David Parsons

David Parsons (1750–1820) was an American Congregationalist minister and theologian whose Election Sermon of 1808 exemplified the intersection of Reformed theology and early republican political thought. His work contributed to the broader discourse on divine providence and civic virtue that characterized New England ministerial literature during the early nineteenth century. Parsons's theological writings reflected the transitional period between Calvinist orthodoxy and the emerging liberal theology of American Protestantism.