 Engraving of Jonathan Edwards before 1755 | |
| Author | Jonathan Edwards |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Theology |
| Publisher | Samuel Kneeland (Boston) |
Publication date | 1765 |
| Publication place | United States |
A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World is a work by Christian theologian, reformer, author, and pastor Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) that was started in the mid-1750s but not finally published until 1765, several years following Edwards' death.[1]
This dissertation was published concurrently with The Nature of True Virtue. The two works have much in common, specifically the assertion that God's aim in creating the world was not human happiness, but his own glory.[2]
- ^ "The End for Which God Created the World (1765)". Yale University. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Gwinn, Robert P. (1993). McHenry, Robert (ed.). The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. Four (Fifteenth ed.). Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago. pp. 381–382.