Johnathan Edwards by Ola Elizabeth Winslow

1. In what century did Johnathan Edwards primarily write?

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

2. Edwards served as a pastor in which location?

A) Providence, Rhode Island
B) Boston, Massachusetts
C) New Haven, Connecticut
D) Northampton, 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. What did Edwards argue about God's nature?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What legacy did Johnathan Edwards leave?

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

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