Before Jonathan Edwards
In this Greystone Postgraduate Seminar Dr. Adriaan Neele critically explores the recent academic attention to the developments of intellectual history after Jonathan Edwards. With a view to his most recent book Before Jonathan Edwards: Sources of New England Theology (OUP, 2019), Neele presents Edwards's use of Reformed orthodox and Protestant scholastic primary sources in the context of the challenges of orthodoxy in his day. Despite the breadth of Edwards scholarship, his use of primary sources has been little analyzed. Yet, as Neele will show, Edwards's thinking on the importance of these primary sources has significant implications not only for the status of the New England theology of pre-Revolutionary America but also for our understanding of Edwards today.
In this Greystone Postgraduate Seminar Dr. Adriaan Neele critically explores the recent academic attention to the developments of intellectual history after Jonathan Edwards. With a view to his most recent book Before Jonathan Edwards: Sources of New England Theology (OUP, 2019), Neele presents Edwards's use of Reformed orthodox and Protestant scholastic primary sources in the context of the challenges of orthodoxy in his day. Despite the breadth of Edwards scholarship, his use of primary sources has been little analyzed. Yet, as Neele will show, Edwards's thinking on the importance of these primary sources has significant implications not only for the status of the New England theology of pre-Revolutionary America but also for our understanding of Edwards today.
In this Greystone Postgraduate Seminar Dr. Adriaan Neele critically explores the recent academic attention to the developments of intellectual history after Jonathan Edwards. With a view to his most recent book Before Jonathan Edwards: Sources of New England Theology (OUP, 2019), Neele presents Edwards's use of Reformed orthodox and Protestant scholastic primary sources in the context of the challenges of orthodoxy in his day. Despite the breadth of Edwards scholarship, his use of primary sources has been little analyzed. Yet, as Neele will show, Edwards's thinking on the importance of these primary sources has significant implications not only for the status of the New England theology of pre-Revolutionary America but also for our understanding of Edwards today.