"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... He is of purer eyes than to bear to have you in his sight; you are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes than the most hateful venomous serpent is in ours." — Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," 1741
Edwards's preaching style as shown here is best situated within which broader eighteenth-century development?
- A
The Glorious Revolution's emphasis on parliamentary supremacy over the monarchy
- B
The Enlightenment's promotion of deistic, naturalistic religion
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The First Great Awakening's emphasis on emotional conversion and itinerant preaching
- D
The Halfway Covenant's expansion of partial church membership in the 1660s
Explanation
Edwards's vivid emotional appeal is a hallmark of the First Great Awakening (1730s-40s). The Glorious Revolution was a political event, deism opposed Edwards's revivalism, and the Halfway Covenant predated Edwards by nearly a century and concerned baptismal rules, not revival rhetoric.