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.

Author - Joseph A. Conforti

"An excellent analysis not only of Hopkins himself but of the Calvinist school he profoundly influenced."
—Edwin S. Gaustad, University of California, Riverside, Emeritus

"Writing with clarity, originality, and vigor, Joseph Conforti has filled a long-felt need with this fine study. . . . Conforti not only brings to life the most important of Jonathan Edwards's pupils, but also he puts Hopkins's long and controversial career into focus. . . . He matches his impeccable scholarship with a very readable, lucid style. I hope this study reaches the wide audience it deserves."
—William G. McLoughlin, Brown University

Samuel Hopkins and the New Divinity Movement by Joseph A. Conforti
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Religion and the American Mind by Alan Heimert
Jonathan Edwards's Moral Thought and Its British Context by Norman Fiering
Beauty and Sensibility in the Thought of Jonathan Edwards by Roland Delattre
The Young Jonathan Edwards by William S. Morris
Edwards on the Will by Allen C. Guelzo
Jonathan Edwards, Pastor by Patricia Tracy