The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University
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The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University (also known as the Jonathan Edwards Centre) is a department of the Yale University Divinity School that is responsible for publishing and providing scholarly information about the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), a 1720 Yale graduate, Christian theologian, and philosopher who played a significant role in America's First Great Awakening
in the 18th century.
The Jonathan Edwards Center contains many of Edwards' original manuscripts which were acquired from his family in the early twentieth century. Besides its primary location at Yale University
in New Haven, Connecticut
, the Center maintains affiliated centers in Australia, Benelux, Brazil, Poland, Germany, and South Africa to assist in providing information about the works of Jonathan Edwards. Edwards was a prolific writer and the Center has published twenty six volumes (letter press) and seventy three volumes (digital edition, online archive) of his works. The Center also makes Edwards' works available on the web through an online archive.
First Great Awakening
The First Awakening was a Christian revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of personal...
in the 18th century.
The Jonathan Edwards Center contains many of Edwards' original manuscripts which were acquired from his family in the early twentieth century. Besides its primary location at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
, the Center maintains affiliated centers in Australia, Benelux, Brazil, Poland, Germany, and South Africa to assist in providing information about the works of Jonathan Edwards. Edwards was a prolific writer and the Center has published twenty six volumes (letter press) and seventy three volumes (digital edition, online archive) of his works. The Center also makes Edwards' works available on the web through an online archive.