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Religion and Eighteenth-Century Revivalism
With an introduction by Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University
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Jonathan Edwards became pastor at Northampton
Upon the death of his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, Jonathan Edwards became the congregational leader at Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Half-Way Covenant
New England Puritans established the Half-Way Covenant, an agreement extending partial church membership to church members’ children who had not yet experienced conversion. Solomon Stoddard, grandfather ofreligious leader Jonathan Edwards, was among the major proponents of the Covenant.
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Solomon Stoddard’s first “harvest”
Solomon Stoddard led the first of at least five religious “harvests” stirring evangelical revivalism in Northampton, Massachusetts. Stoddard’s other Northampton revivals followed in 1683, 1696, 1712, and 1718.
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Solomon Stoddard
Solomon Stoddard (1643–1729) was the grandfather of revivalist minister Jonathan Edwards and an influential pastor in his own right. Stoddard was ordained in 1672 and served the congregation of Northampton, Massachusetts, until his death. He worked to make the church more inclusive and liberalized the requirements for membership and Communion. In 1726, Stoddard was joined at Northampton by Jonathan Edwards, who was both influenced by and opposed to many of his grandfather’s views. Edwards took over the Northampton...