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Samuel Hopkins and the New Divinity Movement: Calvinism and Reform in New England Between the Great Awakenings (Jonathan Edwards Classic Studies) - Couverture souple

Conforti, Joseph A.

 
9781556356025: Samuel Hopkins and the New Divinity Movement: Calvinism and Reform in New England Between the Great Awakenings (Jonathan Edwards Classic Studies)

Synopsis

Samuel Hopkins was the closest friend and disciple of the man generally considered to be the greatest religious thinker America has produced--Jonathan Edwards. Hopkins was also a founder and leading spokesman of the New Divinity Movement, a major religious movement in New England congregationalism from 1740 to 1800. The author here combines biographical detail with a balanced and scholarly assessment of the historical and theological significance of this influential Calvinist thinker.

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À propos de l'auteur

Joseph A. Conforti, a graduate of Brown University, is presently Professor of American and New England Studies at the University of Southern Maine. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of History and English at Rhode Island College. Conforti has published several articles on the New Divinity Movement and is the author of five books on New England.

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