The Jonathan Edwards Center at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School is pleased to make resources from past events available for free on this website. Visitors will want to check the site after events to access this content.
The Center is pleased to offer a designated terminal in Rolfing Library on the campus of TEDS which allows students and visiting scholars to access a wealth of resources for the study of Edwards and related figures and movements throughout history. This unique online collection is available through the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University.
In addition, please note the following resources. We are gratified to be part of a network of Edwards Centers around the world.
- JEC of Yale University
(featuring free access to the complete Works of Jonathan Edwards) - JEC of Poland
- JEC of South Africa
- JEC of Germany (Tübingen University)
- JEC of the Netherlands
- JEC of Australia (Ridley College)
Available Media:
New Directions in Edwards Studies
1. Speaker: Oliver Crisp
Title: The Excellency of the Trinity: Jonathan Edwards on The Triune God
Location: Hinkson Hall
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2. Speaker: Michael McClymond
Title: Jonathan Edwards and the Future of Global Christianity
Location: Hinkson Hall
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3. Speaker: Nam-Joon Kim
Title: Jonathan Edwards and Korea
Location: Hinkson Hall
Description: Much Edwardsean scholarship and research is focused on the North American and European settings. However, Jonathan Edwards has played a significant role in the character of Christianity in South Korea. This lecture explores some of the legacies of Edwards within the Korean ecclesial context. Part of the genius of Edwardsean theology today is that it is not only thriving in the transatlantic world but extends far across geographical and ethnic boundaries. Pastor Nam-Joon Kim also offers some autobiographical perspectives on how the theology and spirituality of Edwards has shaped his own pastoral ministry in South Korea.
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4. Speaker: Anna Svetlikova
Title: Edwards and Literature: The Case of Natural Typology
Location: Hinkson Hall
Description: What are the grounds for studying Edwards’ writings from a literary perspective? In what ways can it be done and what are the results? What has become of Edwards in English departments? This lecture will outline some possibilities for a literary study of Edwards’ writings and discuss some tensions which may arise between a theological and a literary approach, focusing particularly on Edwards’ typology of nature and offering an example of a literary interpretation of the type as a rhetorical form.
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5. Speaker: Mark Rogers
Title: An Edwardsian Second Great Awakening?: The Revival Ministry of Edward Dorr Griffin
Location: Hinkson Hall
Description: The First and Second Great Awakenings are commonly contrasted, pitting Jonathan Edwards’ revival leadership and theology against that of frontier camp meetings and Finneyite New Measures. In this story of contrast and discontinuity, Edwards’ impact on the Second Great Awakening has been neglected. As a result, Edward Dorr Griffin, one of the most prominent and influential leaders of the Second Awakening has been forgotten. This lecture will outline Griffin’s revival leadership and demonstrate the ways in which Jonathan Edwards shaped his ministry, the revivals he led, and large portions of the Second Great Awakening.
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6. Speaker: Doug Sweeney
Title: Colloquium on Jonathan Edwards' Global Legacies
Location: Hinkson Hall
Description: Douglas Sweeney and Oliver Crisp have co-edited an exciting new volume on Jonathan Edwards: "After Jonathan Edwards: The Courses of the New England Theology." Based on this new book, the Jonathan Edwards Center at TEDS is presented a panel discussion on these men's work. This JEC event was part of the New Directions in Edwards Studies series.
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7. Speaker: Mark Noll
Title: Jonathan Edwards' Use of the Bible: A Case Study with Comparisons.
Location: ATO Chapel
Description: Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. The title of the lecture was: "Jonathan Edwards' Use of the Bible: A Case Study with Comparisons." The lecture was held on November 9, 2011 at 1pm in ATO Chapel on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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8. Speaker: David Barshinger
Title: Making the Psalter One's 'Own Language:' Jonathan Edwards Engages the Psalms
Location: Hinkson Hall
Description: Senior Fellow and Book Review Editor of the Jonathan Edwards Center at TEDS and a PhD student at Trinity is studying for a degree in Theological Studies with a focus on Jonathan Edwards and American church history. The title of the lecture was "Making the Psalter One's 'Own Language:' Jonathan Edwards Engages the Psalms," held on February 23, 2011 at 1pm in Hinkson Hall on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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9. Speaker: Richard Muller
Title: Jonathan Edwards and the Absence of Free Choice
Location: ATO Chapel
Description: P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. The title of the lecture was "Jonathan Edwards and the Absence of Free Choice," held on September 29, 2010 at 1pm in ATO Chapel on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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Jonathan Edwards and the Church
1. Speaker: Oliver Crisp
Title: Jonathan Edwards on Preaching
Location: Hinkson Hall
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2. Speaker: Thabiti Anyabwile
Title: Jonathan Edwards and American Racism
Location: ATO Chapel
Description: Jonathan Edwards and American Racism: Can the Theology of a Slave Owner Be Trusted by Descendants of Slaves? Jonathan Edwards is arguably the most important theologian that North America has produced. He is a hero to many Christians. Yet he also owned slaves, a fact that has raised important questions about his moral credibility. Should we really be holding Edwards up as a theological role model? Should we be trying to learn from him? Listen as Thabiti Anyabwile addresses these questions (with responses from Louis Love and Charlie Dates). This lecture, co-sponsored by the Henry Center, was held on February 1, 2012 at 1pm in the ATO Chapel on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
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3. Speaker: George Marsden
Title: Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-first Century
Location: ATO Chapel
Description: Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame. The title of the lecture was "Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-first Century," held on November 3, 2010 at 1pm in ATO Chapel on the campus of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. The pastoral respondent was Colin Smith of the Orchard Evangelical Free Church of Arlington Heights (IL).
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