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The Great Awakening

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WHAT IS IT?

  • The great awakening took place in the 1700's
  • A wave of religious revival sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership.
  • New way of apprehending God's truth through the senses.

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  • The great awakening was a religious revival
  • The churches where now thought to be bland
  • New preachers that where more energetic where used

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  • Lots of new people where lead to Christ
  • The Christians got closer to God
  • Preachers had to use powerful preaching

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  • Some preachers where thought to be motivational speakers
  • They created a sence of guilt
  • They where thought to be frontier revivals

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  • Was a reaction against enlightenment
  • Was a long term cause of the revolution
  • The overall message was one of greater equality