Inventing Revivalist Millennialism: Edwards and the Scottish Connection
Revivalism and millennialism are important concepts that influence contemporary evangelicalism. However it was in the Great Awakening that Jonathan Edwards and select Scottish ministers first connected revivalism and millennialism together in a new evangelical print culture. Evangelical ministers us...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2018]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2018, Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-71 |
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Edwards, Jonathan 1703-1758
/ Great Awakening
/ Renewal
/ Millennialism
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDG Free church NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | Revivalism and millennialism are important concepts that influence contemporary evangelicalism. However it was in the Great Awakening that Jonathan Edwards and select Scottish ministers first connected revivalism and millennialism together in a new evangelical print culture. Evangelical ministers used publications and personal correspondence to hypothesise that the current Atlantic revivals were signs pointing towards Christ's millennial kingdom. The 1740s stands as a unique decade where evangelical ministers created an influential synthesis of revivalism, social progress, and millennialism. The revivalist and millennial synthesis was a harbinger of the evangelical future for religious movements in both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12426 |