Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God eNotes Teaching Guide
by eNotes
- Released October 09, 2019
- Language Arts and Literature subjects
- 10 pages
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Excerpt
This guide highlights some of the most salient aspects of the text before you begin teaching Jonathan Edwards’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Teaching this text to your class will be rewarding for you and your students. Studying “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” will give them historical insight into the First Great Awakening and reveal the rhetorical artistry of church sermons.
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