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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:religious_organization
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:First_Great_Awakening
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gptkbp:beganIn
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1730s
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gptkbp:characterizedBy
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emotional preaching
revival meetings
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gptkbp:effect
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religious pluralism
increased church membership
new denominations
questioning of authority
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gptkbp:endDate
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1740s
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Great Awakening
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:American_Revolution
evangelicalism
Baptist growth
Methodist growth
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Puritanism
gptkb:Pietism
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gptkbp:keyFigure
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gptkb:John_Wesley
gptkb:Jonathan_Edwards
gptkb:Gilbert_Tennent
George Whitefield
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:British_American_colonies
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Sermon_'Sinners_in_the_Hands_of_an_Angry_God'
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:New_England
gptkb:Middle_Colonies
gptkb:Southern_Colonies
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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gptkb:Old_Lights
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gptkbp:period
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18th century
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gptkbp:precededBy
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decline in religious fervor
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Enlightenment
gptkb:Second_Great_Awakening
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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gptkb:Brown_University
gptkb:Dartmouth_College
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:Rutgers_University
division among Protestants
founding of new colleges
greater religious tolerance
growth of Baptists
growth of Methodists
growth of Presbyterianism
increased missionary work
religious press expansion
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:New_Lights
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gptkbp:theme
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repentance
democratization of religion
individual piety
personal salvation
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Protestantism
gptkb:religious_organization
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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