Jonathan Edwards
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jonathan Edwards canonical | 43 |
| Jonathan Edwards Jr. | 3 |
| Jonathan Edwards (great-grandfather) | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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Calvinist theologian ⓘ Christian preacher ⓘ person ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Master of Arts ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Yale University
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surface form:
Yale College
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| causeOfDeath | smallpox ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 18th century ⓘ |
| child |
Esther Stoddard Edwards
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surface form:
Esther Edwards
Jonathan Edwards self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jonathan Edwards Jr.
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| countryOfBirth |
Colonial America
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surface form:
British America
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| dateOfBirth | 1703-10-05 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1758-03-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Yale University
ⓘ
surface form:
Collegiate School (Yale College)
|
| employer |
College of New Jersey
ⓘ
Northampton church ⓘ |
| familyName | Edwards ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Christian philosophy
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homiletics ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| givenName | Jonathan ⓘ |
| influenced |
American evangelicalism
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Reformed theology in North America ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Calvin
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Puritanism ⓘ
surface form:
Puritan theology
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| knownFor |
Reformed evangelical theology
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influence on American evangelicalism ⓘ leading figure in the First Great Awakening ⓘ philosophical defense of Calvinist doctrines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Great Awakening
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surface form:
First Great Awakening
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| notableWork |
A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ⓘ The Freedom of the Will ⓘ The Nature of True Virtue ⓘ |
| occupation |
college president
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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
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pastor at Northampton, Massachusetts ⓘ president of the College of New Jersey ⓘ |
| religion | Protestantism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Reformed Protestantism ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Pierpont Edwards ⓘ |
| theologicalOrientation | Calvinism ⓘ |
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Jonathan Edwards Jr.
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Jonathan Edwards Jr.
subject surface form:
The Nature of True Virtue
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Jonathan Edwards (great-grandfather)
this entity surface form:
Jonathan Edwards Jr.