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Religious Revival

Religious Revival. The Second Great Awakening. Focus Question. How did the religious reform movement of the Antebellum period help spark other reform movements?. Role of Religion remained strong in the U.S. Church attendance remained high Most adhered to some form of Christianity

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Religious Revival

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  1. Religious Revival The Second Great Awakening

  2. Focus Question • How did the religious reform movement of the Antebellum period help spark other reform movements?

  3. Role of Religion remained strong in the U.S. • Church attendance remained high • Most adhered to some form of Christianity • Most states disestablished official churches • Jefferson’s “Wall of Separation”

  4. Growth of “Liberal” Theology • Deism common among Founders. • Relied on Reason, not Revelation • Approached theology with logic • Unitarianism • Stressed that man was good • God seen as loving father • Stressed good works

  5. Reaction Set In • Many disagreed with the softening of old teachings • Others concerned over the changes in the country The Second Great Awakening

  6. Growth of Revivals • Revivals spread from the frontier throughout the nation • Utilized “camp meetings” led by itinerant preachers • Focused on the audience • Easily understood • Offered salvation for all • Characterized by ecstatic frenzies of activity • Stressed Revelation • Flourished in western New York • the “burned over” district

  7. Church Membership Expanded • New sects promoted “democratic” forms • Preachers required little formal training • Stressed an itinerant ministry

  8. Impact on Denominations • Evangelical churches flourished • Baptists • Methodists • Mainline faiths saw a drop in numbers • Episcopalians • Congregationalists

  9. Role of Women • “Feminized” religion • Middle-class women became the most fervent participants • Preachers gave women a role in bringing their families to God • Women took to the forefront in benevolent crusades and reforms

  10. New Denominations • Millerites (Adventists) • Believed Christ would come to Earth on October 22, 1844 • Faded, but continued as the Seventh Day Adventists

  11. New Denominations • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints • Based teachings on the Book of Mormon • Established a strong, disciplined hierarchy • Often developed difficulties with non-Mormon neighbors • Moved from New York to Ohio then Missouri to Illinois • Finally settled in Utah

  12. Impacts • Promoted social reform • Temperance • Mental Health • Prison Reform • Promoted calls for women’s rights • Expanded Abolition Movement

  13. Assignment • Complete a poster describing one of five reform movements of the Antebellum Period.

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