ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -He is ordained on February 15, 1727. On February 11, 1729, Stoddard dies and Edwards becomes pastor of the church. The church in 1735 had approximately 620 members. It was customary for Edwards to spend 13 hours a day in his study.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is widely acknowledged to be America’s most important and original philosophical theologian. His work as a whole is an expression of two themes-the absolute sovereignty of God and the beauty of God’s holiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a sermon written by the American theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts, to profound effect, and again on July 8, 1741 in Enfield, Connecticut. The preaching of this sermon was the catalyst for the First Great Awakening.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edwards uses a few persuasive techniques such as repetition, emotional appeal, and metaphors. Repetition is very prominent in his sermon, as he repeats things about God’s wrath and how God is angry with you. Edwards appeals to the emotional appeal of people.