Jonathan Edwards’ (1703–1758) massive importance as a theologian, pastor, and philosopher is hard to overstate. More than 250 years after his death (he died of smallpox on March 22, 1758) he is still the subject of an enormous amount of theological literature. The bibliography of resources below speaks volumes about his ongoing—and even growing—influence.
Soon you will be able to have access to Edwards’ most important writings in your Libronix Digital Library System. The Logos edition is based on the standard 1834 edition that was reprinted by Banner of Truth and Hendrickson, both of which are still in print.
When we put Edwards up on Pre-Pub a few days ago, someone in our newsgroups asked if we’d be including Henry Rogers’ "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Jonathan Edwards," which was added to the beginning of the Hendrickson edition to set it apart from the Banner of Truth edition.
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while too! Just a few days ago I was lamenting the fact Logos hasn’t offered it yet, so this is a pleasant surprise!
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One thing I’d like to point out, I have the Hendrickson edition and there’s an essay called "Essay on the Genius and Writings of Jonathan Edwards" that takes up about 60 pages that doesn’t seem to be included in the forthcoming Logos edition. Will that be included?
Regardless, thanks for finally offering this one!!!
—Greg
Since we always like to provide you with the biggest and best editions possible, adding this essay was an easy decision. So make sure to thank Greg for suggesting it and helping us hunt down a copy of the essay. And remember, it pays to give us suggestions like these.
Head over to the product page to put in your pre-order for The Works of Jonathan Edwards (2 volumes).
About Jonathan Edwards
"The greatest philosopher-theologian yet to grace the American scene." —Perry Miller
"America’s most important and original philosophical theologian." —William Wainwright
"Edwards was a man born out of time, whose contributions were so prescient of the modern age that the present day is only just beginning to catch up with him." —Paul Helm
"The God-enthralled vision of Jonathan Edwards is rare and necessary, because its foundations are so massive and its fruit so beautiful. May the Lord himself open our eyes to see it . . . and be changed." —John Piper
"Edwards was extraordinary. By many estimates, he was the most acute early American philosopher and the most brilliant of all American theologians." —George Marsden
"No man is more relevant to the present condition of Christianity than Jonathan Edwards." —D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
"All his life he fed his soul on the Bible; and all his life he fed his flock on the Bible. Humanly speaking, he had a unique gift for making ideas live by the luminous precision with which he expounded them." —J. I. Packer
"Pore through those pages of Edwards’s great book, and you will find much to enlighten your mind and warm your heart. Indeed, you will find truths that will bring you joy from now throughout eternity." —Mark Talbot
To learn more about Jonathan Edwards in your Libronix library, see the following articles and books:
- R. W. Caldwell III and D. A. Sweeney, "Edwards, Jonathan," Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, 201-05.
- John E. Colwell, "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–58)," The Dictionary of Historical Theology, 174-75.
- F. L. Cross, ed., "Edwards, Jonathan," The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3d ed. rev., 535-36.
- Mark Dever, "How Jonathan Edwards Got Fired, and Why It’s Important for Us Today," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 129-144.
- Millard J. Erickson, "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758)," The Concise Dictionary of Christian Theology, rev. ed., 56.
- William J. Federer, "Edwards, Jonathan," in Great Quotations.
- Norman L. Geisler, "Edwards, Jonathan," Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics, 209-13.
- J. H. Gerstner, "Edwards, Jonathan," New Dictionary of Theology, 220-21.
- Stanley J. Grenz, et al., eds., "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758)," Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms, 43.
- Allen C. Guelzo, "Edwards, Jonathan," The Encyclopedia of Christianity, 2:67-70.
- George Thomas Kurian, ed., "Edwards, Jonathan," Nelson’s New Christian Dictionary.
- Paul Lagassé, ed., "Edwards, Jonathan," The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
- Kenneth P. Minkema, "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758)," Encyclopedia of the Reformed Faith, 116-18.
- C. Mitchell, "Edwards, Jonathan," Who’s Who in Christian History.
- Stephen J. Nichols, "Jonathan Edwards: His Life and Legacy," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 35-53.
- Mark A. Noll, "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758)," Evangelical Dictionary of Theology.
- J. I. Packer, "The Glory of God and the Reviving of Religion: A Study in the Mind of Jonathan Edwards," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 81-108.
- J. I. Packer, "Jonathan Edwards and Revival," in A Quest for Godliness, 309-27.
- Noël Piper, "Sarah Edwards: Jonathan’s Home and Haven," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 55-78.
- John Piper, "A God-Entranced Vision of All Things: Why We Need Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 21-34.
- John Piper, God’s Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards.
- Daniel G. Reid, ed., "Edwards, Jonathan (1703–1758)," Dictionary of Christianity in America.
- G. S. Smith, "Edwards, Jonathan," Baker Encyclopedia of Psychology and Counseling, 385.
- R. C. Sproul, "Edwards on the Beatific Vision," in The Soul’s Quest for God.
- Donald S. Whitney, "Pursuing a Passion for God Through Spiritual Disciplines: Learning from Jonathan Edwards," in A God Entranced Vision of All Things: The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards, 109-128.
For even more, check out these journal articles:
- James Beilby, "Divine Aseity, Divine Freedom: A Conceptual Problem For Edwardsian-Calvinism," JETS 47:4 (December 2004): 647-58.
- John J. Bombaro, "Dispositional Peculiarity History, and Edwards’s Evangelistic Appeal to Self-Love," WTJ 66:1 (Spring 2004): 121-57.
- Diana Butler, "God’s Visible Glory: The Beauty of Nature in the Thought of John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards," WTJ 52:1 (Spring 1990): 13-26.
- Robert W. Caldwell III, "The Holy Spirit as the Bond of Union in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 43-57.
- Stephen M. Clark, "Jonathan Edwards: The History of the Work of Redemption," WTJ 56:1 (Spring 1994): 45-58.
- Paul Copan, "Jonathan Edwards’s Philosophical Influences: Lockean or Malebranchean?" JETS 44:1 (March 2001): 107-24.
- Philip A. Craig, "‘And Prophecy Shall Cease’: Jonathan Edwards on the Cessation of the Gift of Prophecy," WTJ 64:1 (Spring 2002): 163-84.
- Bruce W. Daidson, "Reasonable Damnation: How Jonathan Edwards Argued for the Rationality of Hell," JETS 38:1 (March 1995): 47-56.
- Elisabeth S. Dodds, "My Dear Companion," Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening: Christian History, Issue 8.
- Richard D. Easton, "Jonathan Edwards on Revival: An Analysis of His Thought As Used by Proponents and Critics of the Toronto Blessing," RAR 8:2 (Spring 1999): 23-39.
- Jim Ehrhard, "A Critical Analysis of the Tradition of Jonathan Edwards As a Manuscript Preacher," WTJ 60:1 (Spring 1998): 71-84.
- Michael D. Gibson, "The Integrative Biblical Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: Empiricism, God, Being, and Postmillennialism," WTJ 64:1 (Spring 2002): 151-61.
- W. Glyn Evans, "Jonathan Edwards-Puritan Paradox," BSac 124:493 (January 1967): 51-65.
- John H. Gerstner, "An Outline of the Apologetics of Jonathan Edwards: Part I: The Argument from Being," BSac 133:529 (January 1976): 3-10.
- John H. Gerstner, "An Outline of the Apologetics of Jonathan Edwards: Part II: The Unity of God," BSac 133:530 (January 1976): 99-107.
- John H. Gerstner, "An Outline of the Apologetics of Jonathan Edwards: Part III: The Proof of God’s Special Revelation, The Bible," BSac 133:531 (January 1976): 195-201.
- John H. Gerstner, "An Outline of the Apologetics of Jonathan Edwards: Part IV: The Proof Of God’s Special Revelation, The Bible—Continued," BSac 133:532 (January 1976): 291-98.
- Greg D. Gilbert, "The Nations Will Worship: Jonathan Edwards and the Salvation of the Heathen," TrinJ 23:1 (Spring 2002): 53-76.
- John D. Hannah, "The Homiletical Skill of Jonathan Edwards," BSac 159:633 (January 2002): 96-107.
- John D. Hannah, "Jonathan Edwards and the Art of Effective Communication," RAR 11:4 (Fall 2002): 109-132.
- John D. Hannah, "Jonathan Edwards, the Toronto Blessing, and the Spiritual Gifts: Are the Extraordinary Ones Actually the Ordinary Ones?" TrinJ 17:2 (Fall 1996): 167–89.
- Michael A. G. Haykin, "Jonathan Edwards and His Legacy," RAR 4:3 (Summer 1995): 65-86.
- Christopher B. Holdsworth, "The Eschatology of Jonathan Edwards," RAR 5:3 (Summer 1996): 119-49.
- Samuel Hopkins, "Excerpts from the Life of Jonathan Edwards," Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening: Christian History, Issue 8.
- George Hunsinger, "Dispositional Soteriology: Jonathan Edwards on Justification by Faith Alone," WTJ 66:1 (Spring 2004): 107-20.
- Kevin Woongsan Kang, "Justified by Faith in Christ: Jonathan Edwards’s Doctrine of Justification in Light of Union with Christ," WTJ 65:2 (Fall 2003): 360.
- Glenn R. Kreider, "Jonathan Edwards’s Theology of Prayer," BSac 160:640 (October 2003): 434-56.
- Glenn R. Kreider, "‘God Never Begrutches His People Anything They Desire.’ Jonathan Edwards and the Generosity of God," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 71-85.
- John K. LaShell, "Jonathan Edwards and the New Sense," RAR 4:3 (Summer 1995): 87-98.
- Samuel T. Logan Jr., "The Hermeneutics of Jonathan Edwards," WTJ 43:1 (Fall 1980): 79-96.
- Samuel T. Logan Jr., "The Doctrine of Justification in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards," WTJ 46:1 (Spring 1984): 26-52.
- Richard Lovelace, "Edwards’ Theology: Puritanism Meets a New Age," Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening: Christian History, Issue 8.
- George M. Marsden, "Jonathan Edwards Speaks to Our Technological Age," Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening: Christian History, Issue 8.
- Gerald R. McDermott, "Jonathan Edwards on Revival, Spiritual Discernment, and God’s Beauty," RAR 6:1 (Winter 1997): 103-14.
- Gerald R. McDermott, "Jonathan Edwards, Theologian for the Church," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 11-22.
- Gerald R. McDermott, "Response to Gilbert: ‘The Nations Will Worship: Jonathan Edwards and the Salvation of the Heathen,’" TrinJ 23:1 (Spring 2002): 77-80.
- Doreen Moore, "Jonathan Edwards: Ministry and the Life of the Family," RAR 4:3 (Summer 1995): 99-114.
- T. M. Moore, "Edwards on Evangelism," RAR 8:2 (Spring 1999): 139-155.
- Stephen J. Nichols, "Heaven Is a World of Love, Congregations Can Be Full of Strife: The Life of Jonathan Edwards and Handling Conflict," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 25-39.
- Scott Oliphint, "Jonathan Edwards: Reformed Apologist," WTJ 57:1 (Spring 1995): 165-86.
- Walter Schultz, "Jonathan Edwards’s End of Creation: An Exposition and Defense," JETS 49:2 (June 2006): 247-71.
- Kenneth P. Minkema, "Jonathan Edwards in the Twentieth Century," JETS 47:4 (December 2004): 659-87.
- Kenneth P. Minkema and Richard A. Bailey, "Reason, Revelation, and Preaching: An Unpublished Ordination Sermon by Jonathan Edwards," SBJT 3:2 (Summer 1999): 16-31.
- Ted Rivera, "Jonathan Edwards’s ‘Hermeneutic’: A Case Study of the Sermon ‘Christian Knowledge,’" JETS 49:2 (June 2006): 273-86.
- Robert D. Smart, "Jonathan Edwards’ Experimental Calvinism: Pastors Learning Revival Harmony of Theology and Experience from a Leader in the Great Awakening," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 95-103.
- C. Samuel Storms, "Is Imputation Unjust? Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Original Sin," RAR 12:3 (Summer 2003): 61-69.
- C. Samuel Storms, "Jonathan Edwards on the Freedom of the Will," TrinJ 3:2 (Fall 1982): 131-69.
- Harry S. Stout, "The Puritans and Edwards: The American Vision of a Covenant People," Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening: Christian History, Issue 8.
- Jeffrey C. Waddington, "Jonathan Edwards’s ‘Ambiguous and Somewhat Precarious’ Doctrine of Justification?" WTJ 66:2 (Fall 2004): 357-72.
- Richard M. Weber, "The Trinitarian Theology of Jonathan Edwards: An Investigation of Charges Against Its Orthodoxy," JETS 44:2 (June 2001): 297-318.
- Helen Petter Westra, "Jonathan Edwards and ‘What Reason Teaches,’" JETS 34:4 (December 1991): 495-503.
- Brandon G. Withrow, "An Empty Threat: Jonathan Edwards on Y2K and the Power of Preaching," RAR 9:1 (Winter 2000): 69-89.
- Brandon G. Withrow, "Jonathan Edwards and Justification by Faith," RAR 11:2 (Spring 2002): 93-110.
- Brandon G. Withrow, "Jonathan Edwards and Justification by Faith (Part Two)," RAR 11:3 (Summer 2002): 98-108.
- Brandon G. Withrow, "A Future of Hope: Jonathan Edwards and Millennial Expectations," TrinJ 22:1 (Spring 2001): 75-98.
I realize y’all put a lot of work into these, but how can I justify paying $70 for the Libronix Works of Edwards when the Ages pdf version is available for $15?
Y’all have got to find a way to bring your prices down.
Hi, Chris, I assume by your comment that you are not currently a Libronix user and are not aware of all the benefits that Libronix resources have that Ages PDFs don’t.
The Logos edition of the Works of Jonathan Edwards will be seamlessly integrated with the rest of your Libronix resources giving you access to tons of great features like (1) instant lookups of words or phrases, (2) jumping to other resources in your Libronix library that Edwards cites, (3) Scripture references and footnotes as pop-ups, (4) the ability to mark up the text and take notes, and (5) our advanced searching, which enables you to find all the places that Edwards mentions any word, phrase, Scripture reference, and more.
Adding features like these takes a lot of time and money, so we couldn’t recoup our costs by selling Edwards for $15.
If you don’t desire or need any of this advanced functionality, then the Ages PDFs appear to be the better deal. Most of our users, however, are convinced of the incredible value of Libronix resources and will actually consider $70 a steal, rather than too expensive. If you give Libronix a chance, I think you’ll conclude the same thing.
Blessings,
Phil
Hi Phil, I can’t help but comment on this.
Over the past several years, pdfs have improved significantly and now offer some great features. You now search, highlight, underline, attach notes, comment, jump to other resources, etc. They really are impressive.
However, I think that overall you’re right on this. Libronix is so far out in the lead in advanced features, it’s not even a fair fight.
As for price? ChrisB has a good point.
As for me? As soon as my J. Edwards and my J. Owen collections ship, goodbye pdfs.
I love Logos and Libronix, I even own Logos Gold. But the price does seem a bit large. If you go to Christianbook.com or even smaller retailers you can find these works way cheaper around 55.00 (thats how much I just paid last week!). I would at least consider reevaluating the price, either way I’ll most likely still spend the money on it!
Phil: I have Libronix. I like it. PDFs can do a lot these days. $50 is a lot of money.
I still hope you’ll be able to improve your system and bring down your costs. I’d love to be able to have all of Edwards in Libronix, but I’ll have to wait.
I have to agree. $70 is a more than fair price to add this to your Libronix library.
I’d agree with Phil. Having used Libronix for several years, it’s functionality is far beyond that of Ages. I have the Ages format with Spurgeon and Edwards because I value their ministries. However, $70 is not too great an investment for Edwards. I welcome the addition!
Is this available for mac?
Willis,
Our Mac version is currently in beta testing (http://www.logos.com/mac). When it ships, we won’t have a Windows version and a separate Mac version of our books. All of our Libronix books will work on either platform, so you could buy the books and install them on one or the other or both.
Is there any advantage of this edition over those files created by Personal Book Builder at stilltruth.com? Was there any additional proofreading done?
Of course, I believe the Logos indexes and word links will be as good as they always are.
Timothy, you will definitely want to refer to my recent blog post where I address this question in detail: PBB, or Not PBB: That Is the Question.
I don’t know if the PBB edition at StillTruth was proofed. I’m guessing they just took a digital text from CCEL or somewhere similar. Ours was scanned from the print edition and carefully OCRed and proofed to guarantee a very high degree of accuracy. See the blog post for other reasons you should consider getting the Logos edition.
The Pre-pub page is saying “Status: Under Development”. I understand that it’s difficult to tell when the process will end, but is it possible to write the date when the Status was changed to “Under Development” and a rough estimate of when it will end, so that I can prepare money in time (my card doesn’t have a credit balance, so I have to put money before purchases).