Judah Champion

Judah Champion (1739–1818) was a Connecticut clergyman and theologian whose writings during the American Revolutionary era articulated the relationship between Christian faith and civil liberty. In works such as *Christian and Civil Liberty* and *Freedom Considered and Recommended*, Champion synthesized Reformed Protestant theology with emerging republican political theory, arguing that Christian principles supported both religious freedom and democratic governance. His intellectual contributions helped establish theological foundations for American religious liberty in the early national period.