Darkness Falls on the Land of Light: Experiencing Religious Awakenings in Eighteenth-Century New England (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early ... and the University of North Carolina Press)

by Douglas L. Winiarski

The unusual religious stirs that gripped the northern New England frontier during the fall and winter of 1741–1742 convinced many clergymen that sporadic occurrences in distant towns were part of a grand scheme and even, perhaps, elements of God’s rapidly unfolding cosmic plan.