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“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

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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Evangelicalism; Colonial America, Life in; American Literature: Prose; Great Awakening; Edwards, Jonathan; United States (People)
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