Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards's 1741 Enfield sermon — central document of the Great Awakening; the angry-God-and-sinners imagery as proper-evangelistic vehicle
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (Mid) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Finite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Finite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Passive |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Personal |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Revelation |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The July 1741 Great-Awakening moment.
Space
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Enfield, Connecticut as immediate setting; the colonial-American religious-political setting.
Matter
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The embodied Enfield congregation whose religious-affective response the sermon produced.
Observer
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Edwards as preacher; the congregation as proper addressee.
Energy
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The religious-affective-evangelistic energies of the Great Awakening moment.
Information
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The sermonic content as proper-religious-rhetorical material.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God has been variously assessed across American religious-cultural history — defenders see foundational Great-Awakening-evangelistic text; modern-liberal critics see fear-based religious-rhetoric of debatable theological-pastoral value.