"The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect, over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked... Yet it is nothing but His hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment." — Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," 1741
The pattern in the chart and Edwards's sermon together provide evidence for which historical development?
- A
The success of Enlightenment deism in displacing Christianity
- Bcheck_circle
The First Great Awakening's surge of revivalism and new church formation
- C
The establishment of the Anglican Church as the official colonial religion
- D
The decline of evangelical religion in the colonies
Explanation
The 1730s-40s spike in new congregations matches the First Great Awakening, when emotional preaching like Edwards's spread evangelical Protestantism throughout the colonies.