Johnathan Edwards by Ola Elizabeth Winslow

1. In what century did Johnathan Edwards primarily write?

A) 18th Century
B) 19th Century
C) 17th Century
D) 20th Century

2. Edwards served as a pastor in which location?

A) Northampton, Massachusetts
B) New Haven, Connecticut
C) Providence, Rhode Island
D) Boston, Massachusetts

3. Which of the following was a major theme in Edwards's work?

A) God's sovereignty
B) Man's free will
C) Political liberty
D) Cultural relativism

4. Edwards was also known for his interest in which field?

A) Physics
B) Economics
C) Sociology
D) Philosophy

5. What role did Edwards take on later in his life?

A) Missionary in India
B) Editor of a newspaper
C) President of Princeton University
D) Governor of Massachusetts

6. What did Edwards believe was essential for personal salvation?

A) Moral living
B) A personal experience of conversion
C) Intellectual belief
D) Membership in a church

7. What legacy did Johnathan Edwards leave?

A) Influence on American evangelical movements
B) Promotion of state churches
C) Prominent theological alignment with deism
D) Focus on political activism

8. What did Edwards argue about God's nature?

A) God is merely a construct of human thought
B) God is distant and uninvolved
C) God is capricious and unpredictable
D) God is both loving and just

9. What was Edwards's stance on the relationship between faith and reason?

A) Faith transcends human reason
B) Faith and reason are unrelated
C) Reason is greater than faith
D) Faith must adhere strictly to reason

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