New Lights, Baptist and Religious Awakenings in Nova Scotia 1776-1843: A Preliminary Probe

Notes: "Evangelical religion, it is clear, profoundly shaped the contours of Nova Scotia development during the century following the outbreak of the American Revolution. There were frequent religious revivals during this period, revivals which affected most Protestant Churches and most regions of the province. Not only were there revivals, there were at least three 'major reformations' -- as contemporaries referred to them -- revitalization movements -- to use Anthony Wallace's suggestive terminology. These so-called 'spiritual earthquakes' -- The First and Second Great Awakenings in particular -- were the religious means whereby thousands of Nova Scotia New Lights were transformed into Baptists -- and Henry Alline's 18th century sect transformed into often warring Free Will and Calvinist Baptist factions" (p. 43).

Subjects: Nova Scotia - Church history; Baptists - Maritime Provinces - History; Baptists - Nova Scotia - History; Alline, Henry, 1748-1784