David Kling, Edwards and the Edwardseans: Jonathan Edwards, the New Divinity, and the Making of a Theological Culture (Pickwick Publications, 2024).
If you are interested in classical Christian education, you need to read this book. It is short and exceedingly well-written. Stephanie Boss writes like the best speakers—you don’t want them to finish. She does a marvelous job of culling from the works of Edwards—this nation’s greatest theologian, the best Reformed thinker ever, and a master teacher himself—on the hows and beauties of Christian education. You will wish she would teach your children and grandchildren. — Gerald McDermott, co-author of The Theology of Jonathan Edwards (Oxford University Press)
An aspect of Edwardsean studies that has not been as regularly pursued, however, but which invites further work, is how Edwards’s thought contributes positively and constructively to current issues facing the academy and church in the twenty-first Century. Edwards’s thought is living and active: a storehouse from which significant treasure can be hulled for the sake of a modern audience’s blessing. This volume intends to show both how and why authors can integrate Edwards’s thought into the present context.
Today marks the launch of a new feature that will allow readers to explore, annotate, and even extend the Visual Edwards data which is based on WJEO 1–73….
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“At last! Schweitzer has given Edwards’ scholars and aficionados the much-needed key to typological references in Edwards’ neglected Ur text, the Blank Bible.” – JENNIFER LEADER
In 2023, Robert Boss was invited to execute Phase Two and significantly expand the commentaries to integrate the “Blank Bible” with Edwards’s entire 73-volume corpus. Phase Two breaks down Edwards’s sermons, treatises, and notebooks into a line-by-line Scripture commentary woven tightly into the KJV New Testament. These commentaries showcase Edwards as deeply engaged with the Bible, adding context and depth. Comprehensive footnotes were added to connect the commentaries to the Yale critical edition of Edwards’s works, fully capturing the interconnectedness of his thoughts.
This series is unique, enriched by selections from Jonathan Edwards’s theological notebooks and his other writings, combined with stories of the tempted and Doctor Freefall’s diabolical advice to Slidefoot. These guides to leading souls astray are a blend of historical theology and devilish cunning that will captivate and educate thoughtful believers, seekers, and the curious alike.
I am excited to recommend Gerald R. McDermott’s latest book, A New History of Redemption: The Work of Jesus the Messiah through the Millennia.
