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Great Awakening

Great Awakening. 1730s - 1740s. What was the Great Awakening?. Religious revival movement. Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience. Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation. Before the Great Awakening.

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Great Awakening

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  1. Great Awakening 1730s - 1740s

  2. What was the Great Awakening? • Religious revival movement. • Evangelicalism-- “new birth” is the ultimate religious experience. • Followers accept that they are sinners and ask for salvation.

  3. Before the Great Awakening • Before 1730s, most colonies had established religions: • Congregationalists in New England (basically Puritans) • Anglicans in New York and Southern Colonies (same as Church of England)

  4. “Old Lights” vs. “New Lights” • Churches that grew as a result of the Great Awakening: Presbyterianism, Methodism, Baptism (“New Lights”) • Great Awakening challenged authority and hierarchy of established churches (“Old Lights:” Congregationalists and Anglicans). • Great Awakening said anyone could be converted or “born again”; you didn’t need traditional church leadership to decide whether or not you belong.

  5. Leaders of the Great Awakening George Whitefield Jonathan Edwards

  6. Today’s Question: Why was George Whitefield so popular?

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