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Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards
One of the most influential early American theologians, Jonathan Edwards’s fiery sermons helped trigger the Great Awakening, a period of evangelical zeal during the 1740s that produced numerous conversions and greatly increased church membership.
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Appears in these articles:
Evangelicalism; Colonial America, Life in; American Literature: Prose; Great Awakening; Edwards, Jonathan; United States (People)
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