the first great awakening

What Is The First Great Awakening?

What Is The First Great Awakening?

This is perhaps the best summary of the history of religion in America’s colonies, offering an excellent discussion both of the First Great Awakening, and of the ways the First Great Awakening fed into the … Read more

What Is German Hasidism?

What Is German Hasidism?

Hasidism, also written Chasidism, (from Hebrew hasid, pious man), a Jewish religious movement of the 12th-13th centuries in Germany which combined austerity with overtones of mysticism. Hasidism is a subgroup of Haredi ( ultra-orthodox) Judaism, … Read more