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

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Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England: The Origins of the New Divinity in Revolutionary America - Valeri, Mark
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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, Mark Valeri explores why the New Divinity was so immensely popular. ...

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Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England: The Origins of the New Divinity in Revolutionary America 1994, Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780195086010

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