The Philosophy of Jonathan Edwards: A Study in Divine Semiotics

"In this challenging work, Daniel draws on the semiotics of Foucault, Kristeva, and Peirce to explore Edwards's typology.... elegant and important... " --Library Journal

"A provocative and at times brilliant reinterpretation of Edwards... " --Religious Studies Review

"... a comprehensive analysis and redefinition of the thought of Jonathan Edwards."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-207) and index.

STEPHEN H. DANIEL is Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University and author of Myth and Modern Philosophy and John Toland: His Methods, Manners, and Mind.

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

I. The Prospect of Semiotics

The Invitation of Typology

The Semiotic Context

The Renaissance Episteme

II. The Discourse of Typology

The Vocabulary of Nature

Two Texts: Nature and Scripture

The Nature of Typological Relations

III. The Logics of Creation

The Stoicism of Ramist Logic

The Ontology of Supposition

Corporeality and Mentality as Rhetorical Placement

IV. The Trinity and Creation

The Logic of the Trinity

Why God Creates

V. The Ontology of Original Sin

The Fall

The Imputation of Subjectivity

VI. Freedom and Moral Agency

Intentionality of Will as Philosophical Necessity

Divine Decrees and Foreknowledge

Virtue as Consent

VII. The Knowledge of Beauty

Consent

Knowledge and Grace

Concluding Remarks: The Porpriety of Christ

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX