Great Awakening

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Protestant movement historical event religious revival movement

The Great Awakening was a series of 18th-century Protestant revival movements in the American colonies that emphasized personal faith, emotional preaching, and a break from established religious authorities.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
First Great Awakening	8
First Great Awakening in New England	1
Great Awakenings	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Protestant movement ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious revival movement ⓘ religious revival movement ⓘ
characteristic	camp meetings and revivals ⓘ itinerant preaching ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
denominationAffected	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicans Baptists ⓘ Congregationalism ⓘ surface form: Congregationalists Methodism ⓘ surface form: Methodists Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterians
doctrineEmphasized	individual salvation ⓘ new birth ⓘ personal relationship with God ⓘ
endTime	1740s ⓘ
followedBy	Second Great Awakening ⓘ
hasPart	Great Awakening self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Great Awakening
influenced	Evangelicalism ⓘ surface form: American Evangelicalism American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution democratic ideals in America ⓘ religious pluralism in the United States ⓘ separation of church and state in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Evangelicalism ⓘ Pietism ⓘ Puritanism ⓘ
keyPerson	George Whitefield ⓘ Gilbert Tennent ⓘ John Wesley ⓘ Jonathan Edwards ⓘ Samuel Davies ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedInTime	1730s ⓘ 1740s ⓘ 18th century ⓘ
mainRegion	British America ⓘ surface form: British American colonies
opposedTo	established church authority ⓘ formalism in religion ⓘ
religiousFocus	conversion experience ⓘ emotional preaching ⓘ personal faith ⓘ revivalism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Protestantism ⓘ
resultedIn	division between Old Lights and New Lights ⓘ founding of new colleges in the American colonies ⓘ greater lay participation in religion ⓘ growth of Baptist churches in America ⓘ growth of Methodist movement in America ⓘ increased missionary activity ⓘ
startTime	1730s ⓘ

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Evangelicalism → developedSignificantlyIn → Great Awakening ⓘ

Protestant Christianity → hasHistoricalEvent → Great Awakening ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Awakenings

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