Great Awakening in 1730-1740s

The Great Awakening

Old Lights And New Lights Old Lights And New Lights are used in Christian circles to distinguish between two groups who were initially the same, but have come to a disagreement. If the denomination splits, those who did change are referred to the old lights. And the one who did change are referred to New lights.

The first Great Awakening was a Christian revitalization movement that swept protestant Europe and British America, and especially the America colonies in 1730s and 1740s.It brought Christianity to African slaves and was a monumental event in New England that Challenged established authority.

The revival stared with Jonathan Edwards, the leading American theologian of the colonial era and a Congregationalist minister in Northampton, Massachusetts. Problems: The Great Awakening divided colonist. Revivals were separated by a race. Two Higher Level Questions: 1.Why did The Great Awakening divided colonist. 2.Revivals were separated by a race. George Whitefield, was an English Anglican preacher who helped spread the Great Awakening in Britain, and especially in the British North American colohttp:// www.apuritansmind.com/ puritan-worship/wigged-outwhy-did-the-puritans-wearwigs-by-dr-c-matthewmcmahon/ http://www.etc.usf.edu