Preparation for online publication of the collected papers of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), colonial American pastor, author, educator, and theologian. (36 months)

The Edwards Works Online utilizes the most current standards for electronic documentary editions and provides a broad range of resources to assist readers and researchers. In the next phase, 2015-2018, the Jonathan Edwards Center, intent on staying current with technological developments in digital humanities, will completely update its platform and website; it will use this new platform not only to re-present its current online archive but also to prepare and present previously unavailable texts, focusing on the sermons Edwards delivered during the "Great Awakening" of the early 1740s and to Native Americans during the 1750s, providing an unprecedented view of him as a preacher in these crucial periods; and it will link these documents to a newly scanned bank of manuscript images.

Work toward the completion of the online archive of the works of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). (36 months)

The mission of the Jonathan Edwards Center and Online Archive is to produce a comprehensive digital archive of the writings of America's premier religious thinker that will serve readers and researchers, support inquiry into his life, times, and legacy, and encourage critical appraisal of his historical importance and contemporary relevance. This resource will amount to about 100,000 pages, including the 26 volumes of the Works of Jonathan Edwards plus an equivalent amount of materials never before published. Built in conformity with the most recent TEI standards, the Edwards Online Archive will feature a customized interface and provide primary sources supplemented by a full range of secondary materials, including educational modules. Furthermore, this platform will be provided to related projects, thereby forming an unprecedented, interoperable consortium of online archives in religious history.