Books with author George M. Marsden

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century.In this definitive and long-awaited biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in which Edwards was reared―a frontier civilization at the center of a conflict between Native Americans, French Catholics, and English Protestants. Drawing on newly available sources, Marsden demonstrates how these cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards’s life and thought. Marsden reveals Edwards as a complex thinker and human being who struggled to reconcile his Puritan heritage with the secular, modern world emerging out of the Enlightenment. In this, Edwards’s life anticipated the deep contradictions of our American culture.Meticulously researched and beautifully composed, this biography offers a compelling portrait of an eminent American.

Jonathan Edwards is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century.In this definitive and long-awaited biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in which Edwards was reareda frontier civilization at the center of a conflict between Native Americans, French Catholics, and English Protestants. Drawing on newly available sources, Marsden demonstrates how these cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards's life and thought. Marsden reveals Edwards as a complex thinker and human being who struggled to reconcile his Puritan heritage with the secular, modern world emerging out of the Enlightenment. In this, Edwards's life anticipated the deep contradictions of our American culture.Meticulously researched and beautifully composed, this biography offers a compelling portrait of an eminent American.

Jonathan Edwards is a towering figure in American history. A controversial theologian and the author of the famous sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, he ignited the momentous Great Awakening of the eighteenth century.In this definitive and long-awaited biography, Jonathan Edwards emerges as both a great American and a brilliant Christian. George Marsden evokes the world of colonial New England in which Edwards was reareda frontier civilization at the center of a conflict between Native Americans, French Catholics, and English Protestants. Drawing on newly available sources, Marsden demonstrates how these cultural and religious battles shaped Edwards's life and thought. Marsden reveals Edwards as a complex thinker and human being who struggled to reconcile his Puritan heritage with the secular, modern world emerging out of the Enlightenment. In this, Edwards's life anticipated the deep contradictions of our American culture.Meticulously researched and beautifully composed, this biography offers a compelling portrait of an eminent American.

A family split apart by the overwhelming British care system.At a young age, Martin is taken from his family and introduced to the care system which does not understand him. This book sheds light on a world which struggles to offer the support and care promised.It is based on true events, and told from the perspective of a boy who came out the other side.

The story begins with mom putting her little boy to bed. She sees a bluebird on the windowsill, and starts by asking her son: 'If you were a bird, and I were a tree, would you come to see me?' "If I Were..." unfolds with illustrations into the night, helping to usher your own little one into sweet dreams. This is a charming, feel-good story that can be enjoyed by children of any age! "If I Were..." emphasizes the unbreakable bond between a mother and her child, while highlighting an underlying message to love and appreciate our home, planet Earth; as well as all of the beautiful places and things that inhabit it. The illustrations are bright, playful, thoughtful and sweet. About the Author Megan George is the youngest of seven children, the second-mother of two nieces and two nephews, and the devoted mistress of two wonderful cats. To this day, her fondest memories are of reading bedtime stories by lamplight with her Mom and older sister. These memories continue to inform and inspire her artistic aspirations. Megan has always been in love with art and literature, and she's been writing and illustrating her own stories since she was seven years old. her poetry was first published at age twelve. Though "If I Were..." is the first of her stories to be published, she is currently in the process of brewing further word wizardry and honing her pictorial prowess as a Sorceress of the Imagination. When she isn't concocting or incanting something at home, Megan can be found listening to the secrets spoken by the vast silence of the famed Red Rock Country or drinking in the sounds of the river that rushes through the Rocky Mountains, down the canyon and past her back door in Provo, Utah. Megan recently discovered that she can grow not only stories but also a garden, and her thumb is getting greener by the season. She adores travel and hopes for the opportunity to explore the outside world as extensively as she has the inside world of her own soul. Last, Megan is a devotee of Life and all its creations, and a passionate and perpetual student of knowledge as she encounters it through higher education, the natural world, and her sincere spiritual and intellectual inquiry.