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Examining the First Great Awakening through a broad collection of voices from colonial American society, The Great Awakening explores how revivals and the accompanying spiritual movement profoundly shaped colonial American cultural and religious life.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Illustrations

PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: The Contest over the Great Awakening

The Revivals Begin

George Whitefield: A Media Sensation

The Awakenings Flourish, 1740–1743

Signs and Wonders

Fragmentation

Debating the Awakenings

Revivals in the South

Separatists and Baptists

Historians, the Great Awakening, and the American Revolution

Evaluating the First Great Awakening and American Evangelicalism

PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS

Jonathan Edwards and the 1735 Northampton Revival

1. Jonathan Edwards, A Faithful Narrative, 1737

2. Timothy Cutler, Critique of the Northampton Awakening, 1739

George Whitefield: The Grand Itinerant

3. George Whitefield, Journals, 1735–1740

4. Stephen Bordley, On George Whitefield, 1739

5. Josiah Smith, The Character, Preaching, &c. of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1740

6. Benjamin Franklin, Advertisement of Whitefield Engravings, 1742

7. Yale College, The Declaration of the Rector and Tutors, 1745

Revivals, Conversions, and Spiritual Experiences

8. Gilbert Tennent, The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, 1740

9. Nathan Cole, A Farmer Hears Whitefield Preach, 1740

10. Samson Occom, Conversion, 1740

11. Hannah Heaton, A Farm Woman’s Conversion, 1741

12. Daniel Rogers, Diary, 1741–1742

13. Anonymous, A Vision of Heaven and Hell, 1742

14. Mercy Wheeler, A Physical Healing, 1743

15. Samuel Blair, A Short and Faithful Narrative, 1744

16. Samuel Buell, A Faithful Narrative of the Remarkable Revival of Religion, 1766

17. John Marrant, A Narrative of the Lord’s Wonderful Dealings, 1785

Defining the Boundaries of the Great Awakening

18. Jonathan Edwards, The Distinguishing Marks, 1741

19. A.M., The State of Religion in New England, 1742

20. Boston News-Letter, James Davenport’s Arrest, 1742

21. The Testimony and Advice of an Assembly of Pastors, 1743

22. Boston Evening-Post, James Davenport’s Book and Clothes Burning, 1743

23. James Davenport, Confession and Retractions, 1744

Evangelicals in the South

24. George Whitefield, To the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, 1740

25. Boston Post-Boy, Hugh Bryan’s Radicalism, 1742

26. Samuel Davies, On Virginia’s Christian Slaves, 1757

27. Charles Woodmason, Evangelicals in the Southern Backcountry, 1767–1768

28. Daniel Fristoe, A Baptismal Service in Virginia, 1771

29. Morgan Edwards, A Public Baptism, 1770

Separatists, Baptists, and Religious Liberty

30. Boston Gazette, Church Separation in Canterbury, Connecticut, 1742

31. A Letter from the Associated Ministers, 1745

32. Solomon Paine, Petition for Religious Liberty, 1748

33. Isaac Backus, Reasons for Separation, 1756

34. Isaac Backus, Conversion to Baptist Principles, 1751

35. Isaac Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, 1773

36. John Leland, The Rights of Conscience Inalienable, 1791

Appendixes

A Chronology of the Great Awakening (1727–1791)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index

Authors

Thomas S. Kidd

Thomas S. Kidd (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of history at Baylor University and Senior Fellow at Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He has authored, among other books, God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution and The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America.


Examining the First Great Awakening through a broad collection of voices from colonial American society, The Great Awakening explores how revivals and the accompanying spiritual movement profoundly shaped colonial American cultural and religious life.

E-book

Read online (or offline) with all the highlighting and notetaking tools you need to be successful in this course.

Learn More

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

List of Illustrations

PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: The Contest over the Great Awakening

The Revivals Begin

George Whitefield: A Media Sensation

The Awakenings Flourish, 1740–1743

Signs and Wonders

Fragmentation

Debating the Awakenings

Revivals in the South

Separatists and Baptists

Historians, the Great Awakening, and the American Revolution

Evaluating the First Great Awakening and American Evangelicalism

PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS

Jonathan Edwards and the 1735 Northampton Revival

1. Jonathan Edwards, A Faithful Narrative, 1737

2. Timothy Cutler, Critique of the Northampton Awakening, 1739

George Whitefield: The Grand Itinerant

3. George Whitefield, Journals, 1735–1740

4. Stephen Bordley, On George Whitefield, 1739

5. Josiah Smith, The Character, Preaching, &c. of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield, 1740

6. Benjamin Franklin, Advertisement of Whitefield Engravings, 1742

7. Yale College, The Declaration of the Rector and Tutors, 1745

Revivals, Conversions, and Spiritual Experiences

8. Gilbert Tennent, The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, 1740

9. Nathan Cole, A Farmer Hears Whitefield Preach, 1740

10. Samson Occom, Conversion, 1740

11. Hannah Heaton, A Farm Woman’s Conversion, 1741

12. Daniel Rogers, Diary, 1741–1742

13. Anonymous, A Vision of Heaven and Hell, 1742

14. Mercy Wheeler, A Physical Healing, 1743

15. Samuel Blair, A Short and Faithful Narrative, 1744

16. Samuel Buell, A Faithful Narrative of the Remarkable Revival of Religion, 1766

17. John Marrant, A Narrative of the Lord’s Wonderful Dealings, 1785

Defining the Boundaries of the Great Awakening

18. Jonathan Edwards, The Distinguishing Marks, 1741

19. A.M., The State of Religion in New England, 1742

20. Boston News-Letter, James Davenport’s Arrest, 1742

21. The Testimony and Advice of an Assembly of Pastors, 1743

22. Boston Evening-Post, James Davenport’s Book and Clothes Burning, 1743

23. James Davenport, Confession and Retractions, 1744

Evangelicals in the South

24. George Whitefield, To the Inhabitants of Maryland, Virginia, North and South-Carolina, 1740

25. Boston Post-Boy, Hugh Bryan’s Radicalism, 1742

26. Samuel Davies, On Virginia’s Christian Slaves, 1757

27. Charles Woodmason, Evangelicals in the Southern Backcountry, 1767–1768

28. Daniel Fristoe, A Baptismal Service in Virginia, 1771

29. Morgan Edwards, A Public Baptism, 1770

Separatists, Baptists, and Religious Liberty

30. Boston Gazette, Church Separation in Canterbury, Connecticut, 1742

31. A Letter from the Associated Ministers, 1745

32. Solomon Paine, Petition for Religious Liberty, 1748

33. Isaac Backus, Reasons for Separation, 1756

34. Isaac Backus, Conversion to Baptist Principles, 1751

35. Isaac Backus, An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty, 1773

36. John Leland, The Rights of Conscience Inalienable, 1791

Appendixes

A Chronology of the Great Awakening (1727–1791)

Questions for Consideration

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Thomas S. Kidd

Thomas S. Kidd (PhD, University of Notre Dame) is associate professor of history at Baylor University and Senior Fellow at Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion. He has authored, among other books, God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution and The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America.


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