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

These “whitfeldarians” or “rideing ministers,” as Cole described them, attacked infant baptism, family upbringing, doctrinal knowledge, devotional routines, and healing vows as a “Sandy Foundation” on which to build hopes for salvation.