was a religious movement that brought back predestination, and revived religiousness. Was a reaction against the Half Way Convenant. first big movement in American History in the 1700s
- Reverend George Whitefield: from England, very excitable in ya face preacher
- Johnathan Edwards: American born preacher from NH lived in Massachusetts. very charismatic, very intellectual. Most famous sermon: "Sinners in the hands of an Angry God." Humans were compared to spiders who God dangled over a fiery pit of hell.
- Caused a split in the Church
- the old lights: went right back to the old ways of predestination. commit verses and scripture to memory (ex Presbytarian)
- the new lights: believed in finding god with your heart and spirit (ex Methodist church)
- Brought about lots of different denominations
- decreased the prestige of ministers
- lots of revivals came about
- Ivy League schools: Brown, Darthmouth
- Free blacks were allowed to participate in revivals
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