The Divine Spark That Forged America: How George Whitefield’s Awakening Changed the Founding Fathers
“George Whitefield was the revolution,” Benjamin Franklin told his grandson during the 1787 Constitutional Convention held in Philadelphia, his hometown. As the most influential preacher of the Great Awakening, Whitefield united the British Colonies in the belief that liberty is a gift from God—a theme central to the film A Great Awakening. The movie opens…