What Was the Great Awakening at Least in Part a Response

question 84

Multiple Choice

What was the Great Awakening at least in part a response to?

• A) the growth of rationalism and lack of individual engagement in church services
• B) the highly emotional nature of the services of nearly all existing Christian churches
• C) the refusal of established churches to levy taxes despite declining funds
• D) the focus on the torments of hell in the sermons of establishment preachers
• E) the dominance of the New Lights in religious circles for most of colonial history

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Definitions:

Ambulatory

A covered walkway, outdoors (as in a church cloister) or indoors; especially the passageway around the apse and the choir of a church. In Buddhist architecture, the passageway leading around the stupa in a chaitya hall.

Saint-Étienne

A city in France known for its historical and cultural significance, often associated with architectural landmarks and historical sites.

Radiating Chapels

In medieval churches, chapels for the display of relics that opened directly onto the ambulatory and the transept.

Three-Story Nave

An architectural feature found in large churches or cathedrals, referring to a main body that is vertically divided into three levels, often comprised of the nave proper, a triforium, and a clerestory.