Analysis Of Great Awakening By Jonathan Edwards

LeAnn Struckman paper’s thesis is that the Puritan community, the weather, political events, and illnesses that were happening to the Salem region led to the Salem witch trial. This is supported by looking at the Puritan community and establishing the context behind the event. The paper starts by looking at the importance of the Massachusetts Bay Charter. This gave them the right to establish a colony in the New England area and the protections that came with it. The Puritans believed and desired to create an ideal society in the New World that England would want to emulate. The paper claims that the Puritans believed that the church and state should not be separate, which made their Puritan religious doctrines flow over into their government. This influences the role of the church and its membership. The Puritans believed in a strict system to gain membership of the church. Church membership carried over into the governance of the state and certain political rights like voting. The following generations were not as involved with the church and membership soon declined as they were unable to meet the strict standards. This decline created tension within the church, which created the need for reforming the standards of membership. However, with the change in membership there still was tension between the Puritans.

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is widely recognized as one of America’s most profound Theologians. Some might even consider him the master of Puritan revival, since he was the leader of the Great Awakening. During his time he was a devout Calvinist who had the power of single-handedly keeping the Puritan faith strong for over twenty-five years, by using vivid imagery to provoke his audience. Edward's dialect was exquisitely influential and yet wielded with class and ease. This essay argues that Edwards was a prestigious theologian in his time that helped shape modern religious culture.

During the 1630’s, there was a group known as, the Puritans. The Puritans immigrated from England to America, for the sole purpose of religious freedom and their belief that the church of England needed reform. Puritan author’s, Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan Edwards, conveyed their messages and beliefs in their writing . For these two authors, they were working around the same foundation, Puritanism, for the intended messages. Admittedly, there is a disconnection in belief between the two. Edward’s writings take Puritanism to the extreme whilst Bradstreet’s works show a more traditional view in the religion while staying true to it.

As many religious leaders before and after him, Edwards's source of inspiration and guidance is the Bible. His understanding of this cornerstone of New England society enables him to reinforce a persuasive dissertation with biblical quotes and passages; however, not all the quotes cited by

In the 1830's, 1840's, and beyond, There is a Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening had a decided impact on American society. In the following I will describe what the Great Awakening was and how it changed life in America.

A product of the religious revival in Western Europe from late 17th century to early 18th century, the First Great Awakening was a period of religious growth throughout the British American colonies from approximately 1720 to the 1740s. This awakening was led by many religious figures such as John Wesley - a founder of Methodism in the Church of England, George Whitefield - an Anglican who preached throughout the colonies from 1739 to 1740, and Jonathan Edwards - an Apologist of the Great Awakening who led the revival in Northampton, Massachusetts. Although this period of religious high is referred to as “The First Great Awakening,” historians still debate whether or not this grandiose title is deserved.

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield had an indirect impact on the American Revolution due the Great Awakening. The Great Awakening was a revival of a person’s personal spirituality sparked by Whitefield and Edwards; which de-emphasized the church. The revolution preached similar messages regarding criticism and tensions of authority. Without these two men, the American Revolution would not have happened as early as it did, if it all.

of religon. More people came to church for the worship of god from their heart.

This article was created to inform its readers about the ideological conflict between the Puritans and Quakers. Pestana defends her assertion that, “The reaction of the Puritan

b. Thesis – Jonathan Edwards’s sermon portrayed Puritans as sinners of their religion through the use of rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos.

Edwards' speech, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", is a congitive piece of argument that basis its creates fear in its audience. During the time of the Great Awakening, many Salem Witch Trials imprisioned and killed many. He believed that he could not only convert non-believers, but also give a wake-up call to the ones who have fallen off the tracks. Ed repeatedly talks about people's doom and destruction, but then later on contradicts himself by giving a call to action. Given the setting and circumstances of his time, EdwarsEdwards' speech, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", is an example of an effective argument due to his allusions to the past and polished use of visual imagery, and the audience's susceptibility to fear. to create

Theological and humanistic forms of thought have been used long before the first Pilgrims set foot in the Americas. These forms of religious verses nonreligious thoughts have shaped the literature of the early Puritans. The sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, the novel, The Scarlet Letter, and the play, The Crucible, all represented the reoccurring theme of perfection, through the way in which the people must live in order to maintain the standards placed upon them by society. The people of this time were too busy shaming others for their sins, when little did they know that they were just as much a sinners as the accused.

The cultural identity of the American Enlightenment is defined by its demand for reason. In a short amount of time, Americans began to embrace the idea of forming their own culture, separate from that of their European forefathers. This artificial adoption of new values was unique, and it required each American to think critically about what they valued and to evaluate the arguments of other thinkers, skills often unpolished in an organically formed society. The Puritans, who had for so long dominated the Boston region, had a different philosophy, accepting the values and knowledge passed onto them by leaders in their community. Puritans had little use of the type of critical thinking that Enlightenment citizens required. As a result, the dominant argumentative styles of the two groups differ by use of emotion and reasoning. Jonathan Edward’s sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God represents the epitome of Puritan persuasiveness. The persuasive speech by Patrick Henry, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!” is indicative of the ideal argumentative style strived for in the American Enlightenment era.

Jonathan Edwards was a major figure during the Great Awakening, he believed nature captured the glory and beauty of God, and thus was parallel to the spiritual world. Edward’s opposed the separation of the presence of God in nature that was being caused by the Enlightenment. Edwards view can be described as Calvinistic as he states “The book of Scripture is the interpreter of the book of nature…..making applications of the signs and types in the book of nature as representations of those spiritual mysteries” (B.R, 53). Edwards is trying to prove that the book of nature can be compatible with the book of scripture. A reasonable thing ordained by God under the Old Testament, to symbolize and push forward an idea in the New Testament, this is what Edwards would call a type. Edwards believed that with nature it can provide information on the mysteries of faith, and by interpreting the types in the book of nature and applying them we can picture those spiritual mysteries, and in doing so we can know God through the created order. In contrast with the Enlightenment Edwards tried to identify nature as having transcendental aspects, which could only be achieved through Christian religion. Edwards sees nature as echoing scripture, nature will not undermine scripture.

The Great Awakening began in 1730. A quote I read in our text book summed up this movement for me. “Our people do not so much need to have their heads filled, as much as have their hearts touched” (Keene, J. Cornell, S., & O’Donnell, E. 2013. p. 74). The controversy of this movement led to people questioning their faith and ideals. With the there being strong opinions on both sides of this movement it allowed the colonies to become more diverse and allowing people to voice their feelings openly. It also led to institutes of higher learning. “The revival stimulated the growth of several educational institutions, including Princeton, Brown, and Rutgers universities and Dartmouth College” (“Great Awakening,” 2016, para 5) This movement aloud