Jonathan Edwards: The End for which God Created the World

Tue, 07/12/2004 - 23:08 -- James Oakley

In what ways would current English evangelicalism most benefit from and be challenged by familiarity with the teaching of Jonathan Edwards’ The End for which God made the World?




Introduction

Jonathan Edwards' work, The End for which God made the World, defends the claim that God made the world for only one end, his own glory. This essay will first summarise the Dissertation’s teaching, and then consider trends and weaknesses in contemporary English evangelicalism, identified by recent authors, that are usefully addressed by Edwards’ thesis.

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