Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England

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 chur...