[sheyboer]

Thanks for taking the time to consider my questions: How significant of a role did the Great Awakening play in the American Revolution? Did this period of religious revival provide any kind of ideological principles that were used to justify seceding from Britain? Did the clergy of the Great Awakening and those influenced by it preach to their congregations ideas on liberty that influenced the movement toward independence?

[gutzmank]

Yes, they did. The best book on this subject is J.C.D. Clark’s THE LANGUAGE OF LIBERTY, which I reviewed in MODERN AGE many years ago. That review has been reprinted here:

http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2012/08/millennial-america.html

I also recommend the recent biography of Roger Sherman by Mark David Hall, which I reviewed here:

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/constitutional-calvinist/

[sheyboer]

Excellent, thank you.

[gutzmank]

You’re welcome.

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