The Gospel According to Silicon Valley

Religious revivals have been a part of the American historical landscape even before the republic existed. Most were linked and intertwined with other social movements happening at the time. The First Great Awakening (1730s to late ’40s) challenged people to take their Christian faith seriously and apply it in their daily lives, leading to the creation of new educational institutions and organizations, not to mention schisms in existing denominations owing to the conflict between the “New Lights” (revivalist) and the “Old Lights” (traditionalist). Many of these reignited religious movements resulted in radical social change and planted the seeds of the American Revolution and, eventually, abolitionism. Read Full Article »