Enlightenment thinking placed value on scientific knowledge and thought. Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes the relationship between Enlightenment thinking and the thinking of Edwards's followers?
Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." Yea, God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth; yea, doubtless with many that are now in this congregation, who it may be are at ease, than he is with many of those that are now in the flames of hell. What does this excerpt suggest about Edwards’s opinion of society?
The fact that "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was popular suggests that the colonists
Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes Edwards’s feelings toward his congregation?
Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." The bow of God's wrath is bent . . . it is nothing but the mere pleasure of God, and that of an angry God, without any promise or obligation at all, that keeps the arrow one moment from being made drunk with your blood. In this excerpt, the word “wrath” suggests that
Sermons such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" were written largely in response to
Read the excerpt from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." It would be dreadful to suffer this fierceness and wrath of Almighty God one moment; but you must suffer it to all eternity. In this excerpt, what is the denotation of the word “fierceness”?
Which statement best describes Edwards’s views in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
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