9-11 March 2000, Coral Gables, Florida

A Conference Sponsored by The Works of Jonathan Edwards,
The Institute for the Advanced Study of Religion at Yale,
The University of Miami, and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

MIAMI

CONFERENCE

A RESOUNDING

SUCCESS!


The fifth major Edwards conference since 1984, "Jonathan Edwards in Historical Memory" attracted a large audience of both specialists and nonspecialists. The conference organizers David Kling (University of Miami) and Douglas Sweeney (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) are now exploring possibilities for the publication of the conference papers, which examined a wide range of issues in Edwards life, thought, and legacy. For those Edwards aficionados who missed the conference, the lineup of papers will continue to be posted on this web page until a later date. 




Previous National
Edwards Conferences

Wheaton, IL (1984)

Papers published in Jonathan Edwards and the American Experience, ed. Nathan O. Hatch and Harry S. Stout (New York: Oxford University Press, 1988).

New Haven, CT (1990)

Papers published in Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards, and the Representation of American Culture, ed. Barbara B. Oberg and Harry S. Stout (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993).

Bloomington, IN (1994)

Papers published in Jonathan Edwards's Writings: Text, Context, Interpretation, ed. Stephen J. Stein (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1996).

Philadelphia, PA (1996)

Papers published in Edwards in Our Time: Jonathan Edwards and the Shaping of American Religion, ed. Sang Hyun Lee and Allen C. Guelzo (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999). 

 

Conference Program

Thursday, 9 March 1999

KEYNOTE ADDRESS  (7:30 p.m.)

David Bebbington (University of Stirling, Scotland), "Remembered Around the World: The International Scope of Edwards' Legacy"

Chair: Harry S. Stout (Yale University)

Friday, 10 March 1999

SESSION I  (8:30-10:00 a.m.)

Pregnant with Possibility: The Historical Significance of Edwards' Thought
Chair/Respondent: Sang Hyun Lee (Princeton Theological Seminary)

George M. Marsden (University of Notre Dame), "The Quest for the Historical Edwards: The Challenges of Biography"

Michael J. McClymond (St. Louis University), "If There Had Been No Vaccination: Some Conjectures Concerning the Character of Edwards' Unwritten Magnum Opus"

SESSION II  (10:30-noon)

A Reputation Remembered: Edwards as Local Patriarch
Chair/Respondent:  Kenneth P. Minkema (Yale University)

Catherine A. Brekus (University of Chicago), "Suffer the Little Children: Remembering Edwards' Ministry to Families"

Ava Chamberlain (Wright State University), "The Bad Book"

SESSION III  (1:30-3:00 p.m.)

A Literary Legacy: The Memory of Edwards in American Letters
Chair/Respondent: Wilson H. Kimnach (University of Bridgeport)

Susan Clair Imbarrato (Moorhead State University), "Jonathan Edwards: The Burden and Blessing of Spiritual Primogeniture"

Sharon Y. Kim (Wheaton College), "Beyond the Men in Black: Edwards and Nineteenth-Century Woman's Fiction"

SESSION IV  (3:30-5:00 p.m.)

Edwards and American Politics: The Social Influence of the Edwardseans
Chair/Respondent:  Gerald R. McDermott (Roanoke College)

Mark Valeri (Union Theological Seminary in Virginia), "Jonathan Edwards, the Edwardseans, and the Reason of Revolution"

James German (University of Nebraska, Kearney), "The Political Economy of Depravity: The Irrelevance (and Relevance) of Jonathan Edwards"

Saturday, 11 March 1999

SESSION V  (8:30-10:00 a.m.)

Edwardsean Piety Remembered: America's Spiritual Inheritance
Chair/Respondent:  Stephen J. Stein (Indiana University)

Amanda Porterfield (University of Wyoming), "Contemporary American Spirituality in Light of Edwards' View of the Religious Affections and the Great Awakening"

Charles Hambrick-Stowe (Lancaster Theological Seminary), "'All Things Were New and Astonishing': Edwardsean Piety, the New Divinity, and Race"

SESSION VI  (10:30-noon)

A Heritage Abroad: The Memory of Edwards in Great Britain
Chair/Respondent:  Douglas A. Sweeney (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)

Bruce Hindmarsh (Briercrest Biblical Seminary, Saskatchewan), "Edwards' Legacy in England"

Chris Mitchell (Wheaton College), "A Quest for True Religion: Jonathan Edwards' Scottish Connection"

SESSION VII  (1:30-3:00 p.m.)

As the Waters Fill the Sea: Edwards and World Missions
Chair/Respondent:  David W. Kling (University of Miami)

Andrew F. Walls (University of Edinburgh, Scotland), "The Paradigm of Conversion and the Knowledge of God among the Heathen"

Stuart Piggin (Centre for the Study of Australian Christianity, Robert Menzies College, Macquarie Centre, Australia), "The Expanding Knowledge of God: Jonathan Edwards' Influence on Missionary Thinking and Promotion"

SPECIAL SESSION (4:00-5:00 p.m.)

Editing Edwards' Manuscripts: A Roundtable Discussion
Chair: Peter J. Thuesen (Yale University)

Panelists: Manuscript Editors of The Works of Jonathan Edwards

BANQUET ADDRESS (7:00 p.m.)

M. X. Lesser (Northeastern University), "Reflections on the Publication of Edwards' Works Around the World"

Chair:  John F. Wilson (Princeton University)


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