America''s Theologian Beyond America - Jonathan Edwards, Israel, and China

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.

List 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


• Bibliography

About the author

Victor Zhu received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 2019. Zhu works as a lecturer and freelance researcher with interests in eschatology in the Reformed tradition, Puritan views of Israel, Chinese millennial movements, and Chinese-European cultural and philosophical interaction in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Summary

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.

Additional text

Zhu's new interpretation of Edwards's millennialism challenges previous scholarship in a way that will encourage students of Edwards to consider his intellectualism beyond western thought.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Zhu, Victor (Lecturer and Researcher Zhu
• Assisted by: Douglas Sweeney (Foreword)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780197652671
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765267-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, Specific wars and campaigns, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), American War of Independence, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches