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A Divine Light: Spiritual Leadership of Jonathan Edwards (Leaders in Action) (Leaders in Action)
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Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) was one of the leading religious thinkers of the colonial era. Educated at Yale, he became the senior pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1724 at the age of twenty-one. As pastor of the most influential church in New England at the time, his powerful preaching helped launch the revival of 1734-35 and spearheaded the more extensive Great Awakening of 1740-41. When the awakening came under attack due to various excesses and slanders, he became the leading apologist for experiential religion. His articulate defense of the revival, A Treatise Concerning the Religious Affections, is now considered a masterpiece of religious psychology. While faithfully laboring at his pastoral duties, Edwards also wrote The Life of David Brainerd and An Humble Attempt, both of which displayed his passion for missions and evangelism.
Edwards spent the last years of his life as a missionary to the Indians on the western frontier. While he lived in relative seclusion at the time, he wrote Freedom of the Will and Original Sin, both of which earned him recognition as America's greatest theologian and philosopher. His writings on theology, metaphysics, ethics, and psychology are still studied today. "Jonathan Edwards," Princeton theologian Benjamin Warfield once said, "stands out as the one figure of real greatness in the intellectual life of colonial America."
A Divine Light: The Spiritual Leadership of Jonathan Edwards is the latest installment in the Leaders in Action series. Among the plethora of books on leadership today, the Leaders in Action series is dedicated to the notion that leadership is more "caught than taught." Each volume not only tells the story of a great leader, but also highlights the ideas, traits, and circumstances that contributed to their role as leaders. With a balance of theory and story, the Leaders in Action series is designed to inspire a new generation to world-class leadership.
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Pages 256
Dimensions: Length: 6.9" Width: 4.8" Height: 1"
Weight: 0.55 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Feb 1, 2007
ISBN 1581825455
EAN 9781581825459
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 | An in-dept look into a iconic religious thinker Mar 21, 2007 |
Reviewed by Mary Simmons for Reader Views (2/07)
"A Divine Light: The Spiritual Leadership of Jonathan Edwards" by David Vaughan is the latest of the "Leaders in Action" series published by Cumberland House. In three parts Vaughan portrays how the life, character and legacy of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) have shaped religious thought in North America. He also includes a chronology of Edwards' life and lessons of leadership. Edwards is recognized as a prominent religious thinker of the Colonial era. He was the pastor of an influential New England congregation and a driving force behind the revival of 1734-1735 and the Great Awakening of 1740-1741. He was also a prolific writer, defending his thoughts on theology, philosophy and morality. Although Edwards is described as, "the awakening's leading proponent," Vaughan makes it clear that the man was aware of the valid reasons why some questioned its authenticity and value. He spoke out against fanatics whose errors in judgment and practice gave the whole movement a bad name, but said these "stumbling blocks" were not sufficient reason to denounce the revival. According to Vaughan, it was Edwards's opinion that the good of leading souls to Christ outweighed the darker side of Satan's intervention in the process.
Throughout the book, Vaughan shares Edwards' thoughts on ministerial duties, offering nuggets of wisdom drawn from the pastor's life and writings. Edwards took his responsibility as a minister very seriously and urged others who followed the calling of God to do the same. Vaughan attributes him as saying, "A minister by his office is to be the guide and instructor of his people. To that end he is to study and search the Scriptures and to teach the people...the mind of Christ. As he is set to enlighten them, so a part of his duty is to rectify their mistakes, and, if he sees them out of the way of truth or duty, to be a voice behind them, saying `This is the way, walk ye in it.'" "A Divine Light" is a portrayal of one man's struggles to walk in the light of God in the path set before him by his divine ruler. Vaughan depicts a man who had to deal with betrayal, heartache and a relentless need to devote his life to God. He was often self-deprecating, appearing to feel himself unworthy to act as a conduit of God's word. He read and studied the Bible and great theological works with the purpose of learning and teaching others, surrendering everything for his religious work. Vaughan observes that, "God received the offering and used Edwards' life to bring multitudes to a saving knowledge of Christ and also to edify the body of Christ for ages to come."
For anyone who wants to read about the life of a man who was fully devoted to his God and his fellow man, this is the book for you. Edwards is a fine example of what it means to be a Christian and "A Divine Light" is a wonderful glimpse into his thoughts and ideology. | | | Write your own review about A Divine Light: Spiritual Leadership of Jonathan Edwards (Leaders in Action) (Leaders in Action)
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