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America's First Great Awakening

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INTRUDUCTION
America’s first Great Awakening (1730s-1750s) can best be described as a time of religious reconsiderations, intense revivalism and transition during which the Christian thinking in America was transformed. The Awakening was part of a widespread movement that was developing simultaneously in Europe, especially in England, Scotland and Germany. These societies were mostly Protestant and decidedly countered the Age of Enlightenment by claiming that true religion consists in trusting with the heart and trusting in the Scriptures rather than count on human reason. In America, the movement began among Presbyterians, in the colonies of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and was led by the Reverend Gilbert Tennent and his four sons who were

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