The Great Awakening in New England
- ISBN-10
- 0844614912
- ISBN-13
- 9780844614915
- Category
- Religion / Christianity / History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983-12-12
- Publisher
- Peter Smith Publisher
- Author
- Edwin Scott Gaustad
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