Jonathan+Edwards


 * Jonathan Edwards **


 * Important Events and Ideas **


 * Born: October 5, 1703
 * Died: March 22, 1758
 * Edwards delivered the sermon "[|Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God]", a classic of early American literature, during another wave of revival in 1741


 * "Did you know..."Factoids **
 * The sermons and writings of Jonathan Edwards helped to shape the course of Protestant theology before, during, and after The Great Awakening of 1740-1742.
 * Jonathan Edwards wrote his most famous treatise called //The Freedom of the Will// (1754).
 * Edwards was elected president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in early 1758


 * "I Wonder..." Questions **
 * What was Jonathan's Edwards home life like?