Directory of Great Awakening Resources

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What historians call “the first Great Awakening” can best be described as a revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and the 1770s. That revival was part of a much broader movement, an evangelical upsurge taking place simultaneously on the other side of the Atlantic, most notably in England, Scotland, and Germany.

Resources in This Category

• Church History Timeline: 1700-1799 - The Great Awakening

  http://www.churchtimeline.com/Timeline/Index/1700/1799
  Timeline of Church History during The Great Awakening: 1700-1799, including Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Moravians, Methodists, William Wilberforce, William Carey, Charles Finney, and Charles Hodge

• First Great Awakening

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Great_Awakening
  A Wikipedia article on the history and effects of this movement.

• Revival - Edwards and Wesley

  http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0609_Revival__Edwards_and.html
  An article which illistrates the great enlightenment through the lives of Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley.

• The First Great Awakening

  http://www.prdienstberger.com/nation/Chap2fga.htm#VII The prominent people of the Great Awakening:
  A book chapter on the early stirrings of the movement, its prominent people (especially Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield) and its impact on American society.

• The First Great Awakening, Divining America

  http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/eighteen/ekeyinfo/grawaken.htm
  An article with a short history of the leaders, William Tennent, Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. There are also suggestions for a classroom discussion as well as some trends in recent scholarship on the subject.

 

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