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New England theology

noun

  1. Calvinism as modified and interpreted by the descendants of the Puritans in New England, especially Jonathan Edwards, becoming the dominant theology there from about 1730 to 1880.


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Origin of New England theology1

First recorded in 1895–1900

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New England RangeNew English