A religious revival sweeping parts of Europe and the American colonies in the 1730s and '40s became known as the Great Awakening! And Jonathan Edwards, an American Congregationalist preacher and theologian, preached his most famous sermon at the height of the Great Awakening: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”— from Deuteronomy 32:35, expressing the vengeance of God on the unbelieving Israelites. His stringent views on church membership and discipline angered his congregation. He was ousted