dominant denominations tax-supported colonial churches: anglican (church of england) – virginia...
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The Half-Way Covenant (1662) weakens the distinction between “elect” and everyone else sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the churchTRANSCRIPT
Dominant DenominationsTax-supported colonial churches: Anglican (Church of England) – Virginia Congregational – Massachusetts
Presbyterians – side with the Seditionists, as do the Congregationalists
Roman Catholics – still generally discriminated against
Table 5-2 p86
The Half-Way Covenant (1662) weakens the distinction
between “elect” and everyone else
sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church
Salem Witch Trials (1692) accusations were often directed
at property-owning women partly caused by unsettled
social and religious conditions reflected widening social
stratification
p88
George Whitefield PreachingAmericans of both genders and allraces and regions were spellbound by Whitefield’s emotive oratory.
Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) encouraged by preachers such
as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
aimed at revitalizing American religion
the first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans