Jonathan Edwards & Sarah Pierrepont – Flashcards
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Who was he influenced by? And what specific term did he believe?
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John Locke -Empiricism: An emotional/feeling experience shapes our knowledge (not logical), environment shapes you, -So you know that you're connected to God because you can feel it
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At what age did he begin his writing?
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11
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At what age did he enter Yale?
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13
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At what age did he experience grace?
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17
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When did he marry Sarah Pierrepont? How old was she then? How many children did they have?
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-he was 24 -she was 17 -they had 11 children
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What link was Edwards of?
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Link between religious mysticism and Age of Reason
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Why did he want to help Puritanism (Calvinism)?
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Because it was on a decline and he tried to help its revival during the Great Awakening when there was a new dedication to God
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What century was strict Puritanism in?
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17th century
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What did Jon Edwards do w/ communion? What happened to him?
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He refused to give communion to people without Grace and dismissed from his church as the minister
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What is his spirital autobiography called?
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Personal Narrative
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What 2 things was he regarded as?
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1. Great writer 2. A Thinker! (lol)
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When was "Sarah Pierrepont" written? Who was she a daughter of?
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Written when Sarah was 13. She was a daughter of one of the founders of Yale -Edwards had not yet met her when he wrote this piece
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What kind of text is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
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A SERMON
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What is this a classic example of?
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A Fire and Brimstone sermon
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How effective was this sermon?
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-It was very effective, resulting in many immediate conversions but Edwards worried about the effects of hysteria; some conversions were not true or lasting, just a result of excitement
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What is the typical Puritan-style sermon?
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1. Text (Biblical) 2. Doctrine (Religious belief) 3. Application
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What is the Halfway Convenant?
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If your parents/grandparents were part of the church, then you are too a member of the church, you don't need to confess your sins to be a member
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What did Soloman Stoddard (Edwar'ds grandfather) do?
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He eased and relaxed church regulation -Stopped the requirement that church members profess and experience of grace -Opened Communion to everyone -Stressed that salvation relies on being a good person more than being religious
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What is the Great Awakening also called?
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A religious revival
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What changes did the Great Awakening have on Puritan theology?
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1. Stressed emotional side of religion (feeling God's presence) 2. Being reborn is by someone's own emotional conviction 3. Feeling the spiritual reality was more important than studying the religion 4. Made religion more popular, it's easier to experience emotional excitement than rational understanding 5. Made religion more democratic and equal for everyone to be touched by grace 6. Made religion more lax and faded into indifference, giving rise to pursuit of secular values
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What were the 3 aspects of Edward's religious philosophy?
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1. He agreed with John Locke in the concept that ideas are generated by sense impressions - knowledge must be supplemented by faith 2. He believed in the intuitive process; a person must passively surrender to receive grace through their senses. One cannot achieve saving grace through a rational process. 3. From Isaac Newton Edwards, he borrowed the concept that the harmonious working of the universe reflected the magnificence of "the Great Geometrician" or God
