three "a" day: an advertisement

i wanted to make my faithful readers aware of a new book that demands your attention. hill & wang recently released philip gura's jonathan edwards: america's evangelical. rather than writing a biography to rival george marsden's recent offering from yale university press, gura describes his book as a "consideration of Edwards," a "selective" meditation on certain themes in his life and ministry. i heard gura, who teaches english, american and religious studies at unc-chapel hill, present a portion of this treatment several years ago in washington dc and, as usual, was impressed by his work. how delightful to have a biography of je that, according to an early review, relies on "a forceful argument that's clear, accessible and arresting." order your copy today.