Classified as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services A Yankee Book Peddler US Core Title for 2012 '"Broader and more complex." That is the view of Edwards that Michael McClenahan reaches for here, and achieves in impressive fashion. Recent interpretations of Edwards on soteriology, and especially the pivotal doctrine of justification, have been simplistic and ahistorical, McClenahan insists. Employing a careful methodology that chastises the partial scholar and paying special heed to historical context, this rich study provides a reappraisal of Edwards that shows how he was grounded in, but also creatively adapted, the Reformed tradition.' Kenneth Minkema, Yale Divinity School, USA '...this volume is the most important work to date on Edwards's doctrine of justification. It deserves to be read widely by those interested in Edwards's theology, Reformed theology, or the doctrine of justification specifically.' Journal of Theological Studies '...an extraordinarily rich contribution to present debates on justification in Edwards's corpus, as well as providing careful distinctions which provides categories for evaluating other contemporary debates on soteriology. McClenahan is a sure hand, guiding us confidently and persistently through sometimes difficult historical and theological terrain.' Themelios 'Meticulously researched, rigorously argued, and sprinkled with helpful summary paragraphs throughout, this is a work that will benefit both pastors and scholars on a central concern of the Gospel.' Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology