Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards: Thinker Who Sparked a Revival

Jonathan Edwards lived during a time when people were asking big questions about life, the world, and God. His thoughtful answers helped shape the way many still think today. While some remember him mainly for preaching a powerful sermon about a sinner hanging like a spider over a fire, his real legacy is much greater; he was one of America’s most brilliant minds.

This exciting biography follows Edwards from his childhood fascination with science to his life as a pastor, husband, father, writer, missionary, and eventually a college president. Readers will also explore his key role in the Great Awakening, one of the most important revivals in American history.

With colorful illustrations, fascinating details, and a lively story, this book offers young readers a vivid glimpse into colonial America and introduces them to one of its greatest theologians and leaders.

Endorsements  

“Jonathan Edwards is one of the most important post-Reformation Protestant thinkers and writers— at once an intellectual of the highest caliber, a pastor and spiritual theologian, one of the leaders of the evangelical Great Awakening of the eighteenth century, and a devoted family man. The genius of Simonetta Carr’s book is that she manages to capture all these facets of Edwards and compresses them into the scope of a simple, accessible introduction. Young and old readers alike will learn much from her work. It is a delight to read!”
—Oliver Crisp, professor of systematic theology, Fuller Theological Seminary

“Jonathan Edwards believed that the age of childhood was the most important for the formation of piety, character, and habits and that encouraging and instilling the love of reading not just the Bible but good literature was essential to bringing up children in the way they should go. In his own day, he read books about eminent saints that influenced him his entire life. This beautifully produced book continues that tradition; the illustrations are wonderful, and the prose, expertly suited to children and young people, is at once informative and, in the true Edwardsean sense, stirs the affections.”
—Kenneth Minkema, executive director of the Jonathan Edwards Center and assistant adjunct professor of American religious history, Yale Divinity School, and editor of the Works of Jonathan Edwards

“Jonathan Edwards had an all-encompassing vision of God and His work in this world. It is the kind of vision we all need today. This book brings Jonathan Edwards and his vision to life for a whole new generation. I wish I had had this book when I was a young reader.” 
—Stephen J. Nichols, president of Reformation Bible College and C.A.O. of Ligonier Ministries 

About the Author

Simonetta Car was born in Italy and has lived and worked in different cultures. A former elementary school teacher, she home-schooled her eight children for many years. She has written for newspapers and magazines around the world and has translated the works of several Christian authors from Italian to English, and vice-versa. Presently, she lives in San Diego with her husband Thomas and one of their eight children. She is a member at Christ United Reformed Church.