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The Great Awakening: Transforming Colonial American Faith and Unity through Revival

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The Great Awakening was a significant religious revival in colonial America, shaping the spiritual landscape across New England and the South. Charismatic "New Light" ministers like Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield brought emotion and passion to preaching, contrasting with the rigidity of "Old Light" traditions. This movement fostered a shared evangelical identity, respect for dissenters, and a push for education. It sparked social responsibility towards marginalized groups, reshaped the understanding of salvation, and led to a democratization of faith, significantly altering the religious order of the time.

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  1. Colonial Life

  2. New England

  3. Middle

  4. Southern

  5. New England Artists • John Singleton Copley

  6. Gilbert Stuart

  7. John Trumbull

  8. Middle Artists • Charles Wilson Peale

  9. Benjamin West

  10. Hudson River Valley School

  11. The Great Awakening • “Old Light” ministers had become trite, boring, dogmatic, rigid • Church was too ritualized, not emotional or spontaneous

  12. “New Light” ministers appeared: fiery, emotional, exciting • Preached with emotion and spirit, that works were not way to salvation; salvation to be found through God’s grace and your faith • Taught that ministers did not have to be college educated, common people can witness to each other • Traveled the country speaking to thousands in outdoor revivals

  13. New Lights • Jonathan Edwards • George Whitefield • John Wesley

  14. From This…

  15. To This…

  16. Results of the Great Awakening • (1) Unity: Americans--North and South--shared a common evangelical view of life. • (2) Dissent and dissenters enjoyed greater respect than ever before. Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians--all non-established groups--took root and grew. • (3) Great emphasis came to be placed on education. • (4) A greater sense of responsibility for Indians and Slaves emerged from the revival. George Whitefield, for instance, was among the first to preach to Blacks. • (5) The Awakening reinterpreted the meaning of the covenant between God and his creature. In Puritan theology the focus was on what God has done for us. In the aftermath of the Awakening, the new emphasis was on what man can do in response to God's great gift. The responsibility for salvation is not God's but man's.

  17. 6) A complete dissolving of the theocracy occurred. The establishment in Virginia and North Carolina began to fall apart. Ministers could no longer control the direction of religious life. It had been democratized and made accessible by people. • (7) There was a break down in theological consensus. The New Lights (the revivalists) versus the Old Lights (traditional orthodox). Those who wanted to adapt the faith to changing times and circumstances versus those who wanted to hang on the old order. • (8) The Awakening responded--like the English Puritans of the 16 and 17th centuries--to needs of the people for reassurance and direction, to give them release from anxiety. • (9) It served to revived a sense of religious mission. Everyone believed there was some greater purpose behind the revivals, that God's Kingdom must be near.