Review

"A superb study. The author has made very significant arguments about Joseph Bellamy, an unduly neglected eighteenth-century theologian, and also about the New Divinity Theology, an unusually important strand of American thought. This is certainly one of the best studies of late eighteenth- or early nineteenth-century theology that I've ever read. I am confident that it will give many readers the delight it has given me."--Mark A. Noll, Wheaton College

"It is the most thorough study we have of Joseph Bellamy's work, and as such it should occupy a respectable place in scholarly literature."--The Journal of American History

"Important for students of eighteenth-century religion and politics."--Religious Studies Review

"This historical study offers a fresh reappraisal of Joseph Bellamy ....Valeri has produced a highly readable and very well researched reappraisal of Joseph Ballamy and his New Divinity Calvinism....Valeri has not ended the discussion of Bellamy, but that he has made a pursuaive contribution to that discussion."--History

"Valeri's study of Joseph Bellamy provides us with an excellent account of an important figure in New England's history....Richly annotated and based on a wide study of the sources, this volume is rewarding and an important contribution to studies of American theological development."--Church History

About the Author

Mark Valeri is at Lewis and Clark College.