Sermons such as "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" were written largely in response to

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was a sermon from the First Great Awakening, a religious revival movement in the colonies. Its forceful message urged people to renew their faith at a time when some colonists were turning toward rationalism and away from traditional religious belief, so the answer is the rejection of religion in favor of rationalism.

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