Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England: The Origins of the New Divinity in Revolutionary America

by Mark Valeri

This study of religious thought and social life in early America focuses on the career of Joseph Bellamy (1719-1790), a Connecticut Calvinist minister noted chiefly for his role in originating the New Divinity--the influential theological movement that evolved from the writings of Bellamy's teacher, Jonathan Edwards. Tracing Bellamy's contributions as a preacher, noted controversialist, and church leader from the Great Awakening to the American Revolution,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086015
• ISBN13: 9780195086010
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"