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

In July 1741, Davenport crossed the Long Island Sound and began igniting religious revivals along the Boston Post Road from New London to New Haven. In contrast to Whitefield, Wheelock, and most of his itinerating peers, Davenport preached without the consent of the standing ministers in the towns that he visited.