Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

   
Jonathan Edwards

 
 
Born October 5, 1703(1703-10-05)
East Windsor, Connecticut
Died March 22, 1758 (aged 54)
Princeton, New Jersey
Occupation Pastor, theologian, and missionary
"Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God"
 
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Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 – March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian." His work is very broad in scope, but he is often associated with his defense of Calvinist theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. His famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," is credited for starting the First Great Awakening. Edwards is widely known for his books Religious Affections and The Freedom of the Will. He died from a smallpox inoculation shortly after beginning the presidency at the College of New Jersey (later to be named Princeton University).  Edwards is widely regarded as America's greatest theologian.