Jonathan Edwards Group at eNotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose philosophy is shown in "Self-Reliance," was a...

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 22:01:24 PST

Ralph Waldo Emerson, whose philosophy is shown in "Self-Reliance," was a thinker whose ideas were directly opposed to those of Jonathan Edwards. As shown in "God Glorified..." Edwards believed that the fate of human beings was completely in the hands of God. He was a Calvinist who believed in the doctrine of predestination, which says that God has already decided each of our fates (damnation or salvation) and there's nothing we can do to...

Compare "God Glorified in Man's Dependence" by Jonathan Edwards and...

Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:16:59 PST

Compare "God Glorified in Man's Dependence" by Jonathan Edwards and "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Johnathan Edwards portrays God as a vengeful, angry God who, at any...

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:41:29 PST

Johnathan Edwards portrays God as a vengeful, angry God who, at any time, can take a person's life at will. He is portrayed as a God who does not tolerate sin and who will crush sinners. This God portrayed by Edwards is very different from the God that my particular denomination, Methodism, portrays. God is not an angry God. He is forgiving and kind and loving. No sin is unforgivable and any sin can be forgiven as long as one asks to...

How does the description of God in Jonathan Edwards' sermon compare with...

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:03:06 PST

How does the description of God in Jonathan Edwards' sermon compare with the God of religions you are familiar with?