The most radical revivalists-men like James Davenport and Andrew Croswell-justified their defiance of social and religious conventions by appealing to the Holy Spirit, claiming that it caused and, therefore, excused the unusual behavior of their congregants. Critics of the revivals, commonly known as Old Lights, verbally attacked supporters of the revivals, or New Lights, for these emotional excesses. Social groups at the margins of colonial religious culture, including youth, women, impoverished families, and people of color, embraced this form of Christianity, in which they could participate with fewer restrictions. Many of the converts in those crowds experienced the emotional roller coaster of the new birth and sanctification by the Holy Spirit physiologically these new believers moaned, shrieked, and shook their limbs uncontrollably. Both became famous for preaching in the open air, where crowds numbering in the thousands would come to hear them speak. Edwards recounted the religious excitement and conversion of his congregants in a personal letter that he eventually expanded for publication in London, which provided a template of successful, community-wide religious revival for English preachers, such as John Wesley and George Whitefield.
This transatlantic groundswell of evangelical activity originated in Northampton, Massachusetts, during the winter of 1733–1734, when Jonathan Edwards’s affective preaching and the untimely deaths of several residents caused many of the unconverted to fear for the state of their souls. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries, individual preachers and congregations enjoyed isolated surges of religious fervor that led to the incorporation of new church members, but in the 1730s and 1740s, congregations throughout the British colonies, together with congregations across the Atlantic, in Scotland and England, reported a sustained increase of God’s grace (and church attendance). This bibliography primarily catalogues texts associated with the First Great Awakening. Subsequent eras of revival noted for their longevity and fervor have since been dubbed the Second, Third, and Fourth Great Awakenings. During this period, now known as the First Great Awakening, thousands of individuals claimed to have experienced the new birth, a datable and often dramatically emotional conversion experience.
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