Compare And Contrast The Enlightenment And The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening prompted Americans to challenge traditional sources of authority in religion and politics through the promotion of science, human reasoning, equality, and natural rights. Many were attracted to these principles due to the oppressed and unjust lives that they were living under the current religious and political rule.
The Enlightenment emphasized scientific/human reasoning and observation, natural rights, and laws that govern the natural world. In 1543, Copernicus discovered that the earth orbited around the sun; in 1687, SIr Isaac Newton published Principia Mathematica in which planetary motion was explained through math and physics. These works challenged the Christian doctrine, which was a major source
The Enlightenment emphasized scientific/human reasoning and observation, natural rights, and laws that govern the natural world. In 1543, Copernicus discovered that the earth orbited around the sun; in 1687, SIr Isaac Newton published Principia Mathematica in which planetary motion was explained through math and physics. These works challenged the Christian doctrine, which was a major source