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[edit] better

Much better placement of images. Thanks KHM03. Mkmcconn (Talk) 15:52, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] G-d

If someone has time, can they go through and change all the "God" to G-d as to not offend anyone? benplaut (Talk)

If we were to take away everything in Wikipedia that offended, there would not be much left.

Exactly; Wikipedia is not censored. --Idont Havaname (Talk) 21:50, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "... born after his time."

It's not our job to assert that; saying that he was born after his time asserts a non-neutral point of view, and that is forbidden by Wikipedia policy. Is there a better way to say this? --Idont Havaname (Talk) 21:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

How about saying that attempted to reinterpret and revivify the New England Puritan theology of the seventeenth century?

I wouldn't say he was reinterpreting the theology. Puritanism was still very strong in the New England area, and the Great Awakening lead to a spread of the more "conservative" (as opposed to the other Protestant denominations of the area [Presbyterians, etc.]). Tristangreer 15:44, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Permanent Link for Wikipedia research project

Hello, editors of Jonathan Edwards! I am currently working on an essay on Wikipedia, part of which will feature a comparison of articles of Wikipedia and Encyclopaedia Brittanica. To ensure that I send reviewers articles that have not been recently vandalized or have not been involved in an edit war, I would like, by December 31st, a revision of this article to be listed at User:Chrisisme/Research-permalinks that is not vandalized and/or is generally at peak quality. Thank you! Chrisisme 20:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chauncy

I may need someone to enlighten me here. I find abundant references that Chauncy wrote the "old light" classic Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England in 1743 (I've read it too), but I am unable to find any non-Wikipedia reference to The Late Religious Commotions in New England Considered,published in 1743. Are these the same work under different titles. Or may it be that the latter is a sermon title mistakenly attributed as a title of the book?Will3935 09:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

I am going to change the name of the work. At the very least, Seasonable Thoughts was indeed published in 1743 and addressed revival enthusiasm. If the other title is valid someone else can add it.Will3935 08:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Did not change the name after all. I must be ignorant (would appreciate a link to this work as it must be in the public domain). I simply added Chauncy's Seasonable Thoughts.Will3935 08:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two More Things

First, some of the wording and punctuation seem quite old in style. I haven't done an extensive comparison between the exact wording in the article and that found in Serono Dwight's biography of Edwards but the style seems reminiscent. English has changed considerably since Dwight's time and thus the old style seems antiquated and the wording at times does not follow modern conventions regarding punctuation. Most obvious is the way the semicolon is used at times.

Second, if no one objects I will remove the page limitations found in the "further reading" section. These are not citations so they don't require the specific limitations. One would hope readers will take in the works as a whole. Also, I am putting in a reference to Gerald McDermott's book which I believe is a good commentary on Edwards' approach to religious affections.Will3935 13:09, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Never mind the page limitations issue. Someone put them in the citation format even though they are not citations. I'm too lazy to change the whole thing and will thus not add McDermott's book.Will3935 13:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)