Jonathan Edwards

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American Calvinist theologian Christian preacher person philosopher theologian

Jonathan Edwards was an 18th-century American theologian and preacher, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and one of the most influential thinkers in the Reformed Protestant tradition.

Aliases (1)

Jonathan Edwards Jr. ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American → Calvinist theologian → Christian preacher → person → philosopher → theologian →
academicDegree	Master of Arts →
almaMater	Yale College →
causeOfDeath	smallpox →
centuryOfActivity	18th century →
child	Esther Edwards → Jonathan Edwards Jr. →
countryOfBirth	British America →
dateOfBirth	1703-10-05 →
dateOfDeath	1758-03-22 →
educatedAt	Collegiate School (Yale College) →
employer	College of New Jersey → Northampton church →
familyName	Edwards →
fieldOfWork	Christian philosophy → homiletics → theology →
givenName	Jonathan →
influenced	American evangelicalism → Reformed theology in North America →
influencedBy	John Calvin → Puritan theology →
knownFor	Reformed evangelical theology → influence on American evangelicalism → leading figure in the First Great Awakening → philosophical defense of Calvinist doctrines →
language	English →
movement	First Great Awakening →
notableWork	A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God → The Freedom of the Will → The Nature of True Virtue →
occupation	college president → missionary → pastor →
parent	Esther Stoddard Edwards → Timothy Edwards →
placeOfBirth	East Windsor, Connecticut Colony →
placeOfDeath	Princeton, New Jersey Colony →
positionHeld	missionary to Native Americans in Stockbridge, Massachusetts → pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts → president of the College of New Jersey →
religion	Protestantism →
religiousTradition	Reformed Protestantism →
spouse	Sarah Pierpont Edwards →
theologicalOrientation	Calvinism →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections → Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God → The Freedom of the Will → The Nature of True Virtue →	author
George Whitefield → Lyman Beecher → New Divinity theology →	influencedBy
Jonathan Edwards ("Jonathan Edwards Jr.") → Sarah Pierpont Edwards ("Jonathan Edwards Jr.") →	child
Edwards → Jonathan →	hasNotableBearer
Nicolas Malebranche → Sarah Pierpont Edwards →	influenced
Calvinism →	associatedWithFigure
Evangelicalism →	associatedWithPerson
New Divinity theology →	foundedByFollowersOf
Aaron Burr →	grandfather
East Windsor, Connecticut Colony →	hasNotableResident
Great Awakening →	keyPerson
Jonathan Edwards College →	namedAfter
Sarah Pierpont Edwards →	spouse