New England theology

Target entity: New England theology
Context triple: [The Freedom of the Will, influenced, New England theology]

• A. New England clergy
  New England clergy were the influential Puritan ministers and religious leaders who shaped the spiritual, social, and intellectual life of the early New England colonies.
• B. Puritanism
  Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
• C. New England churches
  New England churches are historic Protestant congregations and meetinghouses in the northeastern United States, closely associated with early Puritan settlement, congregational governance, and the region’s religious and civic life.
• D. Congregationalism
  Congregationalism is a Protestant Christian movement characterized by the autonomy of local congregations, which historically shaped the religious and civic culture of New England.
• E. American Protestantism
  American Protestantism is the diverse body of Protestant Christian traditions in the United States, shaped by early Puritan roots and later waves of evangelical, mainline, and fundamentalist movements.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: New England theology
Target entity description: New England theology was a 19th-century Protestant theological movement rooted in the legacy of Jonathan Edwards that sought to reconcile Calvinist doctrines with Enlightenment rationalism and emerging American religious thought.

• A. New England clergy
  New England clergy were the influential Puritan ministers and religious leaders who shaped the spiritual, social, and intellectual life of the early New England colonies.
• B. Puritanism
  Puritanism was a strict, reform-minded Protestant movement that emphasized moral rigor, biblical authority, and communal discipline, profoundly shaping early New England society and culture.
• C. New England churches
  New England churches are historic Protestant congregations and meetinghouses in the northeastern United States, closely associated with early Puritan settlement, congregational governance, and the region’s religious and civic life.
• D. Congregationalism
  Congregationalism is a Protestant Christian movement characterized by the autonomy of local congregations, which historically shaped the religious and civic culture of New England.
• E. American Protestantism
  American Protestantism is the diverse body of Protestant Christian traditions in the United States, shaped by early Puritan roots and later waves of evangelical, mainline, and fundamentalist movements.
• F. None of above. chosen