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Jonathan Edwards’ appraisal of religious experience is analyzed from three perspectives: (a) the cultural and historical setting in which he lived; (b) his psychological understanding of human nature; and (c) his theological analysis of religious experience. The conclusion is that for Edwards such experience is not a product of an “either/or” choice between reason and emotion. Rather, it is an integrated experience of seizure of the whole man expressed thereafter in the inclination of love.
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