DISTINCTIVE FEATURES OF AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM (30s OF THE XVII-XVIII CENTURIES)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of Protestantism in America since settlement of north-eastern colonies settlers from England. The analysis of characteristics typical of religious doctrine of American Protestantism and its various denominations is represented. It speciies both new features acquired from the experience of the life of the colonists in the New World and the ones brought from the mother country. The study focuses on the «Great Awakening», the first evangelical movement in North America in 1720-1760 related to religious renewal in society and the church.

Keywords

• протестантизм
• доктрина
• северная америка
• новый свет
• «великое пробуждение»
• церковь
• государственная власть
• protestantism
• the doctrine
• north america
• the new world
• «the great awakening»
• church
• state power