- Time Period
- 1857 - 1920
- Description
- The Third Great Awakening, according to historians, occurred from approximately the late 1850s to the early 1920s. Much like the First and Second Great Awakenings, this time period experienced a resurgence in religious interest and vigor. The "Great Prayer Meeting Revival of 1857-58" was the catalyst and carried into the 1870s, as Dwight Moody’s urban campaigns spread across the United States. At the beginning of the 20th century, this third awakening was marked by the rise of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements, along with the popularity of Billy Sunday’s sermons drawing in large crowds.Similar to previous awakenings, the Third Great Awakening helped reinvigorate religious education through the founding of various bible colleges and seminaries, including the Moody Bible Institute, Bob Jones College, and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
- Interactive Timeline(s)
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- Social Movements and Religion in American History
- Biographies
- Moody, Dwight L. Sunday, William "Billy"
- Events
- The First Great Awakening The Second Great Awakening
- Photographs
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Dwight Moody preaching- Internet Archive- from A Full History of the Wonderful Career of Moody and Sankey by E. J. Goodspeed -
Billy Sunday preaching- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution -
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Fulton Street Prayer Meeting- Internet Archive- from Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times, vol 19 (1896) -
Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street- Wikimedia Commons -
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary- Wikimedia Commons - Book/Journal Source(s)
- Kurian, George Thomas, and Mark Lamport (Eds.), 2016. The Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
- Web Source(s)
- https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442244320/The-Encyclopedia-of-Christianity-in-the-United-States-5-Volumes If you enjoyed reading this entry, please buy the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States at the link above.
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- Jerry Hopkins
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