Description: Boston Congregationalist ministers Charles Chauncy (1705-87) and Jonathan Mayhew (1720-66) were significant political as well as religious leaders in colonial and revolutionary New England. Scholars have often stressed their influence on major shifts in New England theology, from traditional Calvinism to Arminianism and, ultimately, to universalism and Unitarianism. They have also portrayed Mayhew as an influential preacher, whose works helped shape American revolutionary ideology, and Chauncy as an active leader of the patriot cause.
Brief description: David G. Hallman is Program Officer for Energy and Environment on the national staff of the United Church of Canada and is co-chair of the Canadian Task Force on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility. His works include Spiritual Values for Earth Community and A Place in Creation: Ecological Visions in Science, Religion and Economics.