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Jonathan Edwards's Vision of Reality
Author: John J. Bombaro
language: en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date: 2011-10-19
Since the publication of Sang Hyun Lee's revolutionary commentary, The Philosophical Theology of Jonathan Edwards, scholars have considered the possibilities of understanding Jonathan Edwards's thought in terms of dispositional laws, forces, and habits. While some scholars reject the notion of a dispositional ontology in Edwards, others have taken the concept of disposition in his thought beyond the usage the Northampton minister ever indicated, especially with respect to soteriological considerations. The preacher of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is made to be an inclusivist, if not a crypto-universalist. Jonathan Edwards's Vision of Reality substantiates that Edwards, in an effort to combat deistic and materialistic Enlightenment paradigms, employs dispositions in his philosophy, but that his radical theocentrism and Calvinistic particularism established its boundaries within his apologetical reconsideration of spatiotemporal and metaphysical reality. Within his "spiritual vision" of reality, Edwards leaves no stone unturned: history and even the reprobate find inherent value and a positive functional role not only in God's program of self-glorification but as manifestations of divine being--the damned are "deformities" in God. The logic of Edwards's theocentric vision of reality pushes his ideas to the limits of acceptable Reformed orthodoxy, and sometimes beyond those limits.
Muslim Identities in Contemporary Televangelists' Online Discourse
This book examines the discourse of Muslim televangelism in the West, particularly looking at the emergence of 'home-grown' televangelists who grew up in the West and deliver their sermons in English, addressing audiences in contexts such as the UK and the USA. In their sermons, televangelists address topics that are relevant to the everyday life of Muslims and Muslim youth such as friendship, marriage and the misrepresentation of Islam/Muslims in mass media. This book explores contemporary Muslim televangelism and its manifestations in other forms of digital religion, including YouTube, websites and social media which mediate religious content. Using a Critical Discourse Studies approach, the author explores the power structures underpinning the popularity of Muslim televangelism, investigates the linguistic strategies used by Muslim televangelists to construct their identities online, and analyses how Islam and Muslims are represented in their sermons. This book will be of interest to religious studies, media studies, and discourse studies scholars, and to anyone interested in the topic of Islam/Muslims in the West in the contemporary age.
Something About Knowing God
Author: Vera L. Smith
language: en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date: 2025-12-11
Without a mother and raised by a father who was remiss, Smith’s story begins walking in life looking through the eyes of a child. After suffering a childhood tragedy, still feeling the sting behind her painful loss, she began to write, though not realizing God was leading her to write it all down. As years passed, she felt as though she was living under the weight of trials that seemed to just keep coming. Seeking the heart of God while pouring over Scripture, she was searching to find an answer to her disquieting question, What do you want me to see? Years later, she saw it. God had not changed. He continues to reveal his heart through his servants molded by seasons of brokenness, betrayal, seasons of solitude, and silence before using them as instruments of change. Her compelling and transparent real-life stories enriched through biblical knowledge, personal struggles, and uplifting moments can help to build faith and sharpen discernment while inviting redirection and embracing self-worth. Her touching story ends by engaging the heart of the reader to self-reflect and to seek to know something more about knowing God who, the author deeply affirms, qualifies the called.