Honoring Jonathan Edwards

• Published in: The Journal of religious ethics Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 299 - 321
• Main Author: Quinn, Philip L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishing 01.06.2003; Blackwell Publishers; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Aesthetics; Christian ethics; Christian history; Christianity; Divinity; Edwards; Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758); Ethics; Focus: Jonathan Edwards; Jonathan; Morality; Personal profiles; Religion; Religious ethics; Spiritual love; Theology

In this response to the papers on Jonathan Edwards's ethical thought by Stephen A. Wilson, Gerald R. McDermott, William C. Spohn, and Roland A. Delattre, I comment on their efforts to show that ideas drawn from Edwards can be successfully appropriated for use in contemporary ethics. I conclude...