Political Theory

The Great Awakening Revisited, Political Theology, and the Rise of American Liberty

ABSTRACT

This conference repeated with a new group of conferees an investigation into the issues of religious liberty raised by the Great Awakening of the late colonial period just prior to the American Revolution.

READING LIST

Conference Readings

Lutz, Donald S., eds. Colonial Origins of the American Constitution: A Documentary History, Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998.

Edwards, Jonathan. Freedom of the Will. Edited by Ramsey. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957.

Works of John Wesley. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1959.

Chauncey, charles, “Enthusasim Described and Cautioned Against” In The Great Awakening: Documents Illustrating the Crisis and its Consequences, edited by Miller and Heimert, 228-256. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1978.

Edwards, Jonathan, “The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God” In The Great Awakening: Documents Illustrating the Crisis and its Consequences, edited by Miller and Heimert, 204-213. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1978.

Holmes, David L.. The Religion of the Founding Fathers. : Ash Lawn-Highland, 2003.

Miller, Perry. Errand into the Wilderness. London: Harvard University Press, 1956.

Publius. The Federalist. Edited by Cooke, Jacob E.. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.

Samdoz. Political Sermons. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1998.

Wesley, John. The Works of John Wesley. Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth Trust Publishers , 1960.

Wesley, John. Works of John Wesley. Grand Rapids: Baker House, 1978.

Wesley, John. The Works of John Wesley. : Jackson, Thomas, 1872.