A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, Jonathan Edwards's 1746 treatise printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, is Edwards's own test for distinguishing genuine religious experience from counterfeit, written after the First Great Awakening's revivalist enthusiasm had subsided and its excesses were being argued over. Its strength is that it is the primary theological text itself, from one of the Awakening's own leading defenders, addressing the controversy directly rather than at second hand. Its limit is that it is a work of Reformed theology making Edwards's own case, not a neutral historical account of the Awakening, which independent religious history should supply.
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Jonathan Edwards's A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1746, the top tier reflecting the primary theological text itself, from one of the Great Awakening's own leading defenders addressing the controversy directly. Its limit is that it is a work of Reformed theology making Edwards's own case, not a neutral historical account, which independent religious history should supply. NotesEdwards's test of genuine religion, written after the Great Awakening had subsided and its excesses were being argued over.
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AuthorJonathan Edwards
PublisherS. Kneeland and T. Green
Boston, 1746 first edition. Publication Year1746
Source Typeprimary-text
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