182 Douglas Winiarski, Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: The Great Awakening in New England
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English - April 17, 2018 05:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 988 ratingsHistory Society & Culture americanrevolution benfranklin history ushistory benjaminfranklin colonialamerica earlyamericanhistory earlyamericanrepublic earlyrepublic education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
What was it like to live through an extraordinary time?
The 1740s and 1750s proved to be an extraordinary time for many ordinary New Englanders. It was a period when itinerant preachers swept through the region and asked its people to question the fundamental assumptions of their religion: What did it mean to be a Puritan? What did it mean to be a Protestant Christian?
Douglas Winiarski, a Professor of American Studies and Religious Studies at the University of Richmond and the author of the Bancroft prize-winning book, Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England, helps us explore the religious landscape of New England during the 18th century and how New Englanders answered these powerful questions during the extraordinary period known as the Great Awakening.
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