Religious Affections: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Religious Affections, credited to Jonathan Edwards, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards. Read in English by Matthew James Gray Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a pre-revolutionary American pastor and academic in Massachusetts, and is also widely considered to be both the last of the great Puritans, and a founder of modern evangelicalism. In 1732, his church and many churches in the surrounding region experienced “The Great Awakening”, a massive religious revival. The Great Awakening saw many people having heightened “affections”, or emotions, in response to their increased spirituality – this included excessive weeping, joyous outbursts, and many other manifestations that concerned more conservative people around them. Edwards wrote Religious Affections in order to show that affections could be a legitimate part of Christian spirituality, but only when conjoined with sound theology and godly practice. The book now stands as a classic in the field of Christian spirituality. Summary by Matthew James Gray

Recording facts

• Recording title: Religious Affections
• Author credits: Jonathan Edwards
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 17:52:47

Catalogue topics

• Christianity
• faith
• emotions
• revival

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 00 - Introduction — 18:24
2. 01 - Concerning the Nature of the Affections and their Importance in Religion (Section 1) — 31:27
3. 02 - Concerning the Nature of the Affections and their Importance in Religion (Section 2) — 35:24
4. 03 - Concerning the Nature of the Affections and their Importance in Religion (Section 3) — 20:24
5. 04 - Concerning the Nature of the Affections and their Importance in Religion (Section 4) — 16:51
6. 05 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 1) — 26:10
7. 06 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 2) — 32:58
8. 07 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 3) — 45:33
9. 08 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 4) — 14:28
10. 09 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 5) — 40:02
11. 10 - Showing what are no certain signs that religious affections are gracious, or that they are not (Section 6) — 24:20
12. 11 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 1) — 33:29
13. 12 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 2) — 31:40
14. 13 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 3) — 27:18
15. 14 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 4) — 34:34
16. 15 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 5) — 39:55
17. 16 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 6) — 39:47
18. 17 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 7) — 39:37
19. 18 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 8) — 35:16
20. 19 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 9) — 29:49
21. 20 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 10) — 29:42
22. 21 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 11) — 27:54
23. 22 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 12) — 26:18
24. 23 - Showing what are distinguishing signs of truly gracious and holy affections (Section 13) — 28:19

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