Jonathan Edwards

The History Of Redemption Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards was born in October 5, 1703 at East Windsor, Connecticut, English America. He was a pastor, theologian and missionary but died at the age of 54 in March 22nd 1758 at Princeton, New Jersey. He was a North American revivalist preacher, philosopher, and Congregationalist Protestant theologian. Edwards is widely regarded as one of the America's most important and original philosophical theologians. Edwards' theological work is broad in scope, but he was rooted in Reformed theology, the metaphysics of theological determinism, and the Puritan heritage. Edwards played a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening, and oversaw some of the first revivals in 1733-35 at his church in Northampton, Massachusetts His theological work gave rise to a distinct school of theology known as the New England theology.