Jonathan Edwards

FINALIST at the 2015 San Diego Book Awards.Jonathan Edwards lived at a time when many people were seriously questioning long-accepted ideas about the world, life, and God, and his answers to these questions have left a mark on the way we think today. While he is often remembered as the preacher of a scary sermon about a spider dangling over a fire, he remains significant as one of the greatest thinkers America has produced. Simonetta Carr traces the events of Edwards's life from a young student interested in science to husband and father, pastor, leader of the Great Awakening, missionary, writer, and college president. Colorful illustrations, interesting facts, and a compelling story combine to introduce young readers to this important theologian and life in colonial America.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: An Inquisitive Child
4. Chapter 2: Student and Pastor
5. Chapter 3: The Great Awakening
6. Chapter 4: Sorrow and Rejection
7. Chapter 5: Missionary to the Natives
8. Chapter 6: The Last Years
9. Time Line
10. Did You Know?
11. A Letter from Edwards to His Daughter Mary
12. Closing Credits