The Supreme Harmony of All: The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards Paperback - 2002

First line

Though explicit trinitarian doctrine developed gradually over centuries of theological reflection and dispute, the Christian church confessed God as both one and three from its earliest expressions of faith.

From the rear cover

Jonathan Edwards lived in an age in which the doctrine of theTrinity was sometimes openly repudiated and more often quietlyignored. But as this important book shows, Edwards in fact tookcare to creatively fashion the Trinity into the centerpiece of hisChristian life and work.

Through her pursuit of Edwards's writings, especially his lifelongintellectual diary, Amy Plantinga Pauw traces the way Edwardsestablished the basic outlines of his trinitarian thought when hewas only twenty years old, and how the doctrine continued to runlike a subterranean river throughout his famed career as a pastorand teacher. Recognizing the centrality of the Trinity in Edwards'sthought both nuances our understanding of his Puritan inheritanceand challenges the narrowness of Edwards's enduring legacy as thepreacher of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

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Citations

• Books & Culture, 11/01/2003, Page 40
• Christian Century, 03/08/2003, Page 38