Jonathan Edwards Center
Jonathan Edwards Center—Australia
Ridley College has established the Jonathan Edwards Center—Australia in affiliation with the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. A network of JECs can be found in South Africa, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Brazil, alongside another US Center in Chicago.
Our strategic partnership exemplifies the vision of Ridley to be an internationally renowned theological and training school.
Jonathan Edwards Center at Ridley
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Ridley will serve as a research, education and publications hub for study of Edwards and evangelical history and develop links with the international academic community. Ridley provides dedicated study space, a specialist collection of books and articles on Edwards’s world and legacy within the library’s Charles Perry Collection, and generous Faculty support.
Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) was a pastor, revivalist, Christian philosopher, missionary, and president of Princeton University; he is widely regarded as North America’s greatest theologian. He is the subject of intense scholarly interest because of his significance as an historical figure and the profound legacy he left on America’s religious, political and intellectual landscapes.
Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale hosts a website which offers access to the complete Works of Jonathan Edwards Online, along with helpful editorial materials that allow the reader to examine Edwards’s thought in powerful ways. Visit the website at edwards.yale.edu.
Check out the recently launched online journal Jonathan Edwards Studies—an initiative of the JEC at Yale with collaboration from scholars around the world: jestudies.yale.edu/index.php/journal
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The Jonathan Edwards Center at Ridley is coordinated by Rhys Bezzant. Contact him on jec@ridley.edu.au.
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Luther’s Prison Cell
Happy Reformation Day! Join Rhys Bezzant as he visits Luther’s prison cell.
The Surprising Mentoring Ministry of Edwards: Learning the Art of Leadership Development
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In Utter Dependence
Melbourne University Christian Union (1930-2005) A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Honours in Arts.…
Hope beyond a fragmented world
We regularly recognise that our world is highly fragmented. Our work, study, friendships, leisure pursuits, and church involvement see us…
Bonhoeffer, the Psalter, and Pastoral Identity
While Jesus Christ himself used Psalm 110 more than any other, making it his favourite psalm, this honour for Bonhoeffer…
Remarks by Stuart Piggin at Launch of ‘Jonathan Edwards and the Church’
‘The Church: Human Insertion in Trinitarian Life; Trinitarian Assertion in Human Life’ Rhys S. Bezzant, Jonathan Edwards and the Church…
Leaders Matter (EHA/ Ridley Melbourne Biennial Lecture)
The lecture was delivered in two parts by Rhys Bezzant, lecturer at Ridley Melbourne, and Wei Han Kuan, CMS State…
Jonathan Edwards ‘True Saints, Absent in Body, Present with Lord’
Click below for PDF documents containing images of the original edition of True Saints, Absent in Body, Present with Lord…
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: Outline of Argument
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God: Historical Context
In this paper, Devan Foster summarises Jonathan Edwards ‘Sinners in the Hands of Angry God’ Click on the link in…
Emotions the Christian Life and Edwards
Paper by Rhys Bezzant “From Sad and Mad to Glad: The Pilgrim’s Passions” Click the link to the right for…
Jonathan Edwards and Justification
By Josh Moody Contirbutors: Douglas A. Sweeney, Samuel T. Logan Jr., Kyle Strobel, and Ridley Melbourne Faculty Member Rhys Bezzant…
“Singly, Particularly, Closely”: Edwards as Mentor
Paper by Rhys Bezzant Click the link on the right hand side to download the full document. Excerpt: It is…
Edwards and the next generation of Evangelicals
Piper is coming to Sydney this year, and will draw massive crowds. Driscoll isn’t coming to Sydney this year, but…
Launch of the book ‘The Evangelisation Society of Australasia’
It is a great pleasure this afternoon to be able to officially launch Bob’s book, and to pray the book…
The Gospel of Justification and Edwards’s Social Vision
Significant moments in Jonathan Edwards’s ministry were connected to his exposition of the doctrine of justification by faith. In concluding…
Theology and the future of worship
Outlining Two Ways to Worship I didn’t grow up going to church at all, so the Anglican Book of Common…
Review: A House Divided? by Tom Frame
I loved this book, or should I say books. Tom Frame’s interests range so widely. He guides us through discussions…
Why we need more Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas Every Christian needs to read a biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer sooner or…
Doctorate: Orderly not Ordinary: Jonathan Edwards’s Evangelical Ecclesiology
by Rhys Bezzant A Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Theology in the…
Edwards on Assurance
Should assurance be a gift to every Christian upon their conversion, or is it something that we work for in…
Evangelicalism in Victoria in 1910
Rev’d Robert Evans presented the Charles Perry Lecture for 2010. Robert is the author of many books on the history of…
Original Sin in Jonathan Edwards
This paper will outline Edwards’ understanding of the elements of “original sin”, particularly as set forth in his treatise on…
What is an Evangelical?
The label “evangelical” is hotly debated amongst Christians and within contemporary politics, especially in the US. This brief overview provides…
First Fleet Library
This is an extraordinary resource, supplied by the SPCK in Australia, which shows the list of books and tracts which…
Creed – Confession – Chorus: Formative Periods of Christian History
Church history can be all too complicated, especially the terms used to describe different periods and their relationships. This chart…
Whitefield’s New England Campaign
This essay, written for a course on the History of Evangelicalism at Ridley, asks questions concerning the validity of revivalism,…
In what ways does Edwards advance our understanding of justification?
Written by Ridley faculty member Anthea McCall towards her Master of Arts. The main section of the essay explores the…
The Life Of Brainerd and The State Of The Church
The Life of Brainerd is a compilation by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) of the diary and journal of the eighteenth century…