Jonathan Edwards's Apologetic for the Great Awakening. With particular attention to Charles Chauncy's Criticisms.

CONTENTS:
Foreword, by Kenneth P. Minkema, Jonathan Edwards Center, Yale University.
Acknowledgments.

Introduction to Edwards's Historical Context.
A. The New England background.
B. Edwards's family and early life.

Chapter One: Jonathan Edwards and the Great Awakening.
A. Edwards's emerging leadership.
B. The Great Awakening.

Chapter Two: Interpretations of the Awakening.
A. The central question.
B. The crisis of authority and the central question.
C. Eighteenth-century interpretations.
D. Modern interpretations.

Chapter Three: The Distinguishing Marks and Some Thoughts.
A. Edwards's revival perspective, 1739-1741.
B. The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God.
C. Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion.

Chapter Four: Chauncy's Seasonable Thoughts.
A. Chauncy's background and early life.
B. Chauncy's emergence as leader of the Old Lights.
C. Seasonable Thoughts.
D. The significance of Seasonable Thoughts.

Chapter Five: Edwards's Final Response to Chauncy.
A. The aftermath of the Great Awakening.
B. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections.
C. The significance of Religious Affections.

Conclusion: The Debate and Its Legacy.
A. Summary.
B. Chauncy's apologetic legacy.
C. Edwards's apologetic legacy.
D. Conclusion.

Bibliography [pp. 315-342].
A. Primary sources.
B. Secondary sources.