Research Symposium Program - Individual Details
5th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17, 2025
Dylan Zeigler He/him C - 6 R - 3
BIO
My name is Dylan Zeigler I have been interested in theology for awhile now and as a hobby I have been investigating homiletical plot. I have grown up in the church and have been studying theology for most of my life.
Homiletics and the First Great Awakening
Authors: Dylan Zeigler, Sherri DotsonStudent Major: Theology
Mentor: Sherri Dotson
Mentor's Department: AP English Components Mentor's College: J.R. Arnold High School Co-Presenters: none
Abstract
Looking at the Sermons of brilliant clergymen of the First Great Awakening I found that they all used an expository format but the ratio of Law and Gospel differed depending on the Sermons goal. Such as Jonathan Edwards sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is focused on condemning his congregations complacency in their sin, but other Sermons focused on the salvation provided by Jesus's death on the cross. However the importance of their Sermons to the spread of Awakening ideals is expansive as the development of Edwards ideas of correcting the complacency of his congregation spread throughout the American colonies and through George Whitfield spread to Europe.
Keywords: Homiletics, Sermons, History, Awakening