Noah Hobart

Noah Hobart (1706–1773) was a prominent Connecticut clergyman and theological writer whose works engaged with Enlightenment political philosophy and Reformed theology during the mid-eighteenth century. His treatise *Civil Government the Foundation of Social Happiness* exemplified the colonial American synthesis of Calvinist doctrine with emerging theories of social contract and civic virtue, positioning him as an important intellectual bridge between traditional ecclesiastical authority and modern political thought. Hobart's contributions to both pulpit theology and printed discourse significantly influenced Connecticut's religious and intellectual culture during the period preceding the American Revolution.