Gary L. Steward's Justifying Revolution represents an important intervention in the rich literature on religion, republicanism, and the American Revolution. Steward persuasively argues that Patriot clergy were not advancing novel arguments for resistance based on heterodox intellectual influences. Instead, they were drawing on a deep Protestant tradition of resistance against unjust political power.
Gary L. Steward is Assistant Professor of History at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, Colorado. He received a BA in history from South Dakota State University, an MDiv from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a ThM in historical theology from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He earned a PhD from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Church History and Historical Theology, focusing
on American religious history. He previously served as the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and currently lives in Arvada, Colorado with his wife and three kids.