of North America. As a revivalist...

Jonathan Edwards and His Understanding of Revival

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 37 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0003

Keywords
revival, theology, Calvinistic, religious controversies, evangelistic

© 2019 Dinu Moga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Jonathan Edwards and His Understanding of Revival

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 37 - 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/perc-2019-0003

Keywordsrevival, theology, Calvinistic, religious controversies, evangelistic

© 2019 Dinu Moga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
revival, theology, Calvinistic, religious controversies, evangelistic