01Basic Concepts of the First Great Awakening

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The Great Awakening was a spiritual renaissance that swept the American colonies, especially New England, in the first half of the 18th century. There were Christians who adopted a loving way of passion and prayer widely among believers who began to escape from the ways of worship that was established at the time. This new spiritual renewal began in the UK with the Wesley brothers, George Whitefield and other people, and they went to American colonies in the first half of the 18th century. Unlike the spirituality of Puritans in the early 18th century, revivalism brought about by waking makes it possible for people to express their emotions more openly in order to have closer intimacy with God .

In England in the late 17th century, the glorious revolution in 1688 prevented the fight between religious groups and political groups and the English church became the dominant church of the country. Other religions such as Catholicism, Judaism, Puritanism were subsequently suppressed

From a political standpoint, this brought about stability, because now everyone is practicing the same religion. But it is not a positive driving force for religious beliefs, but confidence and belief in spiritual "dryness" among believers. Religion has become an entertainment "passing movement" without deep heart and belief during service. The "resurrection" of the awakening spirit appeared after decades of self-satisfaction in British and American colonies.

The greatest significance of waking up is that it is how to prepare the United States for the Revolutionary War. During the decades before the war, revivalism taught people to be bold in the face of religious authority, when the church could not meet the expectations of believers, people should go away and form a new church I made it.

Through awakening, settlers noticed that religious power is in their own hands, not by the hands of the English church or any other religious authority. After one or two generations of this way of thinking, the settlers gradually noticed that political power was in the hands of the British monarch, but gradually became aware of the will of autonomy (given the wording of the declaration of independence). By 1775, not all settlers had the same theological belief, but they had a common vision, ie they were not dominated by Britain. Therefore, the Great Awakening brings the climate to enable the American Revolution.

The first big awakening began in 1725 and continued until 1750. The second awakening began in the early 1800s. The third and fourth Renaissance inspired by the great awakening took place from 1880 to 1910 and from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. In this article I will explain the first waking up and the second waking up in American colonial era. The first big awakening was the spiritual renaissance which swept the American colonies, especially New England, in the first half of the 18th century. Adjacent map shows the way to revival and resurrection of the second awakening. The northern part of New York is known as "burned area" due to many reconstruction activities that hit this area during the second awakening.

Historians said that the first awakening in the 1730s and the 1740s and the second awakening in the third wake up from the late 1950s to early 20th century. These renaissance was a part of the big romantic religious movement that hit the United Kingdom, Scotland, and Germany, mainly in Europe, mainly. Just like the first big awakening half a century ago, the second reflection of romanticism is characterized by passion, emotion and charm to supernaturalism. It rejected skepticism, faith, and rationalism left behind from enlightenment. Almost at the same time, similar movements also flourished in Europe. Pietism swept the German countries. Evangelism in the UK is very strong