A Study of the Practice of Prayer of Jonathan Edwards

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· 발행기관 : 한세대학교 영산신학연구소
· 수록지 정보 : 영산신학저널 / 69권 / 163 ~ 187페이지
· 저자명 : 진현호

초록

This study is about Jonathan Edwards’ prayer. Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is the most influential pastor, theologian, and philosopher in the history of evangelicalism. In “Miscellanies,” no. 332, Edwards states that “God is a communicative being.” If “God is a communicative beings,” how does God communicate with His people in prayer? The purpose of this study is to find out the worship theology as a pattern of revelation and response that Edwards pursues in prayer, one of the elements of worship. Edwards considers prayer as the practice of a divine-human conversation. God’s mercy is self-moved, not moved by His people in prayer. God prepares men’s hearts to prayer, and then answers their prayers. So, prayer is God’s favor. In his sermon “God’s Manner Is First to Prepare Men’s Hearts and Then to Answer Their Prayers,” Edwards states that God’s favor toward His people is set forth in a twofold exercise of that favor in prayer: (1) God encourages His people to pray, (2) God listens to their cry. God reveals His favor through prayer. God’s people pray to Him by His favor. For Edwards, thus God communicates with His people as a patten of revelation and response by the Spirit in prayer.
In the historical method, this study uses Edwards’ selected sermons informed by his theological writings to discern his worship theology. In his diary and sermons, Edwards recorded that he sought to convey God’s favor to His people through prayer.
In fact, researches about Edwards have been continued in various fields. Unfortunately, however, there is little research on the theology of worship that Edwards pursued. In this respect, the study will be a stepping stone to development of Edwards’ worship theology.

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