Jonathan Edwards 300 Years Later Still Influential
Richard N. Ostling profiles Rev. Jonathan Edwards on the tricentennial of his birth. Theologians credit him with immense impact through the Great Awakening and works like Freedom of the Will, while noting mixed popular regard and his lasting influence on American religious thought.
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Jonathan Edwards
Edwards
Wheaton College
Mark Noll
Library of Congress
University of Chicago
Martin Marty
George M. Marsden
University of Notre Dame
Yale University
Harry Stout
Stout
Yale University Press
Yale
Marsden
Hell
God
U.S
John Ferguson Weir
Yale University Art Gallery
Murder at Turner Monumental A M E Church in Georgia
Police investigate a triple shooting at Turner Monumental A M E Church on the east side of Atlanta. Pastor Reynolds was killed after being shot from behind by Shelia Chaney Wilson, who then died by suicide alongside Wilson's mother Jennie Mae Robinson. Worshippers describe Wilson as unstable and recently out of a mental facility. The church plans grief counseling for its 500-member congregation.
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Atlanta
Shelia Chaney Wilson
Turner Monumental A.M.E
Wilson
Jennie Mae Robinson
Johnny Clyde Reynolds
Reynolds
John Quigley
Geraldine Andrews
Robinson
Debra Mitchell
Mitchell
Quigley
Christy Miller
Turner Monumental
Miller
Letter writer muses on how not to please everyone
Jaletta Albright Desmond, religion writer for the Daily Telegraph, reflects on the futility of pleasing all readers and even God, noting blog and letter responses to her column. She compares parenting, public opinion, and divine caprice, acknowledging personal limits while defending candid expression.
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Jaletta Albright Desmond
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Batonline.com
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