{"product_id":"jonathan-edwards-americas-evangelical-9780809061969","title":"Jonathan Edwards: America's Evangelical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn important new biography of America's founding religious father. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonathan Edwards was America's most influential evangelical, whose revivals of the 1730s became those against which all subsequent ones have been judged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe marvelous accomplishment of Philip Gura's\u003ci\u003e Jonathan Edwards \u003c\/i\u003eis to place the rich intellectual landscape of America's most formidable evangelical within the upheaval of his times. Gura not only captures Edwards' brilliance but respectfully explains the enduring appeal of his theology: in a world of profound uncertainty, it held out hope of an authentic conversion---the quickening of the indwelling spirit of God in one's heart and the consequent certitude of Godly behavior and everlasting grace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing Jonathan Edwards' life from his birth in 1703 to his untimely death in 1758, Gura magnificently reasserts Edwards rightful claim as the father of America's evangelical tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip F. Gura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.08w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809061969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilip F. Gura \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Words: Language, Theology, and Literature in the American Renaissance \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Glimpse of Sion's Glory: Puritan Radicalism in New England, 1620-1660\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor, with Joel Myerson, of \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays on American Transcendentalism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Strauss \u0026 Giroux-3pl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40890432487539,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":22.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2954d484-3056-4e3f-ab90-db051364500d.jpg?v=1689772435","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/jonathan-edwards-americas-evangelical-9780809061969","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}