REL 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Great Awakening, Pentecostalism, Age Of Enlightenment
4 Apr 2016
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Doctrine and beliefs: doctrines criticized by enlightenment thinkers, deism, religious. George whitefield-british visitor, dramatic preaching style, emphasis on rebirth, moves around, drew big crowds. Church of jc of latter-day saints (mormons)-phase 2 of great awakening. Practices and pieties: revivalism, new religious movements (1800s) Christians" ethics and events: the great awakenings (3 phases)-questions intellectual foundations of christianity (due to religious wars: enlightenment critiques of theology. Revelation: the body of truth about god which god discloses and also the process by which. Enlightenment critics of traditional xianity promoted new ways of understanding theology: that disclosure is communicated. Argued that beliefs of xianity were rational and capable of standing up to critical examination. Xianity could be deprived from reason itself, so no need for divine revelation. Thought reason could judge xian beliefs and practices and that irrational or superstitious elements should be removed (jefferson took out supernatural stuff in bible)
