Term

Great Awakening

A revival of religious interest that spread across the American colonies from 1720 to the Revolutionary War.

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Definition

A revival of religious interest that spread across the American colonies from 1720 to the Revolutionary War.

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Sources

  1. 1.Jerald C. Brauer and B. A. Gerrish, ed. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971). 370Original citation: Brauer, Jerald C., and B. A. Gerrish, eds. The Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1971, 370.

Last revised August 14, 2026