David Parsons

David Parsons (1750–1820) was an American Congregational minister and theologian whose Election Sermon of 1797 exemplified the intellectual currents of late eighteenth-century New England divinity, particularly the tension between Reformed orthodoxy and emerging liberal theology. His sermonic work contributed to the broader discourse on divine sovereignty, human agency, and the theological foundations of the early American republic during a period of significant ecclesiastical and political transformation. Parsons's writings remain significant for understanding the evolution of American Protestant thought in the decades following independence.