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The External and Internal Odyssey of God in the Twentieth Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

John E. Smith
Affiliation:
Clark Professor of Philosophy, Yale University

Extract

Some decades ago in his intriguing book on Jonathan Edwards, Perry Miller used to great effect the device of supposing a two-fold biography of Edwards, an external one consisting of the historical record embracing the major events of his life and times, and an internal one aimed at an interpretation of the mind of Edwards and the development of his thought.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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