The Great Awakening: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Series in History and Culture)
By Thomas S. Kidd.
Description
A detailed examination of the First Great Awakening, this volume presents a valuable study of the spiritual movement that profoundly shaped colonial American cultural and religious life. Thomas Kidd’s comprehensive introduction relies on recent scholarship to describe three contemporary views of the revivals: those of radicals in favor of them, moderates supporting them, and antirevivalists attacking them. The views and experiences of these participants and critics emerge through nearly 40 documents organized into topical sections. By expanding coverage of the radicals and the ordinar...
ISBN(s)
0274887045, 031245225x, 9780312452254
