The Interrelation of the Great Awakening and Harvard College

George J. Gatgounis

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781666759471
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

The Interrelation of the Great Awakening and Harvard College by the Rev. Dr. George Gatgounis, Esq., examines the history of Harvard College from its founding as a training center for Puritan preachers in 1636, through the Great Awakening and its gradual decline as a major spiritual force at Harvard. Gatgounis, a Harvard alumnus, relies on documents in the college's archives to document how evangelist George Whitfield, concerned about the decline in spirituality among the student body, stirred up the campus on his first visit in 1741 but was denounced by the administration as a dangerous zealot on his return in 1744.

Table of contents

• TITLE PAGE
• INTRODUCTION
• THE GREAT AWAKENING AND HARVARD COLLEGE
• THE INTERRELATION OF HARVARD AND THE GREAT AWAKENING
• THE GREAT AWAKENING AND HARVARD COLLEGE
• FINAL CONCLUSION
• Appendix A: Mayflower Compact: 1620
• Appendix B: The Charter of Massachusetts Bay: 1629
• Appendix C: Inscription from 1642 Letter on the Founding of Harvard
• Appendix D: Student Rules from 1642 Letter on the Founding of Harvard
• Appendix E: Laws of the Massachusetts Bay Colony 1648
• Appendix F: Transcription of the Charter of 1650
• Appendix G: Harvard Motto 1692
• Appendix H: The Laws of Harvard College (1767)
• Appendix I: Harvard President Samuel Langdon 1775
• Bibliography