Jonathan Edwards

Name: Jonathan Edwards
Brand: ONE Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Simonetta Carr
ISBN: 9781646896882

Author: Simonetta Carr

Series: Christian Biographies for Young Readers

Narrator: Jonathan St. John

Unabridged: 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: One Audiobooks

Published: 07/28/2023

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, History, Religious, Christian, School & Education

Synopsis

FINALIST at the 2015 San Diego Book Awards.Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many people were seriously questioning long-accepted ideas about the world, life, and God, and his answers to these questions have left a mark on the way we think today. While he is often remembered as the preacher of a scary sermon about a spider dangling over a fire, he remains significant as one of the greatest thinkers America has produced. Simonetta Carr traces the events of Edwards's life from a young student interested in science to husband and father, pastor, leader of the Great Awakening, missionary, writer, and college president. Colorful illustrations, interesting facts, and a compelling story combine to introduce young readers to this important theologian and life in colonial America.

About The Author

Simonetta Carr was born in Italy and has lived and worked in different cultures. A former elementary school teacher, she has home-schooled her eight children for many years. She has written for newspapers and magazines around the world and has translated the works of several Christian authors into Italian. Presently, she lives in San Diego with her husband, Thomas, and family. She is a member and Sunday school teacher at Christ united Reformed Church.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert

I read this book as a result of studying church history for presentation in our Sunday School Class. Jonathan Edwards is arguably considered the greatest North American theologian. He spoke and wrote during the period known as the “Great Awakening.” So it interested me to read what he had to say. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Gregory

Very interesting book by an early American religious thinker. "The immense magnificence of the visible world in inconceivable vastness, the incomprehensible height of the heavens, etc., is but a type of the infinite magnificence, height and glory of God's work in the spiritual world." "That mixture w......more

Goodreads review by Scott

This little book contains some of the more interesting writings by Jonathan Edwards. Probably his most famous, and powerful sermons, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is included in the book. But it also includes writings that explore a side to Jonathan Edwards that few know - his love of natur......more

Goodreads review by Pige

One of those books that you just read and re-read because of it's rich, soothing, and complex beauty.......more