Jonathan Edwards: The Father Of The First Great Awakening

A religious revival swept through America during the 1730s, particularly in Puritan New England. Religious fervor, the reason the colonists moved to the Americas so they could get away from the religiously oppressive king, had been on the decline for some time, and after the Salem Witch trials, religion was viewed as being somewhat oppressive. Powerful sermons were used to convert people back to being astutely religious. Jonathan Edwards was a particularly influential speaker at time. He was known for his condemnation of non-followers of Christ, and was a very influential speaker at the time. In his sermon, Edwards condemns sinners and calls for them to repent so that they may be saved from the wrath of an angry God. Edwards makes this argument

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely recognized as one of America’s most profound Theologians. Some might even consider him the master of Puritan revival, since he was the leader of the Great Awakening. During his time he was a devout Calvinist who had the power of single-handedly keeping the Puritan faith strong for over twenty-five years, by using vivid imagery to provoke his audience. Edward's dialect was exquisitely influential and yet wielded with class and ease. This essay argues that Edwards was a prestigious theologian in his time that helped shape modern religious culture.

Jonathan Edwards has been known as one of the most influential people of his time. He changed the way people thought, the way people believed, and the way people worshiped. He had thousands of listeners who hung on his every word, letting him mold them into new thinkers and believers. He mixed the old ways of believing with the new and came up with a way of preaching all of his own.

Jonathan Edwards Is most known for his big role in shaping the first Great Awakening. However, he has also made many other accomplishments throughout his lifetime. He is a Yale College graduate and soon after became a preacher of the Christian religion, a philosopher, and a theologian. Some people even consider him to be “America’s most important and original philosophical theologian”. He gave a famous sermon that greatly affected the Roman Christian tradition. Edwards helped anybody and everyone he could. His Many followers became known as the New Light Calvinist Ministers over time. Edwards took great pride in helping others throughout his life. He contributed to many Christian conversions, and was a big part of The Great Awakening. With everything Edwards dedicated himself to throughout his life, he helped influence the Roman Catholic traditions.

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards was a brilliant man that lived a life that glorified God. He is considered one of the greatest thinkers in America. During his childhood, he was a very smart boy who used that to find out the wonders of God’s creation. Soon he went to Yale University where he got his bachelor and masters degree and started preaching. While preaching, he married a young woman, Sarah, and had 11 children.

The Great Awakening of the eighteenth century was mainly a time of Puritan revival in the young English colonies of North America. Many preachers, or circuit riders, traveled around giving long sermons to engage listeners and persuade them to a life of faithful and committed relationship with God. Jonathan Edwards, a respected circuit rider of the time, used the method of terror to persuade his audiences by giving examples of their impending doom in the afterlife. Edwards persuasion as a speaker was supported by his use of multiple rhetorical elements such as the rhetorical appeals, imagery, symbolism, and thematic discussion.

However, by this point in history, there were only a select few religions that believed in the traditional ideologies that existed prior to the Second Great Awakening. Very few people still believed in the concept of predestination, and, surprisingly, women played a far greater role in the Second Great Awakening. Brinkley pointed out that the Second Great Awakening was far more progressive than the first Awakening: not only did women outnumber men in terms on conversions, but “in some areas of the country, revival meetings were open to people of all races,” which led to the emergence of black preachers within the “slave community” (pg 155). Even Native Americans played a role within the Second Great Awakening, especially within Presbyterianism and Baptism. Brinkley’s entire section proved how religion had a positive effect on American society, regardless of the break in religion during the American

History is bursting at the seams with controversy of personalities. Everywhere you look, two figures can be found jousting on an intellectual level, battling to prove their views as the superior way of thinking. At the beginning of our great nation, ironically named the United States of America, two particularly well-known men embody one of the most moving and powerful cultural oppositions: Jonathan Edwards demonstrating spiritual restoration and Benjamin Franklin pursuing sophisticated society.

Was a movement that changed the religious beliefs, and practices in the American colonies.It was similar to the Enlightenment in its values and its era. Traveling preachers gave emotional and entertaining speeches that emphasized a change of heart, a personal relationship with Jesus and an inward focus rather than tradition, ritual, and deeds. Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were two of the most influential preachers of the time. Puritans interpreting the Bible for themselves

I. Introduction Jonathan Edwards was extraordinary and many peoples' estimates he has the most acute an American philosopher, and he was the most brilliant of all American theologians at his time. There are at least three of Edwards many works such like: Religious Affection, Freedom of the Will and The Nature of True Virtue are standing as masterpieces in the history of the Christian literature. Jonathan Edwards was the machine encourage of Christianity in nineteenth-century. But not only the machine but he brought over lasting influence.