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Inventing the "Great Awakening" /

This book is a history of an astounding transatlantic phenomenon, a popular evangelical revival known in America as the first Great Awakening (1735-1745). Beginning in the mid-1730s, supporters and opponents of the revival commented on the extraordinary nature of what one observer called the "g...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lambert, Frank, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Opening Events: The "Great Awakenings" of the 1730s
  • " ... that Religion may review in this Land"
  • Revival Traditions
  • "In Such an Age as This"
  • Declaring the Acceptable Year of the Lord
  • "the first fruits of this extraordinary and mighty Work of God's Special Grace"
  • Revival in New Jersey
  • Awakening in the Connecticut Valley
  • A Faithful Narrative: The Northampton Revival as Told ... and Retold
  • Wider Connections: An Intercolonial Great and General Awakening, 1739-1745
  • "imported Divinity"
  • George Whitefield and Revivalism in England
  • "We Hear From Abroad": News of the English Evangelical Revival
  • Why 1739?
  • Promoting Whitefield in the Colonies
  • The "Revival at ..."
  • Local and Regional Dimensions
  • Revival Narratives: A Common Script
  • " ... similar facts ... are now united": Constructing a Transatlantic Awakening
  • British-American Revival Networks
  • Revival Magazines: "The Progress of the Gospel in England, Wales, Scotland, and America"
  • Historical Connections: The Great Awakening in Salvation History
  • Contested Inventions, 1742-1745
  • The "grand delusion" or "great Mistakes of the present Day"
  • The Revival as Artifice
  • Antirevivalist Message
  • Antirevivalist Publications
  • "This is the Lord's Doing"
  • Apologies: Defending the Revival as the Work of God
  • Polemics: Attacking Opponents of the Work of God
  • Differentiation: Distinguishing the Work of God from Enthusiasm
  • Epilogue. "The late Revival of Religion."