the great awakening late 18 th -early 19 th centuries
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First Great Awakening 1730s until around 1750s Solomon Stoddard = grandfather of Jonathan EdwardsTRANSCRIPT
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The Great Awakening
Late 18th-Early 19th Centuries
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Not Just One Event!
•Many different religious rebirths during the time period of the end of the 18th century – the beginning of the 19th century
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First Great Awakening
• 1730s until around 1750s
• Solomon Stoddard = grandfather of Jonathan Edwards
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Puritan Values
• Sports• Visual Arts• Literature • Music• EDUCATION• Church• Church in every aspect of life! • No sep. of church and state at all!
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Literacy
•High levels of literacy for the time period•Religious = Reading the Bible•Encourages literacy
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Religious Beliefs
• Every person born full of sin – Adam & Eve• LIMITED ATONEMENT – Can only beg
for forgiveness so many times• CONDITIONAL ELECTION – God saves
only the ones that are selected- Not Predestination- Not Protestant ($$$)
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John Winthrop
• 1603 – “City on a Hill” • “You are the light of the world. A city
that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”• Strive to be the ultimate example of
how to live!• Boston/Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Effect on Literature
• Heavy religious foundation• Overall themes – to provide
listeners/readers with the fear of God• No TV, radio, etc. God was the scariest
force that Puritans had ever imagined before!• Teach proper behavior!