Lectures in History: Salem Witch Trials & the Great Awakening Preview

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Baylor University professor Thomas Kidd teaches a class on the first Great Awakening in the Americas, a period in the mid-18th century of Christian revitalization that swept through the colonies. He explains how the Salem witch trials and the decline of Puritanism led to an era of traveling preachers and an emphasis on evangelism.

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