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An Infinite Fountain of Light: Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-First Century

An Infinite Fountain of Light: Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-First Century

by George M. Marsden

Christians need to pause once in a while to get their bearings. For perspective on our own times and how we got here, it helps to listen to wise guides from other eras. In An Infinite Fountain of Light, the renowned American historian George Marsden illuminates the landscape with wisdom from one such mentor: Jonathan Edwards.Drawing on his deep expertise on … Read more…

Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be

Evangelicals: Who They Have Been, Are Now, and Could Be

by George M. Marsden, Mark A. Noll and David W Bebbington

The past, present, and future of a movement in crisisWhat exactly do we mean when we say “evangelical”?  How should we understand this many-sided world religious phenomenon? How do recent American politics change that understanding?Three scholars have been vital to our understanding of evangelicalism for the last forty years: Mark Noll, whos… Read more…

Religion and American Culture: A Brief History

Religion and American Culture: A Brief History

by George M. Marsden

While Americans still profess to be one of the most religious people in the industrialized world, many aspects of American culture have long been secular and materialistic. That is just one of the many paradoxes, contradictions, and surprises in the relationship between Christianity and American culture. In this book George Marsden, a leading historian of Am… Read more…

Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God

Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God

by Justin Taylor, Stephen J. Nichols, Dane C. Ortlund, George M. Marsden and Dane Ortlund

Jonathan Edwards is widely hailed as the greatest theologian in American history. In  Edwards on the Christian Life, Dane Ortlund invites us to explore the great eighteenth-century pastor's central passion: God's resplendent beauty. Whether reflecting on the nature of love… Read more…

A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards
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A Short Life of Jonathan Edwards

by George M. Marsden

Narrated by Marsden, George M.

Jonathan Edwards is one of the most extraordinary figures in American history. Arguably the most brilliant theologian ever born on American soil, Edwards (1703–1758) was also a pastor, a renowned preacher, a missionary to the Native Americans, a biographer, a college president, a philosopher, a loving husband, and the father of eleven children. George … Read more…