America's Theologian Beyond America
Jonathan Edwards, Israel, and China
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 February 2023
- ISBN 9780197652671
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 170x226x38 mm
- Weight 522 g
- Language English 440
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Short description:
In America's Theologian Beyond America, Victor Zhu provides a nuanced investigation of Edwards's anticipation of the millennium. Zhu shows that Edwards's millennialism is neither America-centric nor politically utopian. Rather, Zhu revisits Edwards's belief in Israel's restoration to the Promised Land and highlights his eschatological hope for China and the rest of the "heathen" world.
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New England theologian Jonathan Edwards came to prominence at the culmination of a dramatic paradigm shift in millennialism that had begun in the sixteenth century, declaring that a thousand-year earthly kingdom would arrive in the future. For Edwards, the land of Israel would be the ideal location of the millennial kingdom, and the people of Israel, after their restoration, would play critical and decisive roles in the millennium's commencement. Edwards's millennial vision was also cosmic, however, and included both Europe and China. Unlike his Protestant predecessors and his Puritan contemporaries, Edwards's millennialism de-centralized England and New England. Contrary to what many have argued, Edwards neither originated nor advocated the notion of the American redeemer nation.
In America's Theologian Beyond America, Victor Zhu establishes the coherence of Edwards's Judeo-centric and cosmic vision of the millennial kingdom and argues that this vision is an indispensable part of Edwards's theological system. He highlights three theological loci in Edwards's millennialism: the greatness of God's divine sovereignty, the magnificence of His glory, and the capaciousness of His kingdom. Zhu demonstrates Edwards's conviction of the progressive realization of the kingdom, refuting the prevailing misinterpretation that Edwards thought the millennium was imminent. He explores Edwards's cosmic vision of the millennial kingdom, which extended from New England and Israel to China and other parts of the "heathen" world. In conclusion, Zhu examines the contemporary relevance of Edwards's millennialism in Chinese millennial movements.
Zhu includes the fascinating history of Chinese Christian apocalyptic figures and beliefs as the question of the millennium resonated across the wider Christian community. An essential book for all Edwards scholars.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Douglas Sweeney
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Jonathan Edwards's millennialism: America-centric or Beyond?
Chapter One: "This Lower World Shall be All Over Covered with Light": Edwards's Vision of a Terrestrial and Future Millennial Kingdom
Chapter Two: "Christ in all things has the preeminence": Edwards's Christocentric Focus in His Millennialism
Chapter Three: "As the Cold Increases . . .": Edwards's Conviction of the Progressive Realization of the Millennial Kingdom
Chapter Four: Edwards's Judeo-centric Vision of the Millennial Kingdom
Chapter Five: "As the Waters Cover the Seas": China and the Heathen World in the Cosmic Millennial Kingdom
Chapter Six: Conclusion and Prospect
Appendix: Edwards's Millennial Legacy in the Eighteenth Century
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