Jonathan Edwards

"A thorough, dispassionate, and enlightening book... Outstanding." Paul Johnson, Sunday Telegraph; "A triumph of scholarship, but also of readability. A richly satisfying and interesting portrait of the man and his time, including insights from American studies, theology, philosophy and even the history of natural science." Robert E. Brown, Times Literary Supplement; "Magnificent... This is a book that tells us as much about the intellectual foundations of America as it does about Jonathan Edwards." Damian Thompson, Daily Telegraph; "A magisterial biography." Wall Street Journal; "The finest biography of this towering figure." Benjamin Schwarz, Atlantic Monthly; "One way to make sense of contemporary evangelicalism is to consider how it has both hewed to and strayed from the path laid down by one of its most brilliant founding fathers. Thanks to Marsden's authoritative new biography... the path is now more clear." Jay Tolson, U.S. News & World Report; "In this conscientious and eloquent biography, pious Jonathan Edwards comes to unruly life with all his unresolved complexity intact." Thomas D'Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor; "Superb and engrossing." Robert D. Richardson, Washington Post Book World; "It may not stretch the evidence to call Jonathan Edwards the most important religious figure in American history... Edwards's arguments are analyzed with great skill and sensitivity. Marsden puts Edwards back where he belongs, firmly in the theological world of the Reformation, and makes a convincing case for his greatness." Garry Wills, New York Times Book Review"