A Treatise on the Millenium, Showing from Scripture Prophecy, That it is Yet to Come

by Samuel Hopkins

ABOUT THE
Samuel Hopkins was an American Congregationalist, theologian of the late colonial era of the United States, and from whom the Hopkinsian theology takes its name.
He created the theological scheme that bears his name, Hopkinsianism, also known as the New Divinity. This religious system is a form of Calvinism which its adherents called "consistent Calvinism." Hopkins is credited with originating the concept of "disinterested benevolence". The view evolved into a distinct theology under Nathaniel W. Taylor, a later instructor of theology at Yale Divinity School, known as the "New Haven Theology" or New England theology, which became important in the Second Great Awakening. Originally a slaveholder, Hopkins was one of the first of the Congregationalist ministers to denounce slavery. His efforts coincided with the 1774 law that forbade the importation of slaves into Rhode Island, and the 1784 law that granted freedom to all slaves born in Rhode Island after March 1785. During America's war of independence, Hopkins' school for negro missionaries to Africa was broken up due to the confusion.

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 27, 2011

About the author

Samuel Hopkins was an American Congregationalist, theologian of the late colonial era of the United States, and from whom the Hopkinsian theology takes its name.