A Field of Divine Wonders: The New Divinity and Village Revivals in Northwestern Connecticut, 1792-1822

by David William Kling

It began as a trickle in 1792, but by century's end northwestern Connecticut was awash in revival. In 1799 Edward Dorr Griffin wrote that he could stand at his doorstep in Litchfield County and "number fifty or sixty congregations laid down in one field of divine wonders." Griffin was one of the leading ministers whose electrifying preaching triggered the Second Great Awakening--the subject of this award-winning study.

A Field of Divine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271009063
• ISBN13: 9780271009063
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"