Jonathan Edwards
1703–1758 · Pastor and theologian
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
Life
Pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts, during the Great Awakening; dismissed by his church, missionary to the Mohicans, briefly president of Princeton.
Why it matters
America's greatest theologian: religious affections, the freedom of the will, the beauty of God.
Works
- A Faithful Narrative (1737)
- Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (1741)
- Religious Affections (1746)
- Freedom of the Will (1754)
- The Life of David Brainerd