1. Definition and temporal divisions
The term Great Awakening denotes a series of religious revivalist movements in North America, beginning in the 18th century. The extent and number of Great Awakenings is disputed by scholars. After Joseph Tracy introduced the term in 1841 in his book with the same name [11], it gained general currency and was not questioned critically until the work of revisionist historians in the 1980s and 1990s. While …