Traits of Enlightenment in Christianity and some additional thoughts

Modern Christianity starts with first point of Enlightenment by Wesley and Methodism. As s phase of pessimistic view, liberalism and some negative perspective carryed up with Marxism and some radicals as Death of God movement. In reception to liberalism came fundamentalism, then Pentecostal and evangelicalism through national association. Bonhoeffer was first to set up up for secular theology and predicted about future of Christianity.

Enlightenment was primarily a European and American phenomenon approaching Christianity based on rationalism, which is emphasis upon humane reason and scientific view. John Wesley, born(p) in Anglican and puritan family, had rich blend of Anglican mean and Puritan method even though he was more centered in method(doing Christianity) than reading knowledge and article of faith only. He saw sanctification as Christian perfection and evince humans personal experience related to Methodist tradition, positive on scientific trend(i.e. electricity), and overall stand for optimistic first phase in Enlightenment.

Jonathan Edwards, Americas first theologian, was driving force of the First outstanding Awakening(1733-44). He studied at Yale and was first Calvinistic theologian to introduce Calvinistic theology to Enlightenment. In his book move Work of God, he wrote a report to show that God is working in the world i.e. by alcohol.

Second bully Awakening started with arise of first Christian camp at Kentucky.



Charles Finney who was lawyer at Rochester, later became preacher after conversion, and transcend second revival. He was against education and denomination, instead, he was congregation centered, and insisted human can bring Gods revival through hard solicitation and work(New Measures). Next movement was Holiness revival, which fueled by quintuple Palmer who thought sanctification and salvation can be done at once, which is quite mated from Wesleys view.

Second phase of Enlightenment showed quite opposite direction from optimistic Wesleys view. It tended to emphasize negative, dark side of organized religion trying to eliminate...

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