The idea behind the Visual Edwards project is to visualize the writings and thought of Jonathan Edwards in a creative way which facilitates exploration, study, and presentation. The sophisticated, image-rich theology of Edwards is a perfect match for today’s visual and tech-driven culture.
Category: The Visual Jonathan Edwards
Happiness and Misery in Jonathan Edwards
The video below is a visualization of Edwards’ mentions of happiness, misery, and related terms, as well as where they occur in the letterpress edition of The Works of Jonathan Edwards, volumes 1–26. Download a PDF of the full visualization and zoom in to explore.
Background to Visual Edwards
This video gives a brief background to the development of Visual Edwards software. This is a research tool to help unravel Edwards’ “Miscellanies.” The second volume of The Miscellanies Project is currently underway. Topic approval deadline for The Miscellanies Companion, Volume 2 is June 1, 2020. Check topic availability at the Call for Papers page.
VISUAL EDWARDS Page Finder
A simple Windows program to help researchers navigate VISUAL EDWARDS and look up the page references to the Works of Jonathan Edwards Online. View video demo below to see how it works.
1450. Beautiful Bubbles
Visual Edwards video based on entries from Jonathan Edwards’ notebook Images of Divine Things and The Diary of David Brainerd
Of Wolves, Men & Original Sin
Visual Edwards video based on a passage from Jonathan Edwards’ treatise on Original Sin
Yale Conference Presentation of Visual Edwards
A presentation of Visual Edwards at a conference that brought together the directors of the international Edwards Center affiliates from around the world, along with prominent scholars and religious leaders, to assess the state of Edwards Studies and discern areas for future work.
View and Edit the Visual Edwards
Inquire about available datasets at info@jesociety.org. Tulip data visualization software available freely at http://tulip.labri.fr/.
1437. Beatifical vision
1437. “BEATIFICAL VISION” (WJE 13:126). Locations are highlighted where beatific, vision, and related terms are near each other.
1433. Arbitrary Divine Operation
Visualization 1433. “ARBITRARY DIVINE OPERATION” (WJE 13:126). Locations are highlighted where arbitrary, divine, operation and related terms are near each other.
1432. Apostle, Enthusiast, Impostor
Visualization 1432. “APOSTLES: no ENTHUSIASTS; no IMPOSTORS” (WJE 13:126). Locations are highlighted where apostles, enthusiasts, impostors, and related terms are near each other.
1430. Jesus & Anointed
Visualization 1430. “ANOINTED, why JESUS is so called” (WJE 13:126) with locations highlighted where anointed, Jesus, and related terms occur in phrases or near each other.
JEViewer 1.9.5
New features coming soon, including easy data exchange between users.
VISUAL EDWARDS Software Demo at JEC Gateway
Software demo and talking points of a presentation on Jan 15, 2019 at the inaugural conference of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Gateway Seminary.
Coming Soon — The Miscellanies Companion
Big thanks to all contributors who participated in “The Miscellanies Project” and their contributions to The Miscellanies Companion! Publication is scheduled for early 2019.