Research Catalog

Title

Tragedy in Eden : original sin in the theology of Jonathan Edwards / C. Samuel Storms.

Author

Storms, C. Samuel, 1951-

Publication

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, ©1985.

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Details

Description

xii, 316 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
• Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758
• Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758
• Edwards, Jonathan (Theologe, 1703-1758)
• 1700-1799
• Sin, Original > History of doctrines > 18th century
• Sin, Original > History of doctrines
• Erbsünde

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 293-316.

Contents

• 1. Jonathan Edwards: The man and his mind -- a. Introduction -- b. External biography -- c. Intellectual and religious development -- d. Edwards and the Enlightenment.
• 2. John Taylor and the Arminian assault on original sin -- a. External biography -- b. Taylor's treatise: "The scripture-doctrine of original sin" -- (i) Composition and influence -- (ii) Fundamental assumptions -- (iii) Argument -- Relevant biblical texts -- Genesis 2:17 -- Genesis 3:7-24 -- 1 Corinthians 15: 21-22 -- Romans 5:12-20 -- The significance of physical death -- Taylor's attack on the Westminster Confession -- Objections and questions -- Implications for Christian dogma -- Redemption -- Regeneration -- Conclusion.
• 3. Jonathan Edwards and the Calvinist defense of original sin -- I -- a. The New England controversy on original sin -- b. Edwards' treatise: "The scripture-doctrine of original sin defended" -- (i) Purpose and structure -- (ii) Critics -- (iii) Argument -- Edwards' methodology -- The proposition -- First consequence -- Second consequence -- Additional evidence -- Answering objections -- Relevant biblical texts -- Infant death -- Conclusion.
• 4. Jonathan Edwards and the Calvinist defence of original sin -- II (answering objections) -- a. Freedom of the will -- (i) Purpose -- (ii) Historical and religious context -- (iii) Definition of terms -- (iv) The will -- (v) Determination of the will -- (vi) Motive -- (vii) Cause -- (viii) Natural and moral necessity -- (ix) Natural and moral inability -- (x) Freedom or liberty -- b. The nature of freedom -- (i) Self-determination -- (ii) Spontaneity -- (iii) Indifference -- (iv) Contingency.
• C. The nature of responsibility -- (i) Necessity and responsibility -- (ii) Freedom and responsibility -- (iii) Common sense and responsibility) -- (iv) Answers to objections -- (v) Conclusion -- d. The problem of evil -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) Edwardsean theodicy: An overview -- (iii) God and the origin of evil -- (iv) Conclusion -- d. Personal identity and the problem of imputation -- (i) Introduction -- (ii) Imputation: Survey of theories -- (iii) The "peccatum alienum" -- (iv) Edwards and mediate imputation -- (v) Edwards and personal identity -- The principle of identity -- Sameness of consciousness -- Sameness of substance -- Edwards' theory of causation -- "Creatio continua" -- Malebranche and occasionalism -- Edwards and occasionalism -- Identity and imputation -- Conclusion -- 5. Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0819149365
• 9780819149367
• 0819149373
• 9780819149374

LCCN

85017866

OCLC

• ocm12370814
• 12370814
• SCSB-1175693

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library