A Study On The Great Awakening Movement In The North American Colonies In The 18^th Century

In the 18 th century 20-60 s colonial America great awakening is a religious revival and religious freedom movement. With the rapid development of economy of the British colonies in North America, people’s religious enthusiasm waned. The direct purpose of the movement is to arouse people’s religious feelings, but its objective consequences far beyond the field of religion.Great awakening movement has a broad mass base, it advocates democracy, equality, is essentially a secular thought liberation movement, it is expressed in the form of a religious movement of bourgeois ideology. Great awakening liberated the people thought, has facilitated the formation of the united nation, laid the ideological basis for the American war for independence. Great awakening religious activities has become a mass activities, become a kind of way, public opinion expression of religious development and social development in the United States also has a far-reaching influence.This paper consists of an introduction, body and conclusion of three parts. Part I, Introduction. The main significance of the topic academic review, set forth herein and innovation. The second part of the body, composed of three chapters, the first chapter discusses the background of the Great Awakening Movement, through the Great Awakening economic development situation and research on the eve of the North American colonies movement pattern religion and religious thought sources further deepen the Great Awakening outbreak background understanding. The second chapter is a full-blown Great Awakening movement, this part of the Great Awakening began to investigate, prosperity and debilitating process. The third chapter is the impact of the Great Awakening movement, focuses on the impact of the Great Awakening of religious aspects of American culture, ideology, politics and so on. The third part is the conclusion. It is a summary of Great Awakening movement to deepen the understanding of Great Awakening.