New Lights in New London
A Group Portrait of the Separatists
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3495391 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter S Onuf (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 627 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The William and Mary Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-5597 • E-ISSN: 1933-7698 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1919403 |
| OpenAlex | W2335264091 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
HE wild confusion at New London during the Great Awakening of I74I-I743 shattered the First Church of Christy the established Congregational church.' Bookburnings, singing in the streets, and shrieks of holy terror were unmistakable symptoms of the highly contagious disease enthusiasm, according to Old Light critics of the revivals.2 Moderate New Lights reluctantly agreed that zealous itinerants, like James Davenport, and their impressionable audiences, like those at New London, were too often guilty of imprudence and errors and delusions as damaging to the revivals as the outright opposition of its enemies. 3 New Light preachers in neighboring towns considered Eliphalet Adams, the pastor of the established church, a chief pillar of our churches and
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2010 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |