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The Great Awakenings First Second Third Fourth

First Great Awakening Protestant Demoninations Presbyterians Methodists Baptists- Black churches

People George Whitfield- Popular preacher who travelled and spoke to crowds Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” James Madison

terms Protestant Evangelical Puritanism Dogma Egalitarianism Anglican Church Pulpit Alter Enlightenment conregationist

claiming liberty of conscience to be an ‘inalienable right of every rational creature.’”[7] Whitefield’s supporters in Philadelphia, including Franklin,[7] “a large, new hall, that…could provide a pulpit to anyone of any belief.”[8][8]

Puritanism … and the epidemic of evangelism of the mid-eighteenth century, had created challenges to the traditional notions of social stratification” by preaching that the Bible taught all men are equal, that the true value of a man lies in his moral behavior, not his class, and that all men can be saved.Puritanism

Methodist George Whitefield (was an Anglican minister who helped spread the Great Awakening in Great Britain and, especially, in the British North American colonies. His ministry had tremendous impact on American ideology. AnglicanGreat Awakening

Jonathan Edwards was a preacher, to Native Americans. Edwards "is widely acknowledged to be America's most important and original philosophical theologian,"[3] and one of America's greatest intellectuals.[4]Native Americans[3][4]

Jonathan Edwards

Second great awakening The Second Great Awakening was a period of great religious revival that extended into the pre Civil War period of the United States, with widespread Christian evangelism and conversions.

Evangelical participation in social causes was fostered that changed American life in areas such as prison reform, abolitionism, and temperance.Evangelicalprison reform abolitionismtemperance

Mormon Mormon is a term used to describe the followers of the Latter Day Saint movement. However, the term is nevertheless used to refer to many other sects that recognize Brigham Young as a prophet, including Mormon fundamentalists. The term originated from the Book of Mormon, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.Latter Day Saint movementBrigham YoungBook of MormonJoseph Smith, Jr.

The Third Great Awakening was a period of religious activism in American history. It affected Protestants and had a strong sense of social activism. It gathered strength from The Social Gospel Movement gained its force from the Awakening, as did the worldwide missionary movement.Social Gospel

Fourth Great Awakening 1960s- 1970s The Fourth Great Awakening was a Christian religious awakening that some scholars — most notably, economic historian Robert Fogel — say took place in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Christianreligiouseconomichistorian Robert FogelUnited States

What is all this about? *CST Question What is the Establishment Clause? The seperation of church and state

Establishment Clause 1 First amendment " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". Together with the Free Exercise Clause, ("... or prohibiting the free exercise thereof “ Congresslaw religionFree Exercise Clause

Establishment clause 1. prohibits the establishment of religion 2. can’t support on religion over another Separation of church and state