A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections

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Christian devotional literature Christian treatise theological work

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections is a seminal 1746 theological work by Jonathan Edwards analyzing the nature of true Christian experience and distinguishing genuine religious emotions from false or superficial ones.

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Label	Occurrences
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections canonical	1
Religious Affections	1
The Religious Affections (alternate title)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian devotional literature ⓘ Christian treatise ⓘ theological work ⓘ
addresses	false religious enthusiasm ⓘ spiritual hypocrisy ⓘ superficial religious experiences ⓘ
alternateTitle	A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ⓘ surface form: Religious Affections
arguesThat	genuine religious affections arise from a spiritual sense of the excellency of divine things ⓘ no external sign alone is a certain proof of saving grace ⓘ true religious affections produce lasting Christian practice ⓘ
author	Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
centralClaim	true religion consists much in holy affections ⓘ
considered	classic of Protestant spirituality ⓘ major work of Jonathan Edwards ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Colonial America ⓘ
distinguishesBetween	false religious affections ⓘ true religious affections ⓘ
emphasizes	practical holiness as evidence of grace ⓘ scriptural tests of genuine piety ⓘ sovereign work of the Holy Spirit ⓘ transformation of the heart and will ⓘ
focusesOn	criteria for genuine religious affections ⓘ difference between saving and common operations of the Spirit ⓘ nature of true Christian experience ⓘ relationship between emotion and the will ⓘ tests of authentic piety ⓘ
genre	Reformed theology ⓘ
historicalContext	Great Awakening ⓘ surface form: First Great Awakening in New England
influenced	American evangelical theology ⓘ Reformed spirituality ⓘ later discussions of religious experience ⓘ
influencedBy	Great Awakening ⓘ surface form: First Great Awakening
language	English ⓘ
mainTopic	Christian experience ⓘ assurance of salvation ⓘ distinguishing true and false religion ⓘ religious affections ⓘ religious emotions ⓘ signs of true conversion ⓘ
part1Topic	nature and importance of religious affections ⓘ
part2Topic	signs that are no certain evidence of grace ⓘ
part3Topic	signs of gracious affections that are distinguishing ⓘ
publicationYear	1746 ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor	Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ⓘ The Freedom of the Will ⓘ A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Religious Affections (alternate title)
structure	three parts ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Calvinism ⓘ Reformed Protestantism ⓘ

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Jonathan Edwards → notableWork → A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Religious Affections (alternate title)

A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → alternateTitle → A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ⓘ

this entity surface form: Religious Affections