Great Awakening

== Terminology ==
The idea of an "awakening" implies a slumber or passivity during secular or less religious times. Awakening is a term which originates from, and is embraced often and primarily by, evangelical Christians.{{sfn|Lambert|1999}} In recent times, the idea of "awakenings" in United States history has been put forth by conservative American evangelicals.<ref>{{cite news |last=Baker |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Baker (author) |date=September 13, 2006 |title=Bush Tells Group He Sees a 'Third Awakening' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR2006091201594.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref>

In the late 2010s and 2020s the term ''Great Awakening'' has been used by promoters of the [[QAnon]] [[conspiracy theory]] to denote awareness of their theory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Berghel |first=Hal |date=July 2022 |title=Prosperity Theology Goes Online: Will This Be a Fifth Great Awakening? |journal=Computer |volume=55 |issue=7 |pages=104–110 |doi=10.1109/MC.2022.3170217 |issn=1558-0814|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=McLaughlin |first=Melissa |date=2021-08-01 |title=Great Awakening 2020: The Neoliberal Wellness Journey Down the Rabbit Hole |url=https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/1277 |journal=Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chandler |first=Kylar J. |date=2020 |title=Where We Go 1 We Go All: A Public Discourse Analysis of QAnon |url=https://commons.emich.edu/mcnair/vol13/iss1/4/ |journal=McNair Scholars Research Journal |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Robertson |first1=David G. |last2=Amarasingam |first2=Amarnath |date=2022-07-03 |title=How conspiracy theorists argue: epistemic capital in the QAnon social media sphere |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2022.2050238 |journal=Popular Communication |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=193–207 |doi=10.1080/15405702.2022.2050238 |issn=1540-5702|doi-access=free }}</ref>