ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book attempts to assess Jonathan Edwards' theological contribution on the concept of sin, or hamartiology, an area of his work that he thought through with considerable care, from the perspective of this particular philosophical literature. He strove to make the puritanical doctrinal legacy relevant in the very different conditions in which he found himself. The book outlines his theology of imputation, before assessing the coherence of his doctrines of original sin, original guilt and its imputation. In so doing, It takes a tour of the doctrine of temporal parts and recent philosophical reflection on this, as well as touching on issues of personal identity and identity through time. There is an assessment of Edwards' contribution to philosophical theology on the doctrine of sin, with particular reference to Edwards' doctrine of occasionalism.
