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Westminster Seminars begin the new year by welcoming Upper St. Clair resident and scholar Lou Mitchell to present a series that takes us back to the early years of Colonial America. As we look back, we can gain new perspective to enrich our spiritual lives as we make a fresh start in January. It’s an excellent opportunity to add an hour to your Sunday morning routine. Please join in and feel free to bring your coffee.

Jonathan Edwards: What You Don't Know About This Puritan Will Surprise You

Sundays in January – Note time change to 8:45 on the 26th
Lou Mitchell

Perhaps the only time you have heard the name Jonathan Edwards was in a high school English class as representative of those “terrible” Puritans and the one who preached the most infamous sermon in American history, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” One may be surprised to know that he played an important role in the most significant Colonial event before the American Revolution; that he was an early president of what is now Princeton University; that he has been called the most important philosopher/theologian that America has ever produced; and that he is the first Protestant theologian to build his theology around the idea of beauty. Over four weeks, we will examine the life and work of this surprisingly important person.

The Rev. Dr. Louis (Lou) Mitchell, Th.D. (Harvard) is a retired Presbyterian minister, who has served churches in Pittsburgh and in the Boston and Princeton areas. He is also a scholar who has taught as an adjunct professor at several seminaries in the field of the History of Christian Thought. He has written Jonathan Edwards on the Experience of Beauty and a number of journal articles.