J. Kelly Robison

The Great Awakening

  1. Introduction
  2. An Uneasy Society
    1. Politics
    2. Economics
    3. Social Problems
    4. Decline of Religion
  3. Revivalism
    1. Style
    2. Jonathon Edwards
      1. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
    3. George Whitefield
  4. Legacies
    1. Church Division
      1. Old Lights
      2. New Lights
    2. Questioning Authority
    3. Sense of Nationalism

Study Questions:

What factors contributed to the Great Awakening?  What were the results of the Great Awakening?

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