Verkkothe great awakening (a period of intense religious revivalism between 1730 and 1745) is analyzed as a mechanism of social change. Even prior to the revival there. Verkkothe author's contribution to the historiography of the great awakening resides in his demonstration of how its invention was linked to emergent market forces and,. A history of the revival of religion in the time of edwards and whitefield. Banner of truth, 1976. Verkkothe period of religious revival falling between the years 1730 and 1745 in puritan new england is one of extreme change in social organization. The task of this paper will. Verkkoa comprehensive history of american christianity that provides a single narrative linking the first three great awakenings and situating these periods of. Verkkothe great awakening was a series of religious revivals in american christian history. Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased.
