What is it about?
Coleridge was familiar with Edwards from the 1790s but never fully understood the distinction between the evangelical Calvinism of his Baptist friend from Bristol, John Ryland, jr., and Andrew Fuller of Kettering, and the High Calvinism that dominated much of the eighteenth century among Dissenters, confusing Edwards with the followers of John Gill. In reality, Coleridge's later position on faith, the will, and God's sovereignty were not that far removed from Edwards, Ryland, and Fuller.
Featured Image
Why is it important?
The article examines Coleridge's letter to John Ryland from 1807 for the first time and delineates their friendship and the historical setting behind the letter, including a glimpse into Coleridge's interest in missions in India. Included in this article is a note on a newly discovered annotation by Coleridge to a work composed by an Anglican missionary in India in 1824 in a volume belonging to the collections of the Baptist Missionary Society.
Perspectives
This article is part of an ongoing project that will result in a monograph titled Coleridge and Religious Dissent, 1793-1834.
Dr Timothy D. Whelan
Georgia Southern University
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Coleridge, Jonathan Edwards, and the ‘edifice of Fatalism’, Romanticism, October 2015, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/rom.2015.0244.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
