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Title The Great Awakening : documents on the revival of religion, 1740-1745 / edited by Richard L. Bushman
Published Chapel Hill [North Carolina] ; London [England] : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture by the University of North Carolina Press, [1989]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 174 pages)
Series Documentary problems in early American history
Documentary problems in early American history.
Contents Introduction; Chapter I. PREPARATIONS; 1. The Decline of Piety: Samuel Willard, The Peril of the Times Displayed, 1700; 2. A Plea for Fervent Preaching: Solomon Stoddard, Dejects of Preachers Reproved, 1723; 3. Revival Preaching before the Awakening: Gilbert Tennent, Solemn Warning, 1735; Chapter II. THE ITINERANTS; George Whitefield; 4. A Report on Whitefield in New York: The New England Weekly Journal, 1739; 5. An Invitation from the Eastern Consociation, Fairfield County, Connecticut, 1740; 6. George Whitefield, Journals, 1740
7. A Whitefield Sermon: Marriage of Cana, 17428. A Reply to Whitefield's Criticism of Harvard: Boston Gazette, 1741; 9. Whitefield Responds: Boston Gazette, 1742; Eleazar Wheelock; 10. Correspondence of a Connecticut Itinerant, 1740-1745; James Davenport; 11. Connecticut Expels James Davenport: Boston Weekly News-Letter, 1742; 12. Davenport Rebuked in Boston: The Declaration of A Number of the associated Pastors of Boston and Charles-Town, 1742; 13. Religious Excess at New London: Boston Weekly Post-Boy, 1743; 14. Davenport Deserted: A Letter, 1743
15. James Davenport, Confession and Retractions, 1744Opposition to Itineracy; 16. The Subversion of Church Order: Theophilus Pickering, Letters, 1742; 17. Connecticut Inhibits Itinerants: The Public Records of Connecticut; Whitefield Returns; 18. Close the Pulpits: A Letter ... to the Associated Ministers of Boston and Charlestown, 1745; 19. George Whitefield, Journals, 1744; Chapter III. THE NEW BIRTH; 20. A Conversion: The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole, 1741; 21. A Revival: Samuel Blair, A Short and Faithful Narrative, 1744
22. The Theology of New Birth: Jonathan Dickinson, True Scripture-Doctrine, 1741Chapter IV. TROUBLE IN THE CHURCHES; A Qualified Ministry; 23. Gilbert Tennent, The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry, 1740; 24. A Plea for Moderation: Solomon Williams, A Letter, 1744; Separations; 25. The Synod of Philadelphia Divides: Records of the Presbyterian Church, 1741; 26. The Separates in Norwich, Connecticut, 1745-1752; 27. The Failings of the Churches: Ebenezer Frothingham, The Articles of Faith and Practice, 1750; Chapter V. ASSESSMENTS; 28. The Priests Are Blind: Samuel Finley, Letter, 1741
29. Overheated Passions: Charles Chauncy, A Letter ... to Mr. George Wishart, 174230. A Work of God: Jonathan Edwards, The Distinguishing Marks, 1741; 31. Errors and Disorders: The Testimony of the Pastors of the Churches, 1743; 32. An Effusion of the Holy Spirit: The Testimony and Advice of an Assembly, 1743; Chapter VI. NEW DIRECTIONS; Moralism and Piety; 33. The Injustice of Primitive Calvinism: Experience Mayhew, Grace Defended, 1744; 34. The Selfless Love of God: Joseph Bellamy, True Religion Delineated, 1750
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-174)
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Subject Great Awakening.
RELIGION -- History.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Cults.
Great Awakening
SUBJECT United States -- Church history -- To 1775 -- Sources
Subject United States
Genre/Form Church history
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Bushman, Richard L., editor.
Institute of Early American History and Culture (Williamsburg, Va.), issuing body.
ISBN 9781469611266
1469611260
Other Titles Documents on the revival of religion, 1740-1745