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Darkness Falls on the Land of Light - Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Paperback)
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Darkness Falls on the Land of Light - Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Paperback)
Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
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This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New
England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through
extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of
letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the
pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century.
George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the
fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited
by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy
Spirit-visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions-countless New
Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who
dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These
new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement,
bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and
1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women
groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed
inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual
seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to
question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole
communities.
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