Jonathan Edwards: Revivalist Preacher and Philosopher

Jonathan Edwards is known as one of the most influential people in his era. He changed people's way of thinking, people's beliefs, and people's worship. He puts thousands of listeners on each word and makes him a new thinker and believer. He mixed the way of old faith with new ways and came up with a way to promote himself. Jonathan Edwards was born on October 5, 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut, his father was Timothy Edwards, and his mother was Esther Edwards.

As missionaries, resurrectors, philosophers, and theologians Jonathan Edwards responded to American history and became the most important Christian thinker of the 18th century. Edwards is called "the only intellectual and contemporary revivalist in the church" by the Christian Entrepreneurial Encyclopedia Encyclopedia (Heisler, 209) and continues to be an important part of Christian America. Often related to strong Puritan restrictions reflecting the late colonial era of America, Edwards' moral philosophy was banned with a fixed idea that was not permitted to completely unveil missionary thoughts. In this article, Jonathan Edwards and Thomas Hobbes will consider the ethics of self-interest ethics first proposed by Leviathan himself. Comparing Edward's self-interest supporters and opponents, this article reveals the similarities between the self-interests of people like Hobbes and Jonathan Edwards's justice and faith.

Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - 22 March 1758) was a US revolutionary missionary, philosopher and congregation Protestant theologian. Like most Puritans, he insisted on reformed theology. His colonial followers later distinguished themselves from other congregists as "new light" (supporting awakening) rather than "old light" (non resurrected). Edwards is widely regarded as "one of the most important and ingenious philosophical theologians in the United States". Edwards' theological work is diverse, but his roots are in reformed theology, metaphysics of theological determinism and heritage of Puritan. Recent research emphasizes how Edwards is based on the concept of beauty, harmony, and moral adaptation, and the importance of understanding of his way of thinking in his life.