John Bulkley

John Bulkley (1679–1731) was a prominent Connecticut minister and theologian who played a significant role in early American Protestantism during the transitional period between Puritan orthodoxy and the emerging evangelical movements of the eighteenth century. His theological writings, including *The Necessity of Religion in Societies*, articulated a defense of Reformed doctrine while engaging with contemporary philosophical challenges to religious authority. Bulkley's work exemplified the intellectual rigor of colonial New England clergy and contributed to the theological foundations that would inform the Great Awakening.