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  2. Christianity in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    The First Great Awakening was a wave of religious enthusiasm among Protestants that swept the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American religion. Jonathan Edwards, perhaps most powerful intellectual in colonial America, was a key leader. George Whitefield came over from England and made many converts.

  3. List of religious movements that began in the United States

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    Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, 1924; Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God, 1944; Black theology, 1966; Native American Church, 1800 (19th century) [5] Reformed Mennonites, 1812; Restoration Movement, 1800s; various subgroups of Amish, throughout 19th and 20th centuries; American Unitarian Association, 1825

  4. History of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Church buildings in 18th-century America varied greatly, from the plain, modest buildings in newly settled rural areas to elegant edifices in the prosperous cities on the eastern seaboard. Churches reflected the customs and traditions as well as the wealth and social status of the denominations that built them.

  5. Great Awakening - Wikipedia

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    Watercolor representing the Second Great Awakening in 1839. The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in American Christian history.Historians and theologians identify three, or sometimes four, waves of increased religious enthusiasm between the early 18th century and the late 20th century.

  6. First Great Awakening - Wikipedia

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    In the early 18th century, the Thirteen Colonies were religiously diverse. In New England , the Congregational churches were the established religion , whereas in the religiously tolerant Middle Colonies , the Quakers , Dutch Reformed , Anglican , Presbyterian , Lutheran , Congregational , and Baptist churches all competed with each other on ...

  7. History of Christianity in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many of the British North American colonies that eventually formed the United States of America were settled in the 17th century by men and women, who, in the face of European religious persecution, refused to compromise passionately held religious convictions (largely stemming from the Protestant Reformation which began c. 1517) and fled Europe.

  8. Category:18th century in religion - Wikipedia

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    18th-century religious buildings and structures (28 C, 9 P) 18th-century religious leaders (6 C, 14 P) Religious organizations disestablished in the 18th century (2 C, 3 P)

  9. Template:18th century - Wikipedia

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