What was the primary difference between 'Old Lights' and 'New Lights' during the Great Awakening?
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Correct answer: Old Lights favored traditional church authority; New Lights embraced emotional revivalism.
Old Lights were traditionalists who viewed the emotional outbursts and traveling preachers of the revival as chaotic and dangerous to social order. New Lights championed the revival, believing that true religion required a heartfelt, personal transformation.
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