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Old 09-13-2007, 01:49 PM
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Spot on Jacob.
It was a fun book. Murray's was probably more spiritually tuned-in with Edwards, but Marsden opened up so many new angles and insights.
Yes, more "in-tune" in the sense that Murray clearly accepted Edwards' crediting God's sovereign work in the Great Awakening, whereas Marsden's work, while interesting, places more emphasis on the sociological and historical in explaining what was occurring.
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