Samuel Webster

Samuel Webster (1718–1796) was a prominent New England Congregationalist minister whose theological writings, particularly his Election Sermon, engaged with the central religious and political debates of the Revolutionary era. His work exemplified the intersection of Calvinist orthodoxy and emerging American democratic thought, as he articulated how divine election and human liberty could coexist within a Christian commonwealth. Webster's sermons and publications made him an influential voice in late eighteenth-century New England ecclesiastical circles, shaping ministerial discourse on the relationship between theology and civic responsibility.