[Prince, Thomas, Jr., editor]:

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THE CHRISTIAN HISTORY, CONTAINING ACCOUNTS OF THE REVIVAL AND PROPAGATION OF RELIGION IN GREAT-BRITAIN & AMERICA. FOR THE YEAR 1743. [with:]...FOR THE YEAR ... One of the first American periodicals and one of the earliest publications issued in parts in British North America. The Christian History ran in weekly installments of eight pages each from March 5, 1743, to February 23, 1745, for a total of 104 issues in all, chronicling the wave of religious revivals that swept Great Britain and North America in the 1740s and that have come to be known as the Great Awakening. As historian Susan O'Brien points out, the revivals of the 1740s produced "a deluge of literature," from reprints of older works of practical piety, sermons, and polemical works by pro- and anti-revivalists alike to revival news and narratives of conversion. The revivals were also "responsible for launching a new literary genre—the evangelical newspaper and magazine." Among these was the Christian's Amusement published in London, the Glasgow Weekly History, and James Robe's the Christian Monthly History, both produced in Scotland. Such magazines provided the inspiration for the Christian History. While the imprint identifies Thomas Prince, Jr., (1722–48) as the publisher, it was Prince's father, the Reverend Thomas Prince (1687–1758), who was the driving force behind the Christian History. Book collector, historian, and minister to Boston's Third or Old South Church, Prince, Sr., was a protégé of Cotton Mather.

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