Question

Old Lights and New Lights preachers both followed Protestantism. How did the two differ?

Answer 1

. The revivalist preachers who placed emphasis on the emotion of religion were the New Lights, while the Old Lights were the rationalist preachers who supported a more established and conventional approach to religion.

A. Old Lights preachers believed religion should be practiced in a rational way while New Lights preachers propagated emotion in religion.

Answer 2

Both New Lights and Old Lights ideologies were initially the same, but they split up because the New Lights has become inspired by new ideas and beliefs (especially about sins and penance) spreading through New England, while Old Lights were more traditional. It took place during the First Great Awakening, a new evangelical movement taking place mostly in American colonies in 1730s and 40s.