Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758) American philosopher and theologian who
studied at Yale and received his bachelor's degree before his 17th birthday.
Edwards' preaching provoked the explosive beginnings of the "Great
Awakening," a religious revivalist movement in the American Colonies of
the 1740s. One of the most innovative of colonial philosophers, he was also
most conscientiously tied to the past; he is often referred to as the last
Puritan.
Character of David Brainerd (1747) A sermon Edwards' preached at the
funeral of his friend and fellow theologian, David Brainerd. The author
describes his subject as a man who had a great taste for learning, an
extraordinary knowledge of men, and extraordinary gifts for the pulpit.
