Abeka World History Ch. 18 Sec. 2
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Merklin on March 21, 2012
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England and America
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Abeka Kids Network 2, Abeka World History Students
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Philipp Spener | A German Lutheran pastor who became concerned with the spiritual coldness and lack of moral consciousness in Germany |
| Assemblies of Piety | Groups of home Bible studies, such as the one Philip Spener formed |
| Pietists | Those who attended assemblies of piety |
| August Francke | Founded schools that were noted for their high standards in acedemics, Bible teachings, and character training |
| Bretheren | German Baptists who emigrated to America where they settled in Pennsylvania |
| Unitas Fratrum | United Bretheren, Moravians |
| Moravians | United Bretheren, Unitas Fratrum |
| Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf | Young German nobleman who trained at the Pietist University of Halle. His estates were opened as a refuge for the persecuted Moravians. |
| Herrnhut | "The Lord's protection," headquarters of for missionary activities |
| Great Awakening | Revival in America that prepared the colonies for their long struggle with England for independence |
| Jonathon Edwards | Pastor of Congregational Church under which the Great Awakening began in earnest. As he preached the truths of the gospel, revival began to stir in earnest among his people. |
| Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God | Jonathon Edward's most famous sermon |
| George Whitefield | Best-known Great Awakening evangelist |
| Great Awakening | All of these are the result of what movement? -thousands of sinners were converted and countless believers revived; -a new missionary spirit was kindled; -the people's hearts were prepared for religious and political freedom |
| John Wesley | Led British nation to spiritual revival and reconciliation with God. He and his brother founded Methodist church. |
| Age of Reason | The late 17th and 18th centuries of England when English philosophers and writers adopted forms of rationalism, deism, and other humanistic philosophies |
| John Locke | Claimed to be a Christion, but often supplanted the authority of the Bible with humanistic philosophy and empiricism |
| Empiricism | The belief that experience is the only source of knowledge |
| David Hume | Promoted the idea of skepticism |
| Skepticism | To know truth is impossible, and knowledge is uncertain |
| Charles Wesley | Met with his brother (John Wesely) and George Whitefield (the best-known Great Awakening evangelist) to study the Bible. Other students made fun of their club, calling those who attened "methodists" because of their pious and well-mannered methods of conduct |
| Methodist Church | Founded by John Wesley, became one of the largest churches in England and America during the 19th century |
| William Wilberforce | One of the greatest statesmen of English history |
| John Newton | Wrote Amazing Grace and other hymns |
| Robert Raikes | Father of the Sunday School Movement |
| Popular Education | Education for all children |
| Sunday School Movement | Historians see this as the beginning of popular education |
| John Howard | Helped reform the inhumane practices of England's prison system |
| 1792 | Date that marks the beginning of modern missions |
| William Carey | Father of Modern Missions |
| Adoniram Judson | Father of American Missions |
| Edmund Burke | Father of Modern Conservatism |
| Sir William Blackstone | Became the leading authority on English law |
| Commentaries on the Laws of England | Published by Sir William Blackstone, became the basis of legal education in both England and America |
| Samuel Johnson | The greatest litereary figure of the 18th century |
| Captain James Cook | Charted the lands of New Zealand, New Guinea, and Australia, first to cross the Antarctic Circle, discovered the Hawaiian Islands |
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