TY - BOOK AU - McDermott,Gerald R. TI - Jonathan Edwards Confronts the Gods: Christian Theology, Enlightenment Religion, and Non-Christian Faiths SN - 9780195132748 U1 - 239/.7 21 PY - 2000/// CY - New York : PB - Oxford University Press, Incorporated KW - Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758 KW - Christianity and Other Religions KW - Apologetics KW - Deism KW - Revelation KW - Biography & Autobiography KW - Religion N1 - Available for distribution in: USA, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA, NEW ZEALAND, AUSTRALIA; College Audience; Oxford University Press, Incorporated N2 - Annotation; This is a study of how American theologian Jonathan Edwards (1703-58) battled deist arguments about revelation and God's fairness to non-Christians. Author Gerald McDermott argues that Edwards was preparing before his death a sophisticated theological response to Enlightenment religion thatwas unparalleled in the eighteenth century and surprisingly generous toward non-Christian traditions UR - http://0-search.ebscohost.com.library.vu.edu.au/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xww&AN=169314 ER -